Bill de Blasio Broke His Promise to New York

The mayor’s retreat on police reform is a wound that won’t heal.

The Editors

It’s Time to Disarm the Police

It can be done. Just look at London!

D.D. Guttenplan

This Week in Authoritarian Newspeak

Ignore this, please… Read More

Jen Sorensen

Now More Than Ever, We Need Images of Black Dignity and Resistance

Since the 1980s, I’ve been making photographs that go against the dominant representations of Black people.

Jamel Shabazz and The Nation and Magnum Foundation

‘Starve the Beast’: A Q&A With Alex S. Vitale on Defunding the Police

We spoke to Vitale about the failures of Obama-era police reform efforts and why reducing police power is one of the best solutions available.

Zachary Siegel

Here’s How to Stop the Next Bill Barr From Gutting the Rule of Law

Barr has wrecked the DOJ. The solution isn’t to return things to the way they were—it’s to remake the AG appointment process.

Elie Mystal

Let’s Stop Putting the Worst Americans on a Pedestal

As statues fall, we should look to the parts of our history worth celebrating.

Katha Pollitt

Temper, Temper

Calvin Trillin

Letters From the July 13/20, 2020, Issue

A gamble worth taking… Protect old Joe?… A terrible precedent…

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