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How Progressive District Attorneys Are Leading the Charge to Fix Our Broken Justice System

How Progressive District Attorneys Are Leading the Charge to Fix Our Broken Justice System How Progressive District Attorneys Are Leading the Charge to Fix Our Broken Justice System

From Philadelphia to Portsmouth, Va., the successes are piling up.

Feb 9, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Rennie Davis, 1940–2021

Rennie Davis, 1940–2021 Rennie Davis, 1940–2021

“It was there that I learned about the Democratic National Convention,” he said. “It was there that I made the decision: I am going to Chicago.”

Feb 9, 2021 / Jon Wiener

President Donald Trump

Will American Sports Recover From Trumpism? Will American Sports Recover From Trumpism?

Over the past four years, Trumpism has gradually replaced sports as America’s most compelling live entertainment.

Feb 9, 2021 / Robert Lipsyte

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Letters From the February 22/March 1, 2021, Issue Letters From the February 22/March 1, 2021, Issue

Overtures to Trump voters… Paging the Surgeon General… Post-progressive aid?… Seeing the work… Appreciating Alterman…

Feb 9, 2021 / Our Readers

The Super Bowl’s Woke Capitalism

The Super Bowl’s Woke Capitalism The Super Bowl’s Woke Capitalism

The NFL is desperate to showcase Black talent in an effort to get us to ignore its treatment of Black people.

Feb 8, 2021 / Dave Zirin

Representative Liz Cheney

Liz Cheney Is Right on Impeachment, and Wrong on Everything Else Liz Cheney Is Right on Impeachment, and Wrong on Everything Else

Don’t make a hero of this neoconservative, warmongering, hate-amplifying apologist for Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Feb 8, 2021 / John Nichols

First, Nurses Saved Our Lives—Now They’re Saving Our Health Care

First, Nurses Saved Our Lives—Now They’re Saving Our Health Care First, Nurses Saved Our Lives—Now They’re Saving Our Health Care

Throughout the pandemic, nurses have been at the forefront of the fight not only to treat the sick but also to fix our ailing medical system.

Feb 8, 2021 / Feature / Sarah Jaffe

Death Penalty Abolition

President Biden Is Our Chance to End the Federal Death Penalty President Biden Is Our Chance to End the Federal Death Penalty

Trump’s execution spree laid bare some of the death penalty’s fundamental flaws.

Feb 8, 2021 / Sister Helen Prejean

Pillowheads

Pillowheads Pillowheads

Legion of Horror. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of  February 1.

Feb 5, 2021 / Steve Brodner

A New Era of Hope

A New Era of Hope A New Era of Hope

The Biden-Harris administration is the beginning of the rebuilding of democracy.

Feb 5, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

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