Joe Biden Needs to Revive the Spirit of Tammany Hall Joe Biden Needs to Revive the Spirit of Tammany Hall
In the current crisis, Americans needs fewer high-minded speeches and more jobs and money.
Dec 14, 2020 / Jeet Heer
How Did We End Up With Our Current Public Defender System? How Did We End Up With Our Current Public Defender System?
Sara Mayeux’s new history highlights how without a more fundamental transformation of criminal law, public defenders often provide only a limited form of equality and fairness befo...
Dec 14, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Clair
Hinch-22 Hinch-22
Bilgewater on back order. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of December 7.
Dec 11, 2020 / Steve Brodner
Human Rights Day Human Rights Day
Will the USA remember our promise?
Dec 10, 2020 / OppArt / Jos Sances
We Want a More Democratic University—Until Then, We Won’t Pay We Want a More Democratic University—Until Then, We Won’t Pay
Over 2,000 students across Columbia’s institutions are demanding to be included in decisions over how their money is spent. And if not, they won’t pay.
Dec 10, 2020 / StudentNation / Rebecca Roskill and Willem Morris
Personnel as Policy: What Biden’s Picks So Far Tell Us Personnel as Policy: What Biden’s Picks So Far Tell Us
For progressives, Biden’s nominees include the good, the bad—and the just plain ugly.
Dec 10, 2020 / Robert L. Borosage for The Nation
Take What You Need and Give What You Can: A Mutual Aid Portrait Take What You Need and Give What You Can: A Mutual Aid Portrait
Residents of Morris County, N.J., aren’t waiting for federal relief—they’re helping each other.
Dec 10, 2020 / Photo Essay / John Washington and Tracie Williams
I Know Rahm Emanuel, and He Shouldn’t Be Anywhere Near the White House I Know Rahm Emanuel, and He Shouldn’t Be Anywhere Near the White House
Appointing Rahm as secretary of transportation would be a slap in the face not only to Chicago but to all union members who sent Biden to the White House.
Dec 10, 2020 / Stacy Davis Gates
Raging Pandemic, Anemic Response Raging Pandemic, Anemic Response
Americans suffer while the GOP dithers.