Rikers Detainees Are Being Transferred From One “Hellhole” to Another Rikers Detainees Are Being Transferred From One “Hellhole” to Another
Former and currently incarcerated people denounce Governor Kathy Hochul’s decision to transfer detainees as a temporary fix to the ongoing crisis at Rikers.
Oct 19, 2021 / Victoria Law
Manchin’s Shameful Child Care Stance Isn’t Just Bad Politics. It’s Self-Defeating Policy. Manchin’s Shameful Child Care Stance Isn’t Just Bad Politics. It’s Self-Defeating Policy.
The senator is forcing a choice among four crucial pillars of a holistic solution to help struggling families.
Oct 19, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Democracy at a Tipping Point Democracy at a Tipping Point
Republicans are engineering an election coup.
Oct 19, 2021 / OppArt / Clay Bennett
How to Solve the Crisis on Rikers Island How to Solve the Crisis on Rikers Island
The dangerously overcrowded and mismanaged jail must be closed—but even before then, there are things we can do right now to keep people out and send them home faster.
Oct 19, 2021 / Elizabeth Gaynes
Can the Most Powerful Global Tax Organization Shed Its Racist Ways? Can the Most Powerful Global Tax Organization Shed Its Racist Ways?
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development insists it’s “inclusive,” but it’s still strong-arming countries in the Global South.
Oct 19, 2021 / Steven Dean
Letters From the November 1/8, 2021, Issue Letters From the November 1/8, 2021, Issue
Our carbon bootprint… The forgotten forever war… Fuzzy math… Feminism: left and white? (web only)…
Oct 19, 2021 / Our Readers and Rafia Zakaria
Art at the Border of Power and Ecology Art at the Border of Power and Ecology
Miguel Fernández de Castro’s multimedia works reveal the ties between money, migration, and environmental disaster.
Biden’s Supreme Court Commission Was Designed to Fail Biden’s Supreme Court Commission Was Designed to Fail
The commission was set up to give the president and Senate Democrats cover for total inaction on court reform, and its draft findings do just that.
Oct 18, 2021 / Elie Mystal
Welcome to the USA Welcome to the USA
Abortion is health care, guns are death…
Oct 18, 2021 / OppArt / Judy Polstra
“The Nation” Launches “Going for Broke With Ray Suarez,” a New Podcast Hosted by the Veteran Broadcast Journalist “The Nation” Launches “Going for Broke With Ray Suarez,” a New Podcast Hosted by the Veteran Broadcast Journalist
In partnership with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, our latest podcast is about what it’s like to be failed by the promise of the American Dream—as well as radical possibi...
Oct 18, 2021 / Press Room