In Defense of the 30-Year Mortgage In Defense of the 30-Year Mortgage
A recent New York Times column argued that the long term fixed-rate loan popular with US homebuyers is unfair to banks. In fact the arrangement—a fruit of the New Deal—is somethin...
Nov 23, 2023 / James K. Galbraith
FDR Taught Us How to Talk Politics on Thanksgiving FDR Taught Us How to Talk Politics on Thanksgiving
The 32nd president used his holiday proclamations to call for “the establishment on earth of freedom, brotherhood, and justice.”
Nov 23, 2023 / John Nichols
A Response to “The Nation” Magazine’s Coverage of Protests at Brooklyn College A Response to “The Nation” Magazine’s Coverage of Protests at Brooklyn College
Jeanne Theoharis and Brooklyn College students reply to David Brodsky.
Nov 22, 2023 / Jeanne Theoharis and Ashera Schwartz
College Administrations Are Failing Their Palestinian and Jewish Students College Administrations Are Failing Their Palestinian and Jewish Students
Campus activists say many university leaders have declined to protect Arab and Muslim students, and by conflating Israel and Judaism have only stoked antisemitism.
Nov 22, 2023 / Hadas Thier
Marianne Williamson Is Polling Just As Well Against Biden as Nikki Haley Is Against Trump Marianne Williamson Is Polling Just As Well Against Biden as Nikki Haley Is Against Trump
But the media’s obsessed with Haley and paying almost no attention to Williamson.
Nov 22, 2023 / John Nichols
Muslim Americans Are Facing a Brutal Wave of Islamophobia Muslim Americans Are Facing a Brutal Wave of Islamophobia
Violence against Muslim and Arab Americans has exploded since October 7. Some say things are almost worse than they were after 9/11.
Nov 22, 2023 / Shahamat Uddin
Biden’s Supposed “Open-Border Policy” Does Not Exist Biden’s Supposed “Open-Border Policy” Does Not Exist
Just a glance at 2023 border contracts suggests that more walls, detention centers, and expulsion flights are coming.
Nov 22, 2023 / Todd Miller
To Stop the Slaughter in Gaza, We Need the Broadest Coalition Possible To Stop the Slaughter in Gaza, We Need the Broadest Coalition Possible
People with very different visions of what a just peace looks like must work together to stop this war.
Nov 22, 2023 / D.D. Guttenplan for The Nation
Reconsidering the Indelible Legacy of the “Feminist-Critical Mother of Us All” Reconsidering the Indelible Legacy of the “Feminist-Critical Mother of Us All”
The life and times of pioneering feminist scholar Carolyn Heilbrun revealed the defining pressures, struggles, and joys of her era.
Nov 21, 2023 / Gayle Greene
Tomorrow’s Antisemitism Today Tomorrow’s Antisemitism Today
While real antisemitism is rearing its head, the assurance that “anti-Zionism is not inherently antisemitic” can feel like gaslighting.
Nov 21, 2023 / Barry Schwabsky