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Fauci testifying in a mask

Trump Has Destroyed the Fauci Protocol Trump Has Destroyed the Fauci Protocol

For decades, the venerated physician had a successful formula for balancing politics with science. Then he met Donald Trump.

Jul 20, 2020 / Jeet Heer

How a Trip to Prison Cost Kenneth Clark His Right to Be a Parent

How a Trip to Prison Cost Kenneth Clark His Right to Be a Parent How a Trip to Prison Cost Kenneth Clark His Right to Be a Parent

Clark wanted desperately to be a father to his kids. But prison, along with a Clinton-era child welfare law, conspired to take them away from him—for good.

Jul 20, 2020 / Feature / Sylvia A. Harvey

In Quarantine, on the Plains of Colombia

In Quarantine, on the Plains of Colombia In Quarantine, on the Plains of Colombia

A photographer captures a child’s fears and hopes on a ranch on the Llanos.

Jul 20, 2020 / Photo Essay / Juanita Escobar, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation

How We Remember a Prophet

How We Remember a Prophet How We Remember a Prophet

Republicans who refuse to restore the Voting Rights Act while decorating the grave of Representative John Lewis with flowery words testify against themselves. 

Jul 19, 2020 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Portland feds

The Border Patrol Was Responsible for an Arrest in Portland The Border Patrol Was Responsible for an Arrest in Portland

An internal memo, obtained exclusively by The Nation, details a coordinated program of domestic counterinsurgency.

Jul 17, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein

Donald Trump

Never Mind the Rising Death Toll—the Trump Show Must Go On! Never Mind the Rising Death Toll—the Trump Show Must Go On!

While Trump rages against Covid-19 testing and air conditioning, his administration orchestrates a data grab to help cook the pandemic books.

Jul 17, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Mary Trump

Donald Trump’s Niece Dishes the Dirt Donald Trump’s Niece Dishes the Dirt

According to Mary Trump’s tell-all book, the president is still a little boy throwing a tantrum.

Jul 17, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt

With Fear and Favor: The Russophobia of ‘The New York Times’

With Fear and Favor: The Russophobia of ‘The New York Times’ With Fear and Favor: The Russophobia of ‘The New York Times’

Disregarding all past experience, journalists, politicians, and foreign policy experts have simply assumed that the claims of Russian bounties for killing American troops are true....

Jul 17, 2020 / David S. Foglesong

Boogaloo

US Intelligence Turns to the Boogaloo Movement US Intelligence Turns to the Boogaloo Movement

After downplaying the threat of right-wing domestic terrorism, top intelligence agencies take notice of a rising militia.

Jul 16, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein

Trofim Lysenko

The New Lysenkoism in Washington The New Lysenkoism in Washington

At a time when we desperately need scientific leadership, what we’ve got is a rogues’ gallery of frauds and flatterers who see the pandemic as a career move.

Jul 16, 2020 / Gregg Gonsalves

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