The ‘Creative Chaos’ of Gloria Richardson (1922–2021) The ‘Creative Chaos’ of Gloria Richardson (1922–2021)
The civil rights activist was a militant advocate for her community as well as a canny strategist.
Jul 23, 2021 / Barbara Smith
The Political Brilliance of the American Rescue Plan The Political Brilliance of the American Rescue Plan
Biden’s stimulus plan took the question of recovery off the table. Now the Democrats can focus on passing large-scale economic reforms.
Jul 23, 2021 / Mike Konczal
Republicans Hate Voting Rights Because They Threaten White Power Republicans Hate Voting Rights Because They Threaten White Power
It’s no accident that the current assault on voting rights started not with the failed reelection of Donald Trump but with the successful election of Barack Obama.
Jul 22, 2021 / Elie Mystal for The Nation
Which Is the More Prescient Dystopia? ‘Gattaca’ or ‘Parable of the Sower’ Which Is the More Prescient Dystopia? ‘Gattaca’ or ‘Parable of the Sower’
Is it the 1997 film starring Ethan Hawke or is it Octavia E. Butler’s 1993 novel?
Jul 16, 2021 / The Debate / David M. Perry and Niela Orr
The Media’s Climate Blind Spot Is Geographic The Media’s Climate Blind Spot Is Geographic
When climate coverage ignores the Global South, it’s bad for everyone.
Jul 15, 2021 / Saleemul Huq and Mark Hertsgaard
Athan Theoharis Revealed J. Edgar Hoover’s Secrets Athan Theoharis Revealed J. Edgar Hoover’s Secrets
The preeminent FBI historian who helped expose the longtime FBI director’s secrets and crude, cruel, and murderous tactics died on July 3.
Jul 13, 2021 / Betty Medsger
‘We Have to Make Our Nation Confront What It Doesn’t Want to Remember’ ‘We Have to Make Our Nation Confront What It Doesn’t Want to Remember’
A conversation with Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen.
Jun 30, 2021 / Q&A / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dividing the World Into Opposing Camps Is the Road to Armageddon Dividing the World Into Opposing Camps Is the Road to Armageddon
Washington aims to recast NATO in the image of the US military, with its focus on “great power competition” and a renewed arms race with Russia and China.
Jun 25, 2021 / Michael T. Klare for The Nation
Yesterday’s Union-Busting Supreme Court Decision Was a Segregationist Throwback Yesterday’s Union-Busting Supreme Court Decision Was a Segregationist Throwback
The court’s decision in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid will reverberate throughout the labor movement and far beyond.
Jun 24, 2021 / Elie Mystal for The Nation
A Rare Victory for Abortion Access A Rare Victory for Abortion Access
The reproductive justice movement has succeeded in pressing a Democratic president to leave the ban on Medicaid funding for abortion out of his budget for the first time in 30 year...
Jun 14, 2021 / Amy Littlefield for The Nation