What Joe Biden Gets Totally Wrong About Student Debt What Joe Biden Gets Totally Wrong About Student Debt
The president’s resistance to canceling $50,000 in student debt is not about law or policy but about craven, misguided politics.
Feb 19, 2021 / Elie Mystal
Plundering Our Natural Resources Plundering Our Natural Resources
Drilling, mining, draining. The EPA’s response?
Feb 19, 2021 / OppArt / Henrik Drescher
West Coast States’ Failure to Reopen Schools Is a Disaster West Coast States’ Failure to Reopen Schools Is a Disaster
The ongoing closure is creating an educational, social, and mental-health crisis.
Feb 19, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky
The Real Reasons Texas’s Power Grid Is So Vulnerable The Real Reasons Texas’s Power Grid Is So Vulnerable
What’s happening in Texas is not an indicator that renewable energy is less reliable—it’s a signal that our infrastructure is frighteningly unprepared for extreme weather.
Feb 19, 2021 / Zoë Carpenter
When Rush Limbaugh Was Too Racist for The NFL When Rush Limbaugh Was Too Racist for The NFL
Rush didn’t attack the NFL franchise owners for his rejection, which says everything about who he was and who he served.
Feb 19, 2021 / Dave Zirin
What Was Rush Limbaugh So Afraid Of? What Was Rush Limbaugh So Afraid Of?
The late bully’s 30-year reign on talk radio traced and drove the rise of a grievance politics that led to Trump—and the January 6 violence.
Feb 18, 2021 / Joan Walsh
While Texans Freeze, Governor Greg Abbott Lies About the Green New Deal While Texans Freeze, Governor Greg Abbott Lies About the Green New Deal
Republican politicians try—and fail—to deflect blame with outrageous spin.
Feb 18, 2021 / John Nichols
The Trumpers Among Us The Trumpers Among Us
Liberals call for unity, but 74 million Americans voted for its opposite.
Feb 18, 2021 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Poetry and Truth Poetry and Truth
Amanda Gorman, national youth poet laureate.
Feb 18, 2021 / OppArt / Hooked Hands
What Popular Culture Misunderstands About Addiction What Popular Culture Misunderstands About Addiction
Much of the film and TV we consume misleads audiences with inaccurate and harmful depictions of recovery and treatment.
Feb 18, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Zachary Siegel