The Military Logic Of Punishing Chelsea Manning’s Suicide Attempt
The state’s control over the body is paramount.
Natasha LennardOil and Gas
It’s Time for Every Ally to Show Up in the Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline
The temporary halt to the pipeline’s construction must be made permanent.
Tom Goldtooth and Annie LeonardElection 2016
What Would Alexis de Tocqueville Have Made of the 2016 US Presidential Election?
Feverish thoughts from a moment of “extreme peril.”
Arthur GoldhammerInequality
6.8 Million Teenagers Are Food-Insecure
Young adults are increasingly victims of a failing economy that is leaving them starving.
Michelle ChenLatest From The Nation
Today 10:55 am The Left
Post-Bernie Blaze Fires Up His Democratic-Socialist Delegates
Although Bernie’s run stopped short of the nomination, his delegates are continuing to push for his politics across the country.
Elizabeth Henderson
Yesterday 12:56 pm Election 2016
I’m Trying to Find Hope, but This Campaign Isn’t Helping
Yesterday 12:49 pm Criminal Justice
Donald Trump’s Wild Portrayal of Crime Is Simply Not True
Yesterday 12:04 pm Election 2016
On Debate Night in America, Democracy Is Spectacle
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In the First Debate, Trump Failed to Achieve the Reagan Effect
Yesterday 8:00 am Jails and Prisons
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Election 2016
Have You Ever Seen Donald Trump Laugh?
As Trump himself might say, there’s something going on.
Leslie Savan
At the First Debate, Clinton Faced Asymmetric Warfare—and Won
“Donald, I know you live in your own reality,” she said calmly. And it gradually became clear she was right.
Joan Walsh
Donald Trump’s Wild Portrayal of Crime Is Simply Not True
Do not panic. Even in a bad year, today’s crime rates remain at historic lows.
John PfaffNation Voices
Donald Trump
In the First Debate, Trump Failed to Achieve the Reagan Effect
He seemed to shrink throughout the evening, growing more defensive and ill-tempered, snorting and grimacing.
Robert L. BorosageAmerica Has Gotten So Absurd That We Are Seriously Considering Electing a Walking Ponzi Scheme as President
Welcome to the United States, where war, nukes, and birther conspiracy theories reign supreme.
Tom EngelhardtHave You Ever Seen Donald Trump Laugh?
As Trump himself might say, there’s something going on.
Leslie SavanBooks & the Arts
Fortress America
How 20th-century liberals helped create our age of mass incarceration.
James Forman Jr.
A Part of Denise Riley’s Song
The shadow of ballad meter haunts Riley’s poems, which can never not be a sign of vitality.
Ange Mlinko
Black Lives Matter
I’m Trying to Find Hope, but This Campaign Isn’t Helping
In the wake of police killing Terrence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott, the first presidential debate offered nothing to suggest black lives truly matter.
Reniqua AllenBlack Charlotte Is Frustrated—and That’s by Design
The Queen City has boomed in recent years. But its growth and prosperity has only hardened a racial divide established decades ago.
Greg LacourBlack as We Wanna Be
Trying to remedy racism on its own intellectual terrain is like trying to extinguish a fire by striking another match. The fiction must be unbelieved, the fire stamped out.
Matthew McKnightWatch and Listen
Listen: The United States of Anxiety, Episode 1: Why Does Trump Appeal to So Many Voters?
On Long Island, two different communities are both working for their American Dream.
September 22, 2016
Watch: How to Protest Without Offending Anyone
Alternatives for kneeling during the National Anthem, blocking traffic, and more.
September 23, 2016
Watch: What Is It Like to Be an Abortion Provider in an Anti-Choice State?
Watch: Leah Torres explains why she works in Utah.
August 29, 2016
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