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Newly elected Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.

Why Walden Bello’s Arrest and Detention for Cyberlibel Demands Attention Why Walden Bello’s Arrest and Detention for Cyberlibel Demands Attention

The charge is a brazen case of weaponing the law against critics.

Aug 18, 2022 / Walden Bello

Abortion Rights Victories in Red States, Plus the Crisis in Haiti

Abortion Rights Victories in Red States, Plus the Crisis in Haiti Abortion Rights Victories in Red States, Plus the Crisis in Haiti

On this week’s episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, Katha Pollitt on choice, and Amy Wilentz on Port-au-Prince.

Aug 18, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense

Heads of Sakira Cook, left; Andrea James, right.

Without “Roe,” Who Is Holding Prosecutors to Account? Without “Roe,” Who Is Holding Prosecutors to Account?

A conversation with Andrea James, the executive director of the National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls, and Sakira Cook, the co–interim vice pr...

Aug 18, 2022 / Q&A / Laura Flanders

How Eco-Fiction Became Realer Than Realism

How Eco-Fiction Became Realer Than Realism How Eco-Fiction Became Realer Than Realism

Encompassing everything from the ecosystems novel to sci-fi, a growing body of literature is imagining and interrogating the past, present, and future of the planet's climate.

Aug 18, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Lynne Feeley

Nation Poetry

How to Fornicate How to Fornicate

I.After killing your god, hotbox the gun smoke. Cough out any vestigial prayer. Remember that spooky shit Ole Boy hissed mid-smite, bullet-plowed, curling away. It’s true. You bel…

Aug 18, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kemi Alabi

US Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.)

Liz Cheney Is No Abraham Lincoln Liz Cheney Is No Abraham Lincoln

As she positions for a presidential bid, the defeated representative imagines herself as Lincolnesque. That’s absurd.

Aug 17, 2022 / John Nichols

We Can Thank Green New Dealers for the Inflation Reduction Act

We Can Thank Green New Dealers for the Inflation Reduction Act We Can Thank Green New Dealers for the Inflation Reduction Act

It was the Green New Deal movement that made massive federal investment in clean energy a must-pass priority of the Democratic Party.

Aug 17, 2022 / Matthew Miles Goodrich

Yuh-Line Niou at a reproductive justice rally

Can Yuh-Line Niou Unite Fractured Progressives to Win a New York Congressional Seat? Can Yuh-Line Niou Unite Fractured Progressives to Win a New York Congressional Seat?

It’s complicated.

Aug 17, 2022 / Joan Walsh

Trump Is a Criminal—Will Any of These 4 Investigations Snare Him?

Trump Is a Criminal—Will Any of These 4 Investigations Snare Him? Trump Is a Criminal—Will Any of These 4 Investigations Snare Him?

Here’s where things stand with the investigations into the former president—from his potential violation of the Espionage Act to his role in the January 6 insurrection.

Aug 17, 2022 / Elie Mystal

Afghanistan Soldier Sunset

What the Military’s Recruitment Crisis Means for America What the Military’s Recruitment Crisis Means for America

The human frailties that hinder enlistment are symptoms of something more sinister than a military lacking bodies.

Aug 17, 2022 / Andrea Mazzarino

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