It’s Time for Young People to Demand a Solution to the Student Debt Crisis It’s Time for Young People to Demand a Solution to the Student Debt Crisis
Student body leaders representing over 1 million people recently urged President Biden to cancel student debt. Now is the moment to join them.
Feb 22, 2022 / StudentNation / Brendan Rooks and Orlando Cabalo
A “Simultaneously Hidden and Deliciously Obvious” History of Levantine Cuisine A “Simultaneously Hidden and Deliciously Obvious” History of Levantine Cuisine
Writer Antonio Tahhan and Anny Gaul, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, discuss a new collection of essays on the region’s food.
Feb 22, 2022 / Q&A / Alexia Underwood
A Working-Class Uprising in Canada? A Working-Class Uprising in Canada?
The organizers and money are from wealthy right-wingers, but the “Freedom Convoy” touches broader popular discontent.
Feb 21, 2022 / Jeet Heer
We Must Protect Historically Black Colleges and Universities We Must Protect Historically Black Colleges and Universities
It’s no wonder HBCUs are under attack given how hostile our society remains to Black success.
Feb 21, 2022 / StudentNation / Robert Greene II
The Dirty Secret of Inflation: Corporations Are Jacking Up Prices and Profits The Dirty Secret of Inflation: Corporations Are Jacking Up Prices and Profits
Democrats are failing to speak to the realities of the economic moment—and it could cost them in the midterms.
Feb 21, 2022 / John Nichols
China Between Communism and Capitalism China Between Communism and Capitalism
The history of the country’s relationship with the market is filled with conflicting narratives.
Feb 21, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Andrew B. Liu
How the Left Should Think About Inflation How the Left Should Think About Inflation
There is no compelling reason to raise interest rates, now or later.
Feb 18, 2022 / James K. Galbraith for The Nation
The Avoidable Tragedy of Road Deaths The Avoidable Tragedy of Road Deaths
The media pays a lot of attention to rising crime, but more than twice as many people die in traffic collisions in the US.
Feb 17, 2022 / Bryce Covert
What Might the World Look Like in 2025? What Might the World Look Like in 2025?
A dispatch from the future.
Feb 15, 2022 / John Feffer
America’s Mayors Should Take Marion Barry as a Model. Seriously. America’s Mayors Should Take Marion Barry as a Model. Seriously.
The former D.C. mayor’s pioneering efforts to provide jobs, affordable housing, and food security deserve to be remembered long after the jokes about his drug use have grown stale.
Feb 14, 2022 / Christina M. Greer