We Need a Racial Reckoning to Save Democracy We Need a Racial Reckoning to Save Democracy
We must undergo a truth and reconciliation process in order to establish a new civic consensus.
Feb 17, 2021 / Megan Ming Francis and Deepak Bhargava
The Case for Blue-State Secession The Case for Blue-State Secession
It’s the only way to ensure democracy and equal justice, not just for blue-state residents but for citizens in all 50 states.
Feb 10, 2021 / Feature / Nathan Newman
Mike Davis’s Forecast for the Left Mike Davis’s Forecast for the Left
His works of history and social criticism have grappled with the political and ecological disasters of the past. His work has now started to become more hopeful about the future.
Feb 9, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Micah Uetricht
46 and Done: Why Joe Biden Should Be Our Last President 46 and Done: Why Joe Biden Should Be Our Last President
Parliamentary democracies give their citizens tuition-free college, state-subsidized child care, generous paid leave, socialized medicine. We get “Hail to the Chief.”
Feb 5, 2021 / Column / Alexis Grenell
Vaccine Shortage Vaccine Shortage
The impact of the shortage of Covid vaccines adds to the inequity in access and distribution.
Feb 4, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
How Will Capitalism End? How Will Capitalism End?
Both the origins and the death of our economic system has become an almost intractable riddle for theorists to solve.
Jan 26, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Luban
We Balk at ‘Law and Order,’ but Democracy Needs the Rule of Law We Balk at ‘Law and Order,’ but Democracy Needs the Rule of Law
The preservation of our liberties has always depended more on habit than on compulsion.
Jan 25, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich
When Medicare Helped Kill Jim Crow When Medicare Helped Kill Jim Crow
By making health care broadly available, the government helps ensure our freedom.
Jan 19, 2021 / Mike Konczal
Alliance Between Vigilantes and Law Enforcement: A US Tradition Alliance Between Vigilantes and Law Enforcement: A US Tradition
On the continuity between the early-20th-century American Protective League and today’s violent “patriots.”
Jan 19, 2021 / R.H. Lossin
Who Voted for Hitler? Who Voted for Hitler?
Just as there are myths about Trump voters, there are damaging misconceptions about who brought the Nazis to power.
Jan 15, 2021 / Dan Simon