Texas and the Long Tail of Voter Suppression Texas and the Long Tail of Voter Suppression
As the growing number of Black and Latinx voters threaten the GOP’s stranglehold on power, attempts to limit safe voting options during the pandemic reveal a deeper sickness in Tex...
Oct 16, 2020 / Michael Barajas and The Texas Observer
Donald Trump Is America’s First Conspiracist President Donald Trump Is America’s First Conspiracist President
His paranoid fantasies are for the masses, but they are propped up by plenty of elites.
Oct 16, 2020 / Steve Fraser
Lindsey Graham Just ‘Committed a Crime in Plain Sight’ Lindsey Graham Just ‘Committed a Crime in Plain Sight’
An explicit pitch for campaign funds outside the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room has observers noting, “This is a crime.”
Oct 15, 2020 / John Nichols
A Red Zone Grows in Brooklyn A Red Zone Grows in Brooklyn
To confront the rising Covid-19 caseload, New York City has to rebuild trust, with aid and sympathy for the affected communities in all their Jewish (and non-Jewish) diversity.
Oct 15, 2020 / Ross Perlin
‘Roe v. Wade’ Is Nonnegotiable ‘Roe v. Wade’ Is Nonnegotiable
Don’t believe the hot takes that say we can do without it.
Oct 15, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt
There Is Only One Solution to the Amy Coney Barrett Debacle There Is Only One Solution to the Amy Coney Barrett Debacle
Yes, Democrats must expand the courts. Here’s why, and here’s how.
Oct 15, 2020 / Column / Elie Mystal
Tree of Knowledge Tree of Knowledge
Encouraging people to vote.
Oct 15, 2020 / OppArt / Hooked Hands
The Power of Covid-Positive Thinking The Power of Covid-Positive Thinking
Trump's illness hasn't made him wiser, or more honest. But it has made him more dangerous.
Oct 15, 2020 / Jeet Heer for The Nation
Synthesizing Sound and Self Synthesizing Sound and Self
The vexed legacy of electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos.
Oct 15, 2020 / Sasha Geffen
Democrats Should Stop Worrying About Debating Climate Change Democrats Should Stop Worrying About Debating Climate Change
Creating millions of union jobs while building a clean energy economy is a winning argument the party should welcome rather than avoid.
Oct 15, 2020 / Karthik Ganapathy