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Democratic nominee Tina Kotek and Republican nominee Christine Drazan, during Oregon's gubernatorial debate.

Will Democrats Lose the West? Will Democrats Lose the West?

Republicans are running even in crucial races across the region.

Oct 14, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky

Soldiers patrol Goma, a town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. It was attacked by M23 rebels in clashes with the Congolese army.

Is the West’s Romance With Paul Kagame Finally Ending? Is the West’s Romance With Paul Kagame Finally Ending?

The crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has worsened, and Rwanda’s government is largely to blame.

Oct 14, 2022 / James North

Evidence

Evidence Evidence

They got nothing on me.

Oct 13, 2022 / OppArt / Michael deAdder

John Nichols on Democrats and Marijuana, Plus Greil Marcus on Bob Dylan

John Nichols on Democrats and Marijuana, Plus Greil Marcus on Bob Dylan John Nichols on Democrats and Marijuana, Plus Greil Marcus on Bob Dylan

On this week's episode of Start Making Sense, writers join the show to talk about Democratic strategy and a new biography. 

Oct 13, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

Democrats Need to Make the January 6 Attack an Election Issue

Democrats Need to Make the January 6 Attack an Election Issue Democrats Need to Make the January 6 Attack an Election Issue

Neglecting the role that Donald Trump and his allies have already played in assaulting democracy is political malpractice.

Oct 13, 2022 / John Nichols

Nation Poetry

Windbreak Windbreak

  In hurricane season the old trees suffer. Especially the ones standing alone. Their roots no match for a summer wind churning at sea, inhaling slights and salt air, then rus…

Oct 13, 2022 / Poems / John Freeman

Banning Books Is a Threat to Public Education

Banning Books Is a Threat to Public Education Banning Books Is a Threat to Public Education

To say nothing of the fact that we don’t value reading enough in the first place!

Oct 13, 2022 / Column / Katha Pollitt

A mockup of a nuclear reactor at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.

Nuclear Power Is a Dead End. We Must Abandon It Completely. Nuclear Power Is a Dead End. We Must Abandon It Completely.

Even given Europe's energy crisis, the case against nuclear power has never been so conclusive—and so important.

Oct 13, 2022 / Paul Hockenos

Hermann Burger’s Frenzied Harmonies

Hermann Burger’s Frenzied Harmonies Hermann Burger’s Frenzied Harmonies

His roman à clef Brenner documents the last days of a hyper-articulate and depressive scion of a cigar fortune. 

Oct 13, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Charlie Lee

Taiwan Strait Helicopter

Could the Fight Over Taiwan Trigger Nuclear War? Could the Fight Over Taiwan Trigger Nuclear War?

Ukraine isn’t the only place on the planet where a nuclear conflagration could erupt in the near future.

Oct 13, 2022 / Michael T. Klare

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