The Senate Cannot Be Reformed—It Can Only Be Abolished

The Senate is a deeply undemocratic institution where white power thrives and the popular will goes to die.

Elie Mystal

As the Supreme Court Weighs the Future of Abortion, Women Are Already Suffering

Attacks on reproductive rights have metastasized well beyond abortion in recent years, endangering women’s health and lives.

Michele Goodwin

Virginia Republicans Perfected the Post-Trump Dog Whistle

Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin figured out exactly how far, and how close, to keep Donald Trump.

Joan Walsh

The Mess Democrats Are In

If they fail to get their act together, they will suffer a defeat in the midterms that increases the likelihood of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

John Nichols for The Nation

The Democratic Party’s “Failed Promises” to Immigrants

Democrats are poised to blow their last chance to establish protections for undocumented immigrants, an issue they’ve campaigned on for decades.

Aída Chávez

“Critical Race Theory” Is White History

Conservatives are rebranding an inclusive, honest accounting of American history as inherently anti-white.

Kali Holloway

Mort Sahl, 1927–2021: The Comic as Social Critic

Sahl diagnosed the disease of America in 1967 as “right-wing social democracy,” an ideology that is fine with war.

David Bromwich

Infrastructure Bill Passes

Calvin Trillin

Letters From the November 29/December 6, 2021, Issue

Get Carter… A stream called Drowning Creek…

Kai Bird and Our Readers