I’m Roasting at the Office. What Can I Do? I’m Roasting at the Office. What Can I Do?
Another reader asks if life will become “chill” after they graduate.
Feb 28, 2020 / Liza Featherstone
Trump Is Banking on Work Requirements to Cut Spending on Medicaid and Food Stamps Trump Is Banking on Work Requirements to Cut Spending on Medicaid and Food Stamps
He’s admitting that work requirements will cut recipients off from their benefits—and reduce the deficit he himself created.
Feb 28, 2020 / Bryce Covert
What Bloomberg Is Doing Has No Precedent in American Political Life What Bloomberg Is Doing Has No Precedent in American Political Life
If he becomes the nominee, then the Democratic Party will be a wholly owned subsidiary of the billionaire.
Feb 27, 2020 / Jeet Heer for The Nation
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
