AIPAC Targets Ilhan Omar
The pro-Israel lobbying group is running ads associating the Minnesota representative with Hamas.
Aída ChávezPolice and Law Enforcement
This Is How Police Get Away With Murdering Black People
Andrew Brown Jr. was killed by cops last month, but the local prosecutor refuses to bring charges because he says the killing was “justified.”
Elie MystalState and Local Elections
The Police Union Failed Miserably in Its Attempt to Beat Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner
Across the country, police unions are trying to defeat progressive reformers. Tuesday’s hotly contested election shows voters remain committed to changing an unjust system.
John NicholsRepublicans
Republican Cancel Culture: State Laws to Suppress Activism
Republicans in 33 states have introduced bills to make protesting a crime.
David ColeLatest from The Nation
Yesterday 5:00 am Fine Art
Encounters With the Unknown
Yesterday 5:00 am Cultural Criticism and Analysis
Why Critics Need to Let Their Guard Down
Yesterday 5:00 am Google Inc.
We’re Suing Google. Here’s Why.
May 18, 2021 Politics
Kevin McCarthy Sinks Even Lower
Politics
Meet the Woman Who Would Transform the Nation’s Most Powerful DA’s Office
The Manhattan district attorney’s office is a vital cog in New York City’s vast incarceration machine. Tahanie Aboushi is running to change that.
Moustafa Bayoumi
Kevin McCarthy Sinks Even Lower
He sells out a GOP House ally by opposing a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 insurrection. Is he afraid of what it will find?
Joan Walsh
The Supreme Court May Have Just Signed Roe v. Wade’s Death Warrant
The newly ultraconservative court has agreed to hear a direct challenge to the landmark 1973 abortion case—a move that can mean nothing good.
Elie MystalPalestine
The Nakba Is Now
With the explosion of Israeli violence this last week, Palestinians are experiencing a level of terror that is both new and painfully reminiscent of the terror of 1948.
Saree Makdisi‘All We Need Is Some More Courage From the World’
Palestinians are showing enormous bravery during this moment of horror. Now we need the world to respond with corresponding acts of courage and support.
Omar BarghoutiA Nightmare of Terror Across the Landscape of Palestine
As Israeli lynch mobs roam the streets attacking Palestinians, and as Israeli war planes drop bombs on Gaza, it’s essential to understand how we arrived at this moment.
Yousef Munayyer
World
When Lean-In Feminism Reaches the Factory Floor
Garment workers in India don’t need life-skills training. They need higher wages.
Maria Hengeveld
Parking Lot Crematoria Burn Through the Night as Covid-19 Overwhelms Delhi
Rage at Modi builds amid catastrophic government failure.
Fahad Shah
Colombian Protesters Are Ready for the Long Haul
After nearly two weeks of protests against neoliberal reforms and police violence, Colombia’s conservative government has refused to make any major concessions. The demonstrations continue.
Christina NoriegaNation Voices
Culture
Why Do We Eat Bad Food?
Mark Bittman’s new history looks at the economy and politics of junk food.
Bill McKibben
The City That Embodies the United States’ Contradictions
In the history of St. Louis, we find both a radical and reactionary past—and a more hopeful future too.
Robert Greene II
Encounters With the Unknown
Returning to New York’s galleries in search of surprise.
Barry SchwabskyWatch and Listen
Listen: Palestinian Lives—and Deaths
Rachel Kushner on refugees and Adam Shatz on Edward Said
May 13, 2021
Listen: Reform the Filibuster!
Senator Mazie Hirono on changing the Senate and the Supreme Court, plus Tim Schwab on Bill Gates, and Katha Pollitt on Dr. Seuss.
April 29, 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
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Jordan Peterson’s New Rules Are Old News By Katha Pollitt
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We’re Suing Google. Here’s Why. By Katrina vanden Heuvel
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Richard Wagner’s Pandemonium By Mina Tavakoli
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