Richard Powers on the Standing of Trees Richard Powers on the Standing of Trees
The author of The Overstory hikes through the Great Smoky Mountains and discusses giving personhood to nonhumans.
Feb 17, 2020 / Zoë Carpenter
Trump Doesn’t Hate Welfare When It Goes to Wealthy White Farmers Trump Doesn’t Hate Welfare When It Goes to Wealthy White Farmers
The president’s farm aid lays bare the racial and class implications of his disdain of government assistance.
Feb 14, 2020 / Bryce Covert
The Disastrous Iowa Caucuses Were Just the Beginning The Disastrous Iowa Caucuses Were Just the Beginning
Unless they’re stopped, the Democratic establishment will lose another election.
Feb 12, 2020 / Jeffrey Cox
Why Doctors Are Fighting Their Professional Organization Over Medicare for All Why Doctors Are Fighting Their Professional Organization Over Medicare for All
Calls for single-payer are coming from outside the American Medical Association—and show that doctors are not a single class of workers with a unified political view.
Feb 6, 2020 / Danielle Carr
Republican Senators Just Sold Out Democracy Republican Senators Just Sold Out Democracy
By acquitting Trump, Republicans handed the president nearly unlimited power—and revealed the extent of their venality.
Feb 5, 2020 / Elie Mystal
How Can I Help My Mom’s Domestic Worker Get a Dignified Retirement? How Can I Help My Mom’s Domestic Worker Get a Dignified Retirement?
Another reader asks, “Why haven’t we gotten past restrictive gender roles around child care and socializing?”
Jan 31, 2020 / Liza Featherstone
Donald Trump Is Not the Only Alleged Criminal Democrats Can’t Unseat Donald Trump Is Not the Only Alleged Criminal Democrats Can’t Unseat
An investigation determined that Matt Shea was a domestic terrorist, but that didn’t stop him from taking his seat in the Washington State Legislature.
Jan 30, 2020 / Hallie Golden
Sanders or Warren? Why Not Both? Sanders or Warren? Why Not Both?
A progressive unity ticket may seem utopian, but it need not be a fantasy. In fact, the progressive candidates may make the most electable ticket.
Jan 30, 2020 / D.D. Guttenplan
Emma Copley Eisenberg’s Appalachian True-Crime Chronicle Upends the Genre Emma Copley Eisenberg’s Appalachian True-Crime Chronicle Upends the Genre
In a conversation with fellow true-crime writer Rachel Monroe, Eisenberg discusses the pitfalls and potential of the evolving genre.
Jan 29, 2020 / Q&A / Rachel Monroe