Why Trump Was Found Liable for Sexual Assault but Not Rape Why Trump Was Found Liable for Sexual Assault but Not Rape
Blame the definition of rape in the first degree in New York State.
May 12, 2023 / Alexis Grenell
Kevin McCarthy Tried to Cancel a Discussion on Palestine. Rashida Tlaib Had It Anyway. Kevin McCarthy Tried to Cancel a Discussion on Palestine. Rashida Tlaib Had It Anyway.
Tlaib and a growing number of House Democrats are pushing to open up the debate about Middle East policy in Congress. But it’s not easy.
May 12, 2023 / John Nichols
The Best Years of My Country Are Behind Me The Best Years of My Country Are Behind Me
Thirty years ago, I caught a fleeting glimpse out of the corner of my eye of a better future, a better America, a better world. It was not to be.
May 11, 2023 / William Astore
My Cousin Shireen Abu Akleh Was Killed a Year Ago. No Justice Has Been Served. My Cousin Shireen Abu Akleh Was Killed a Year Ago. No Justice Has Been Served.
Despite relentless pressure from my family, the Biden administration has done nothing to hold Israel accountable for Shireen’s killing.
May 11, 2023 / Jennifer Zacharia
Now More Than Ever, We Need to Fight, Not Despair Now More Than Ever, We Need to Fight, Not Despair
The never-ending Covid toll, the government’s indifference to this suffering—it’s easy to feel helpless about all of it. But we have to keep resisting.
May 11, 2023 / Gregg Gonsalves
E. Jean Carroll’s Big Win for Women E. Jean Carroll’s Big Win for Women
It turns out Trump couldn’t sexually abuse someone on Fifth Avenue and get away with it.
May 10, 2023 / Joan Walsh
Is This the Most Dangerous Right-Wing Think Tank You’ve Never Heard Of? Is This the Most Dangerous Right-Wing Think Tank You’ve Never Heard Of?
Meet the Foundation for Government Accountability.
May 10, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Hunt Murderers, Not Poets Hunt Murderers, Not Poets
In support of arrested Russian poet Evgenia Berkovich.
May 10, 2023 / The Nation and Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Dutch University Just Set a Powerful Precedent for Climate Research A Dutch University Just Set a Powerful Precedent for Climate Research
VU Amsterdam will reject collaborations with fossil fuel companies that fail to demonstrate a commitment to the Paris Agreement.
May 10, 2023 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen
Another Side of W.E.B. Du Bois Another Side of W.E.B. Du Bois
A conversation with Adom Getachew and Jennifer Pitts about Du Bois's thinking on imperialism, transnational solidarity, and their recent collection, W.E.B. Du Bois: International T...
May 10, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins