Joe Biden Can Cancel Your Student Loan Debt Joe Biden Can Cancel Your Student Loan Debt
Legal experts, the Senate majority leader, and borrowers all agree that the president has the authority to cancel student loan debt. Why doesn’t Nancy Pelosi?
Aug 27, 2021 / StudentNation / Cody Hounanian and Brendan Rooks
What Will Happen to the Athletes of Afghanistan? What Will Happen to the Athletes of Afghanistan?
The urgent case of “Jamil S.” highlights the need for emergency evacuation.
Aug 26, 2021 / Dave Zirin and Shireen Ahmed
Sure, Biden’s Better on Covid Than Trump. That’s Not Good Enough. Sure, Biden’s Better on Covid Than Trump. That’s Not Good Enough.
If the Biden administration doesn’t step up now—on vaccine mandates and production, testing, mask supplies, and protections for essential workers—millions more will die.
Aug 26, 2021 / Column / Gregg Gonsalves
The Party of Lincoln Is Now the Party of Jim Crow The Party of Lincoln Is Now the Party of Jim Crow
Not a single House Republican voted for the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
Aug 26, 2021 / John Nichols
Migration Migration
Reflecting on the stories of migrants.
Aug 25, 2021 / OppArt / Henry Mendez Chavajay
Tax Billionaires’ Pandemic Profits Tax Billionaires’ Pandemic Profits
In one proposal, Democrats can fund the Biden agenda and fight back against widening inequality.
Aug 25, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
“Hear Our Cries”: What Terrifies an Afghan Women’s Rights Activist “Hear Our Cries”: What Terrifies an Afghan Women’s Rights Activist
K, an anonymous advocate for Afghan women, speaks out while hiding from the Taliban in Kabul.
Aug 25, 2021 / Q&A / Mona Tajali
How Capitalism Has Made the World Sick How Capitalism Has Made the World Sick
Rupa Marya and Raj Patel’s Inflamed argues that the human cost of our economic system is a key to understanding the health of the world.
Aug 25, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Jones
We Should Hand Out Free Heroin to Drug Users We Should Hand Out Free Heroin to Drug Users
The idea that abstinence works is more about our fear of drugs than it is about science.
Aug 25, 2021 / P.E. Moskowitz