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Iran letter

Democrats Are Calling on Biden to Renew Diplomacy With Iran Democrats Are Calling on Biden to Renew Diplomacy With Iran

In spite of the president’s criticisms of Trump for backing out of the Iran deal, he has done little to reinstate it.

May 10, 2021 / Aída Chávez

CIA recruitment video

The Age of Intersectional Empire Is Upon Us The Age of Intersectional Empire Is Upon Us

The CIA’s recent recruitment video—featuring an “intersectional” millennial Latina—is the latest example of imperial rebranding.

May 10, 2021 / Roberto Lovato

Covid: Un-United States of Guns

Covid: Un-United States of Guns Covid: Un-United States of Guns

The battle over gun safety laws in America.

May 10, 2021 / OppArt / Gary Taxali

To Protect Voters and Democracy, We’re Going to Need to Fight

To Protect Voters and Democracy, We’re Going to Need to Fight To Protect Voters and Democracy, We’re Going to Need to Fight

The anti-voter bills proliferating around the United States raise to new heights the existential crisis facing American democracy.

May 10, 2021 / Tom Lopach

President Richard Nixon

The UC System’s Policing Expansion Belies Its Stated Commitment to Racial Justice The UC System’s Policing Expansion Belies Its Stated Commitment to Racial Justice

The license for the rise of the law-and-order campus dates back to President Richard Nixon and The Report of the President’s Commission on Campus Unrest.

May 10, 2021 / Robin D.G. Kelley, Paola Bacchetta, and David Theo Goldberg

What ‘Girlhood’ Means in 2021

What ‘Girlhood’ Means in 2021 What ‘Girlhood’ Means in 2021

A conversation with Melissa Febos about her radical essays on youth and gender.

May 10, 2021 / Q&A / Naomi Gordon-Loebl

Ro Khanna: It’s Vital That the US Drop Barriers to Vaccine Production and Aid Covid-Ravaged India

Ro Khanna: It’s Vital That the US Drop Barriers to Vaccine Production and Aid Covid-Ravaged India Ro Khanna: It’s Vital That the US Drop Barriers to Vaccine Production and Aid Covid-Ravaged India

“We aren’t an island. I mean, the disease is going to continue to come back to us,” said the representative from California.

May 7, 2021 / John Nichols

Benjamin Moser

‘The Nation’ Names Benjamin Moser as Contributing Writer ‘The Nation’ Names Benjamin Moser as Contributing Writer

With an eye on the intersection of culture and politics, he will document the ways in which intellectual and literary life collide with the real world.

May 7, 2021 / Press Room

Labour

Under New Leadership, Britain’s Labour Party Loses Again Under New Leadership, Britain’s Labour Party Loses Again

Labour’s defeat in Hartlepool and in local elections across the country suggests the northern working class isn’t coming back any time soon.

May 7, 2021 / Gary Younge

The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh The Last Laugh

 Scene, Not Seen. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of May 3.

May 7, 2021 / Steve Brodner

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