![Status Coup](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/FEATURE_TGQ-MON.-10.25.21-KKK-ACT.jpg)
Status Coup Status Coup
Two points for Merrick. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of October 25.
Oct 29, 2021 / Steve Brodner
![The Window to Act Is Closing Fast](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/FEATURE_Kuper-Window-to-Act1.jpg)
The Window to Act Is Closing Fast The Window to Act Is Closing Fast
What action will the UN climate change conference bring?
Oct 29, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
![Businessman in Handcuffs](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Businessman-in-Handcuffs.jpg)
It’s Time to End Murder by Spreadsheet It’s Time to End Murder by Spreadsheet
The other side of criminal justice reform is focusing on white-collar prosecutions.
Oct 29, 2021 / Column / Alvin Bragg and Zephyr Teachout
![[Rep. Lauren Boebert and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene during a press conference.]](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GettyImages-1325097747.jpg)
Every House Member Who Aided the January 6 Rioters Must Be Expelled Every House Member Who Aided the January 6 Rioters Must Be Expelled
“It’s inexcusable to wait any longer.”
Oct 29, 2021 / John Nichols
![The Supreme Court Wants to Make It Even Harder to Sue Abusive Cops](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/GettyImages-1224873249.jpg)
The Supreme Court Wants to Make It Even Harder to Sue Abusive Cops The Supreme Court Wants to Make It Even Harder to Sue Abusive Cops
Ending qualified immunity is essential to bringing violent police officers to justice, but the nation’s highest court refuses to weaken it.
Oct 29, 2021 / Column / Elie Mystal
![I Hope Everyone Is Prepared for Kyle Rittenhouse to Go Free](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/AP21278625766657.jpg)
I Hope Everyone Is Prepared for Kyle Rittenhouse to Go Free I Hope Everyone Is Prepared for Kyle Rittenhouse to Go Free
Even if Rittenhouse somehow draws an impartial jury, he already appears to have landed a very partial judge.
Oct 27, 2021 / Elie Mystal
![Black Lives Matter](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/FEATURE_Susan-Arnot-Heaney-Apollo-1.jpg)
Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter
Apollo Theatre, Harlem, NYC 2021.
Oct 27, 2021 / OppArt / Susan Arnot
![The Department of Justice Is Letting the Coup Plotters Get Away](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/AP21007445394678.jpg)
The Department of Justice Is Letting the Coup Plotters Get Away The Department of Justice Is Letting the Coup Plotters Get Away
While Congress is investigating the events of January 6, why isn’t the DOJ doing the same—and more?
Oct 26, 2021 / Elie Mystal
![US army soldier in Northeastern Syria](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/us-military-syria-gt-img.jpg)
Why Biden Should Continue Withdrawing After Afghanistan Why Biden Should Continue Withdrawing After Afghanistan
The political cost of leaving Afghanistan has largely been paid—and the geopolitical consequences have been positive.
Oct 26, 2021 / Trita Parsi, Beatrix Geaghan-Breiner, and Artin DerSimonian