Easy Money: How Counties Are Funneling Covid Relief Funds Into New Jails Easy Money: How Counties Are Funneling Covid Relief Funds Into New Jails
Counties aren’t supposed to use Covid funds to build jails and prisons—but that hasn’t stopped some of them from trying to do it anyway.
Jul 26, 2022 / Feature / Lauren Gill
The Arizona Prison System Is Censoring “The Nation.” We’re Doing Something About It. The Arizona Prison System Is Censoring “The Nation.” We’re Doing Something About It.
Arizona prison authorities are stopping incarcerated people from reading The Nation. We’re working with the ACLU’s National Prison Project to assert their First Amendment rights.
Jul 25, 2022 / D.D. Guttenplan, Bhaskar Sunkara, and Katrina vanden Heuvel
Back to School… Back to School…
To Learn About Another Mass Shooting?
How Lyme Disease Became Unstoppable How Lyme Disease Became Unstoppable
There was nothing inevitable about the Lyme epidemic. Then humans disrupted the environment and fueled an era of tick-borne diseases.
Jul 25, 2022 / Feature / Jimmy Tobias
Biden’s Troubling Response to “Dobbs” Biden’s Troubling Response to “Dobbs”
The president does not seem to understand his responsibilities to the voters who elected him.
Jul 25, 2022 / Andrea Grimes for The Nation
Aliyah Boston Makes ESPN Look Small Aliyah Boston Makes ESPN Look Small
Aliyah Boston showed that she doesn’t need the ESPYs—but the ESPYs desperately need her.
Jul 22, 2022 / Dave Zirin
Could GOP States Really Stop Pregnant People From Traveling to Get Abortions? Could GOP States Really Stop Pregnant People From Traveling to Get Abortions?
Conservative legislatures shouldn’t be able to pass fugitive womb laws, but that doesn’t mean they won’t do it anyway—and get away with it.
Jul 22, 2022 / Column / Elie Mystal
Asking “What About…?” Is Essential to Achieving Justice Asking “What About…?” Is Essential to Achieving Justice
Selective empathy prevents us from making connections.
Jul 22, 2022 / Viet Thanh Nguyen
Democrats Are Fumbling Their Chance to Make Insulin More Affordable Democrats Are Fumbling Their Chance to Make Insulin More Affordable
Removing insulin provisions from the reconciliation bill is a harmful and pointless mistake that only benefits corporations.
Jul 22, 2022 / Matt McConnell