Can the Climate Youth Tip the 2020 Election Against Trump? Can the Climate Youth Tip the 2020 Election Against Trump?
After electing Green New Deal champions in Democratic primaries, Varshini Prakash and the Sunrise Movement have their sights set on defeating Trump and the GOP in Wisconsin, Michig...
Sep 21, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard
Orlando Patterson and the Postcolonial Predicament Orlando Patterson and the Postcolonial Predicament
Out of the ruins of colonialism and empire, the sociologist insisted we could fashion a more egalitarian and liberated future.
Sep 21, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Adom Getachew
Want the Youth Vote? Prioritize Climate Change Want the Youth Vote? Prioritize Climate Change
Young voters are intimately aware that they will be forced to bear the full effects of climate change—and they’re voting with that in mind.
Sep 21, 2020 / StudentNation / Jacob Wallace
Progressives Slam Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Progressives Slam Biden’s Foreign Policy Team
Sanders delegates and other progressive Dems, worried about his ties to the military, want less Pentagon spending and more focus on climate change.
Sep 21, 2020 / Tim Shorrock
If You Wait Until Election Day to Vote, You’re Already Too Late If You Wait Until Election Day to Vote, You’re Already Too Late
The only way Democrats can prevent Trump from stealing the election is if overwhelming numbers vote early—and in person.
Sep 21, 2020 / Column / Elie Mystal
Cancel the Presidential Debates—Permanently Cancel the Presidential Debates—Permanently
We’d gain precious minutes of our lives that we might otherwise be tempted to waste.
Sep 21, 2020 / Ed Burmila
Countdown to Election: 52 Days Countdown to Election: 52 Days
Nothing comic about Trump’s actions.
Sep 19, 2020 / OppArt / R. Sikoryak
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Dying Wish: DISSENT! Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Dying Wish: DISSENT!
To honor RBG, we’ve got to fight with all our might to reclaim the Supreme Court—and that means packing it.
Sep 19, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: ‘My Most Fervent Wish Is That I Will Not Be Replaced Until a New President Is Installed’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg: ‘My Most Fervent Wish Is That I Will Not Be Replaced Until a New President Is Installed’
May her memory be a blessing, and may we fight to assure that she will truly rest in power.
Sep 18, 2020 / John Nichols
Maya Moore and Jonathan Irons: More Than a Love Story Maya Moore and Jonathan Irons: More Than a Love Story
The basketball superstar announced her marriage to a man she helped free from prison. But there is a sobering lesson beneath this feel-good story.
Sep 18, 2020 / Dave Zirin