Tiffany Cabán Wants to Transform What It Means to Be a DA Tiffany Cabán Wants to Transform What It Means to Be a DA
The Queens candidate tells The Nation she would prosecute bad landlords, predatory lenders, and abusive employers—not black and brown communities.
Jun 13, 2019 / Q&A / Isabel Cristo
Linda Fairstein Is Still Trying to Take Down the Central Park Five Linda Fairstein Is Still Trying to Take Down the Central Park Five
She’s using the media instead of the legal system, but her tactics are as corrupt as they were in 1989.
Jun 13, 2019 / Elie Mystal
Trump and Bibi Are Evil Twinsies Trump and Bibi Are Evil Twinsies
As aspiring autocrats, Trump and Bibi are strikingly alike.
Jun 13, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman
Vasily Grossman in War and Peace Vasily Grossman in War and Peace
In both his life and his writing, the novelist and journalist captured the complications and contradictions of the Soviet century.
Jun 12, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Sheila Fitzpatrick
The Radical Teachers’ Movement Comes to Baltimore The Radical Teachers’ Movement Comes to Baltimore
Social-justice teacher caucuses have emerged in cities like Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Seattle, and St. Paul, and now they’re banding together to help those in Baltimore.
Jun 7, 2019 / Rachel M. Cohen
The European Left’s Dangerous Anti-Immigrant Turn The European Left’s Dangerous Anti-Immigrant Turn
In Denmark, the center left returned to power only by lurching to the right on immigration.
Jun 7, 2019 / Karina Piser
Madison Is a Lefty Town—Just Not for Everyone Madison Is a Lefty Town—Just Not for Everyone
The newly elected mayor of Madison, Satya Rhodes-Conway, wants to advance racial equity in the most segregated state in America.
Jun 7, 2019 / Raina Lipsitz
When Joe Biden Collaborated With Segregationists When Joe Biden Collaborated With Segregationists
The candidate’s years as an anti-busing crusader cannot be forgotten—or readily forgiven.
Jun 6, 2019 / Jonathan Kozol
A Trans Asylum Seeker Dies After Pleading to ICE for Medical Care A Trans Asylum Seeker Dies After Pleading to ICE for Medical Care
In a disturbing pattern, ICE won’t even count Johana Medina Leon’s death among those that occurred in its custody.
Jun 4, 2019 / Nathan Craig and Margaret Brown Vega
Joe Biden’s Whiteness Isn’t the Problem Joe Biden’s Whiteness Isn’t the Problem
Don’t hate Biden because he’s a white guy. Hate his policies and his regressive voting record.
May 29, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman