Minneapolis Grieves for George Floyd
With the murder trial for officer Derek Chauvin underway, these photos show how activists continue to honor him and other victims of police violence.
Tim Evans, Anna DalCortivo and Alyssa OurslerLabor
Blowout in Bessemer: A Postmortem on the Amazon Campaign
The warning signs of defeat were everywhere.
Jane McAleveyCorporations
McConnell Has No Trouble With Corporate Speech—as Long as It Takes the Form of Bribery
The minority leader has a problem with corporations that call out Jim Crow voting restrictions. But he’s still happy to take their dirty money,
John NicholsLatin America
In Ecuador, a Presidential Election With Global Reach
The runoff this Sunday will determine not only who will be president—Andrés Arauz or Guillermo Lasso—but also whether Ecuador will continue to lead the fight against elite financial corruption.
Greg GrandinLatest from The Nation
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Fatal Instincts
Unproud. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of April 5.
Steve Brodner
Yesterday 5:00 am Society
New Immigration Policy Is Opening Doors for Mixed-Status Families
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The Cold War Is Being Rebooted and Rebranded
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Why Do We Believe in Photographs?
April 8, 2021
Tribute to George Floyd
Politics
Yes, Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Justin Fairfax Just Compared Himself to Emmett Till
He blamed front-runner Terry McAuliffe for treating him like Till and George Floyd when he faced women’s claims of sexual assault in 2019.
Joan Walsh
Progressive Democrats Face Resistance on Infrastructure
The party is split between a stubborn establishment and what some activists see as its overly conciliatory left flank.
Aída Chávez
Karen Carter Peterson’s Ready to Bring Some ‘Don’t Mess Around’ Progressivism to D.C.
The New Orleans legislator is for Medicare For All, a Green New Deal, and living wages. And she knows how to call out white supremacists.
John Nichols
World
Why Brazil Still Matters
With Lula eligible to run against Bolsonaro, Brazilians hold the world’s future in their hands.
Glenn Greenwald
The General, the Mistress, and the Love Stories That Blind Us
Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez discusses her new book on Isabel Cooper, a Filipina American actress and Douglas MacArthur’s lover.
Noah Flora
Migrant Massage Workers Don’t Need to Be Rescued
Wu, a member of the sex worker collective Red Canary Song, discusses body work at the intersection of class, race, gender, and whorephobia.
Rosemarie HoNation Voices
Culture
The Debt We Owe Edward Said
A conversation with biographer Timothy Brennan about the enduring political and intellectual legacy of the Palestinian thinker.
Kaleem Hawa
The Triumph of ‘Céline and Julie Go Boating’
Why Jacques Rivette’s 1974 film of female friendship and surrealism remains a masterpiece.
Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
Songs of Hope and Isolation
Arlo Parks’s consoling pop music is tailor-made for our fraught and lonely moment.
Julyssa LopezWatch and Listen
Listen: What Happened to Kyrsten Sinema?
Aída Chávez on the Arizona Democrat, plus Joan Walsh on Stephen Breyer.
April 1, 2021
Listen: Sports Media’s Dance With Misogyny
Julie DiCaro joins the show to talk about her new book on misogyny in sports media.
March 23, 2021
View: Mexico Could Soon Become the Largest Legal Marijuana Market in the World
But activists say the law fails to address the widespread pain that decades of militarized enforcement have caused.
February 25, 2021
From the Magazine
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April 19/26, 2021, Issue
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Feature
Can Biden Fix the Courts That Trump Broke? By Elie Mystal
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Column
Free Dr. Seuss! By Jeet Heer
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Books & the Arts
Songs of Hope and Isolation By Julyssa Lopez
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