Do We Really Need a 24-Hour Economy? Do We Really Need a 24-Hour Economy?
Perhaps the pandemic has given us an opportunity to rethink which goods are so “critical” that we’re willing to let other people risk their lives to provide them for us.
Dec 1, 2021 / Rebecca Gordon
The Staggeringly High Price of a Prison Phone Call The Staggeringly High Price of a Prison Phone Call
It’s outrageous that a billion-dollar industry exists based on skimming profits from some of society’s most vulnerable people.
Nov 30, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Paperwork Keeps People Poor Paperwork Keeps People Poor
It would be a huge mistake for Democrats to embrace harsh work requirements once again.
Nov 29, 2021 / Bryce Covert
At COP 26, A Bigger, Stronger Climate Movement Made Its Mark At COP 26, A Bigger, Stronger Climate Movement Made Its Mark
The new focus on equity in the climate movement will keep the pressure where it belongs: on the Global North.
Nov 29, 2021 / Tina Gerhardt for The Nation
Pramila Jayapal Has Made Her Case to Be Pelosi’s Successor Pramila Jayapal Has Made Her Case to Be Pelosi’s Successor
The chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus could be in line to step into the Democratic leader’s shoes.
Nov 26, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Covid Year 2: About Suffering the Old Masters Were Never Wrong Covid Year 2: About Suffering the Old Masters Were Never Wrong
Deciding this is the new normal is a choice—about whose lives really matter, and how many deaths we can tolerate.
Nov 25, 2021 / Gregg Gonsalves
We’re Spending Money on War When We Could Be Building Roads We’re Spending Money on War When We Could Be Building Roads
Our problem in this country isn’t lack of funds, no matter what the Republicans, Manchin, and Sinema may claim.
Nov 25, 2021 / Andrea Mazzarino
’Tis the Season for DeJoy’s Removal ’Tis the Season for DeJoy’s Removal
Firing Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is essential to ending the crisis at the USPS. But the agency needs more than a “return to quiet competence.”
Nov 25, 2021 / John Nichols
America’s Decline Started at Home America’s Decline Started at Home
When will shifting geopolitics and climate change fully cripple Washington’s current world order?
Nov 22, 2021 / Alfred McCoy
Francia Márquez Mina Confronts Colombia’s “Politics of Death” Francia Márquez Mina Confronts Colombia’s “Politics of Death”
The first Black woman to run for president in Colombia has ignited a movement.
Nov 22, 2021 / Juan Mejia and Olivia Heffernan