The New Variant The New Variant
The Covid pandemic continues to disproportionately affect communities of color.
Aug 18, 2021 / OppArt / Mac McGill
There Goes the Neighborhood: Pakistan Is Uneasy Over the Taliban’s Return There Goes the Neighborhood: Pakistan Is Uneasy Over the Taliban’s Return
Despite their differing responses to the Taliban victory, Pakistanis are united in believing they are not to blame.
What Is College Really Worth? What Is College Really Worth?
As the price of college goes up and the value of a degree goes down, are students being given a fair deal?
Aug 18, 2021 / StudentNation / Rebecca Gordon
Sandi Tan’s Magical Americana Sandi Tan’s Magical Americana
Her new novel, Lurkers, captures the defiant and surreal exuberance that has defined her work across fiction and film.
Aug 18, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Liu
How the Pandemic Changed Young People’s Relationship to Substances How the Pandemic Changed Young People’s Relationship to Substances
During a year of isolation, many young adults increased their consumption of alcohol and other drugs.
Aug 18, 2021 / StudentNation / Teresa Xie
If Liz Cheney’s Assigning Blame for an “Epic Failure” in Afghanistan, She Can Start With Her Father If Liz Cheney’s Assigning Blame for an “Epic Failure” in Afghanistan, She Can Start With Her Father
Dick Cheney created the mess Joe Biden is cleaning up.
Aug 17, 2021 / John Nichols
Rather Than Focus on How the US Got Out of Afghanistan, Focus on How It Got In Rather Than Focus on How the US Got Out of Afghanistan, Focus on How It Got In
There should be a serious accounting for the Afghanistan debacle.
Aug 17, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
West Virginia Activists Are Coming for Joe Manchin West Virginia Activists Are Coming for Joe Manchin
The senator dared progressives to vote him out. They’re taking him up on it.
Aug 17, 2021 / Aída Chávez
Governor Cuomo Resigns Governor Cuomo Resigns
Eleven women accused Cuomo of sexual assault and harassment.
Aug 17, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Public Education Is Set Up to Fail in the Pandemic Public Education Is Set Up to Fail in the Pandemic
A crisis looms over school reentry. Chronic underinvestment threatens to make it that much worse.
Aug 17, 2021 / StudentNation / Melody Schreiber