The Supreme Court Has Preserved Access to the Abortion Pill—Over Alito’s Salty Objection
The ruling, which stays a nationwide ban on Mifepristone by a rogue Texas judge, is a rare, if perhaps temporary, victory.
Elie MystalEnvironment
The American West Is Running Out of Water
A new federal proposal mandates strict cuts on water usage in states reliant on the Colorado River.
Sasha AbramskyLaw
New York Governor Hochul Appoints a Chevron Lawyer to the State’s Highest Court
Caitlin Halligan represented the oil giant in its vindictive legal campaign against the environmentalist lawyer Steven Donziger.
James NorthPolitics
Want to Manufacture Explosives? Soon You Can Hire Teenagers to Do It.
The Iowa state Senate recently ratified a bill that would lower age minimums for workers and reduce liability for companies with unsafe working conditions.
Chris LehmannSPRING BOOKS
C.L.R. James, Man of Paradox
A new biography examines the revolutionary possibilities and radical contradictions at the heart of James’s life and ideas.
Gerald HorneEmma Cline’s Novel of Pool Parties and Class Conflict
Full of suspense and subterfuge, The Guest turns a story about a summer on Long Island into a thriller about what it takes to survive.
Jennifer WilsonThe Ghosts of the British Empire
In his new book Empireland, Sathnam Sanghera examines how the British Empire’s pieties and fictions persist to this day.
Priya SatiaPolitics
John Fetterman’s Triumphant Return to the Political Stage
After some difficult months, he is back in the US Senate, and his political instincts are as sharp as ever.
John Nichols
It Costs $787.5 Million to Lie to the Public. Fox News Can Afford It.
The defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems ended in a settlement yesterday, leaving the cable network’s conduct unchallenged in court.
Chris Lehmann
Why Irish Joe Makes British Tories Cry Uncle Sam
A visit to the Emerald Isle provokes post-Brexit angst in the United Kingdom.
Jeet HeerCulture
What the “Last of Us” Could Never Do
The HBO series exposed all the limits of video game adaptations.
Erin Schwartz
The First Great Action Movie About Climate Justice?
A conversation with Daniel Goldhaber about adapting Andreas Malm’s How to Blow Up a Pipeline into a politically-minded thriller.
Sam Russek
The Biting Workplace Comedy of “Party Down”
Returning over a decade after it was originally canceled, the cult series remains a potent satire of meritocracy and Los Angeles.
Vikram MurthiWorld
Ukraine Is Another Chapter in the Forever War
Who even remembers when the First World War was known as “the war to end all wars”?
Karen J. Greenberg
Can Elly Schlein Pull Italy to the Left?
Many have dubbed the new Democratic Party leader the “Italian AOC.” Here’s why she has her work cut out for her.
Niccolò Barca and Tommaso Grossi
Haiti, April 2023: Soon There Will Be No One Left to Kidnap
The deadly consequences of the Biden administration’s policy of no policy.
Amy Wilentz
Watch and Listen
Listen: Resurgence In the Midwest
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Chris Lehmann examines how liberals and Democrats got their groove back in the Midwest.
April 19, 2023
Listen: Elie Mystal, Joan Walsh, and Chris Lehmann on Trump and His 34 Felonies
On this episode of Start Making Sense, we feature highlights of The Nation’s roundtable on Trump’s arraignment, plus the story of SOLA, the School of Leadership Afghanistan.
April 13, 2023
Listen: John Nichols on Progressive Victories and Chris Lehmann on Trump’s Indictment
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast: How abortion wins elections, and how 34 felonies may not change anybody’s mind about Trump.
April 6, 2023
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