A Failson Meets a Failed Justice System A Failson Meets a Failed Justice System
The right-wing outrage machine is whirring up over Hunter Biden's plea deal—but the real scandal is the Justice Department's neglect of white-collar crime.
Jun 22, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
Affirmative Action Is in the Supreme Court’s Crosshairs Affirmative Action Is in the Supreme Court’s Crosshairs
And the man who got it there is not, as he likes to claim, an iconoclastic one-person organization.
Jun 22, 2023 / Column / Kali Holloway
How Democrats Can Win Working-Class Voters and How Doctors Are Fighting Against Hospitals How Democrats Can Win Working-Class Voters and How Doctors Are Fighting Against Hospitals
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, Katie Rader talks about politics and Eyal Press reports on medical care in America.
Jun 22, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
A Forum on “Dobbs”: “We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat” A Forum on “Dobbs”: “We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat”
One year after the overturning of Roe, contributors in the Nation-verse have much to say about its impact.
Jun 22, 2023 / Various Contributors
Just Another RFK Jr. Lie. I Know, Because It’s About Me. Just Another RFK Jr. Lie. I Know, Because It’s About Me.
I edited Kennedy’s error-ridden piece on a vaccine-autism link, which Salon later retracted. We caved to the truth, not Big Pharma.
Jun 22, 2023 / Joan Walsh
Nona Fernandez and the Black Hole of Collective Memory Nona Fernandez and the Black Hole of Collective Memory
Her book-length essay Voyager examines life after Pinochet—and the disjunctures in public remembering the era produced—through an exploration of the stars.
Jun 22, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Amanda Paige Inman
W. Kamau Bell, The Reluctant Optimist W. Kamau Bell, The Reluctant Optimist
On this episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, W. Kamau Bell on where he finds hope and Cheryl Cooky on gender in sports.
Jun 21, 2023 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
Why Does Ro Khanna Want Modi to Address Congress? Why Does Ro Khanna Want Modi to Address Congress?
Despite his condemnations of Hindu nationalism, Representative Ro Khanna pushed for Modi to speak to a joint session of Congress and has received more than $110,000 from Hindu nati...
Jun 21, 2023 / Deeksha Udupa
It’s Official: The DOJ Stalled the Investigation Into Donald Trump It’s Official: The DOJ Stalled the Investigation Into Donald Trump
Merrick Garland has long claimed he’s been methodically building his investigation into January 6 from the bottom up—but a Washington Post exposé shows otherwise.
Jun 21, 2023 / Elie Mystal
We Are Born to Be Happy We Are Born to Be Happy
Street art from Oaxaca, Mexico.
Jun 21, 2023 / OppArt