Exit Trump, Sort Of Exit Trump, Sort Of
When he got on that airplane to Florida, You could hear a great sigh of relief At the prospect of no longer having Such a man as commander in chief. Sure, his lies and his boasts w…
Feb 9, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letters From the February 22/March 1, 2021, Issue Letters From the February 22/March 1, 2021, Issue
Overtures to Trump voters… Paging the Surgeon General… Post-progressive aid?… Seeing the work… Appreciating Alterman…
Feb 9, 2021 / Our Readers
Democrats Have Inherited a Broken Senate. Can They Make It Work? Democrats Have Inherited a Broken Senate. Can They Make It Work?
Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer has his work cut out for him. Here are four ways he could make the Senate work.
Feb 9, 2021 / Feature / John Nichols
Mike Davis’s Forecast for the Left Mike Davis’s Forecast for the Left
His works of history and social criticism have grappled with the political and ecological disasters of the past. His work has now started to become more hopeful about the future.
Feb 9, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Micah Uetricht
The Super Bowl’s Woke Capitalism The Super Bowl’s Woke Capitalism
The NFL is desperate to showcase Black talent in an effort to get us to ignore its treatment of Black people.
Feb 8, 2021 / Dave Zirin
Larry Summers Is Still Worth Ignoring Larry Summers Is Still Worth Ignoring
Shut out of power, the onetime wunderkind tries to grab the spotlight with an attention-getting argument.
Feb 8, 2021 / Jeet Heer
Liz Cheney Is Right on Impeachment, and Wrong on Everything Else Liz Cheney Is Right on Impeachment, and Wrong on Everything Else
Don’t make a hero of this neoconservative, warmongering, hate-amplifying apologist for Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Feb 8, 2021 / John Nichols
Want to Reverse Inequality? Change Intellectual Property Rules. Want to Reverse Inequality? Change Intellectual Property Rules.
Changes in IP have done far more than tax cuts to increase inequality—and US protection of IP could lead to a cold war with China.
Feb 8, 2021 / Dean Baker
The House’s Impeachment Trial Memorandum Is Damning The House’s Impeachment Trial Memorandum Is Damning
“Since the dawn of the Republic, no enemy—foreign or domestic—had ever obstructed Congress’s counting of the votes,” the brief says. “Until President Trump.”
Feb 8, 2021 / The Nation