Can Biden Minimize the Cruelty of the Public Charge Rule? Can Biden Minimize the Cruelty of the Public Charge Rule?
Immigrants can put their residency status at risk by receiving government benefits. Could the president change this without altering the law?
Apr 11, 2022 / David M. Perry
Emily St. John Mandel’s Neatly Designed Worlds Emily St. John Mandel’s Neatly Designed Worlds
Her new novel, a time travel story called Sea of Tranquility, presents a universe lacking in loose ends or messiness.
Apr 11, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Sophia Nguyen
Autocracies and Fossil Fuels Go Hand in Hand Autocracies and Fossil Fuels Go Hand in Hand
The extraction of hydrocarbons tends to support despotism, whereas sun and wind are much closer to being democratic.
Apr 11, 2022 / Bill McKibben
No Good Can Come From Downplaying Covid No Good Can Come From Downplaying Covid
Democrats must figure out how to discuss the hard truths about the pandemic, or it could cost them.
Apr 11, 2022 / Column / John Nichols
Shrinking the Economy to Save the World Shrinking the Economy to Save the World
The degrowth movement argues that the only way toward an ecologically sustainable world is to redirect economies away from market imperatives.
Apr 11, 2022 / Feature / Kyle Paoletta
The Ukraine Crisis Comes to the UN The Ukraine Crisis Comes to the UN
Volodymyr Zelensky delivers an impassioned speech—and the General Assembly revises its role.
Apr 8, 2022 / Barbara Crossette
Life Under Russian Occupation in Bucha Life Under Russian Occupation in Bucha
A Ukrainian mother and daughter talk about life under Russian rule in a town where war crimes are alleged to have taken place.
Apr 8, 2022 / Nicolas Niarchos
Did Ranked-Choice Voting Make It Easier for 2 Republicans to Back Ketanji Brown Jackson? Did Ranked-Choice Voting Make It Easier for 2 Republicans to Back Ketanji Brown Jackson?
There is a good case to be made that the election systems in Alaska and Maine made it easier for Murkowski and Collins to show support for Biden’s Supreme Court nominee.
Apr 8, 2022 / John Nichols
Fueling Disaster Fueling Disaster
Reliance on fossil fuels is a war on the environment.
Apr 8, 2022 / OppArt / Peter Kuper