The Cold War Is Being Rebooted and Rebranded The Cold War Is Being Rebooted and Rebranded
Iran as a perfidious enemy? Check. Russia and China as autocratic menaces? Check. An unpredictable North Korea? Check. It’s happening all over again.
Apr 9, 2021 / William Astore
Why Do We Believe in Photographs? Why Do We Believe in Photographs?
David Levi Strauss’s new book looks at the ancient roots of photography to understand how the medium became so distorted in the present.
Apr 9, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Will Fenstermaker
Are Virginia Democrats Running Progressive Challengers Out of the 2021 Primary? Are Virginia Democrats Running Progressive Challengers Out of the 2021 Primary?
Three Black candidates primarying centrist incumbents just got blocked from the ballot for paperwork problems that candidates usually get to fix. What’s going on?
Apr 8, 2021 / Joan Walsh
How the Supreme Court Gave Cops a License to Kill How the Supreme Court Gave Cops a License to Kill
Derek Chauvin’s defense team is hoping that the 1989 Graham v. Connor ruling will be his ticket to acquittal.
Apr 8, 2021 / Elie Mystal
Tribute to George Floyd Tribute to George Floyd
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial for the murder of George Floyd. Chauvin is charged with second and third degree murder, and manslaughter, after he press...
Apr 8, 2021 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández
Karen Carter Peterson’s Ready to Bring Some ‘Don’t Mess Around’ Progressivism to D.C. Karen Carter Peterson’s Ready to Bring Some ‘Don’t Mess Around’ Progressivism to D.C.
The New Orleans legislator is for Medicare For All, a Green New Deal, and living wages. And she knows how to call out white supremacists.
Apr 8, 2021 / John Nichols
We’re at the Beginning of the End of Covid-19. Now What? We’re at the Beginning of the End of Covid-19. Now What?
There may be light at the end of the tunnel, but foot by foot we keep extending that tunnel in front of us, giving the virus new hosts and new territory to spread into.
Apr 8, 2021 / Gregg Gonsalves
Harvard’s Fossil Fuel Investments Aren’t Just Immoral — They’re Illegal, Too Harvard’s Fossil Fuel Investments Aren’t Just Immoral — They’re Illegal, Too
If it’s wrong to destroy our futures, then it’s wrong for our universities to invest in that destruction.
Apr 8, 2021 / StudentNation / Morgan Whitten and Alex Marquardt
The Lawyer Behind Georgia’s New Anti-Voting Law The Lawyer Behind Georgia’s New Anti-Voting Law
Representative Barry Fleming, chairman of the Georgia legislature’s Special Committee on Election Integrity, has a history of restricting voting across the state.
Apr 8, 2021 / Timothy Pratt
Should Governments Consider Engineering the Atmosphere? Should Governments Consider Engineering the Atmosphere?
Two writers debate whether solar geoengineering would help or harm the effort to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
Apr 8, 2021 / The Debate / Oliver Morton and Amy Westervelt