David Leonhardt’s Centrist Nostalgia Won’t Save Democracy David Leonhardt’s Centrist Nostalgia Won’t Save Democracy
Jim Crow wasn’t an exception—but a model for the future.
Sep 23, 2022 / Jeet Heer
Flooding In Pakistan Flooding In Pakistan
The climate crisis isn’t tomorrow, it’s now!
Sep 23, 2022 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards
“You Strike So You Don’t Quit”: Across the Country, Nurses Are Fighting Overwork “You Strike So You Don’t Quit”: Across the Country, Nurses Are Fighting Overwork
Massive nurses’ strikes in Minnesota, Michigan, and New York are putting the crisis of understaffing and unsafe work loads front and center.
Sep 22, 2022 / Bryce Covert
Fascists, Neofascists, and Postfascists: Italy’s Unreal Election Debate Fascists, Neofascists, and Postfascists: Italy’s Unreal Election Debate
With most Italians exhausted by the status quo, the far right is likely to be the biggest winner in Sunday's elections.
Sep 22, 2022 / David Broder
No, America Doesn’t Actually Need “Sacrifice Zones” No, America Doesn’t Actually Need “Sacrifice Zones”
Their suffering is not for the greater good.
Sep 22, 2022 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
“To Hell With Kings!” What Happened to American Skepticism About Monarchy? “To Hell With Kings!” What Happened to American Skepticism About Monarchy?
Tom Paine warned that enthusiasm for monarchy led to enthusiasm for aristocracy and oligarchy, while FDR denounced “economic royalists.”
Sep 20, 2022 / John Nichols
What Do Americans Care About? Not a Cold War With Russia and China. What Do Americans Care About? Not a Cold War With Russia and China.
Americans’ top security concerns include safety at home and protecting jobs.
Sep 20, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
It Isn’t Populist to Defund Rural Schools It Isn’t Populist to Defund Rural Schools
The Republican Party has won rural America by fanning the flames of the culture war. But by taking a match to public schools, it may have finally gone too far.
Sep 20, 2022 / Jennifer C. Berkshire and Jack Schneider