McConnell Explains How He’ll Steal Another Supreme Court Pick From Another Democratic President McConnell Explains How He’ll Steal Another Supreme Court Pick From Another Democratic President
The Republican signals that if his party retakes the Senate, he’ll block Biden’s high court nominees in 2024—and very probably in 2023.
Jun 15, 2021 / John Nichols
The Right’s War on History and Truth The Right’s War on History and Truth
The United States may be on the verge of an even greater historical cover-up than that of the Tulsa massacre.
Jun 15, 2021 / Ben Jealous
What’s Joe Biden’s Plan for Education? What’s Joe Biden’s Plan for Education?
Rather than forge a new path, so far Biden has simply dusted off the tired playbook employed by centrist administrations from George H.W. Bush to Barack Obama.
Jun 15, 2021 / Jennifer C. Berkshire and Jack Schneider
Iran’s Incredible Shrinking Democracy Iran’s Incredible Shrinking Democracy
For the first time, Iran’s presidential election outcome has been predetermined.
Jun 15, 2021 / Dostmohammad Punjabi
Star Wars: The Phantom Manchin Star Wars: The Phantom Manchin
A short while ago in a galaxy very nearby.
Jun 15, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow
Women in Russia and the US Show an Alternative to War Women in Russia and the US Show an Alternative to War
American and Russian women who remember the danger of the Cold War understand the stakes of this year’s summit.
Jun 15, 2021 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina
Kevin McCarthy Changes His Tune Re Trump and January 6 Kevin McCarthy Changes His Tune Re Trump and January 6
The speakership would be for Kevin His version of a place in heaven. He seems to think to reach that level A pact’s required with the Devil.
Jun 15, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin
DISCOURSE ON WHY INMATES EXIT PRISON WORSE THAN WHEN THEY WENT IN DISCOURSE ON WHY INMATES EXIT PRISON WORSE THAN WHEN THEY WENT IN
Bet you thought there was no such thing as too kind. I can’t write it into this poem without admitting kindness is a synonym for “too close” when its nectared syllables sap these p…
Jun 15, 2021 / Books & the Arts / B Batchelor
Saying I Am a Survivor in Another Language Saying I Am a Survivor in Another Language
We are in the moment before we decide, for the first time, to have sex. We fill our mouths with salami and wine. I am careful, peeling wax paper off glazed sponge cake baked by nun…
Jun 15, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Taneum Bambrick
Joan Didion’s Long View Joan Didion’s Long View
Her new essay collection, Let Me Tell You What I Mean, captures what about her writing feels at once seductive and illusory.
Jun 15, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Haley Mlotek