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Amy Littlefield on the Abortion Fight and Chesa Boudin on Progressive Prosecutors

How Americans are fighting back to protect abortion rights. → Read More

Omicron: A Kinder, Gentler Covid?

Mike Davis on the pandemic, plus John Nichols on January 6. → Read More

Parents in Prison: An Interview With Chesa Boudin

Plus Amy Wilentz on protest in Haiti. → Read More

The Trump Mob that Stormed the Capitol

Joan Walsh weighs in on one of the worst days in the history of American democracy. → Read More

Mike Davis: Is Coronavirus Ushering in a New World Order?

Plus Barbara Ehrenreich on low-wage work. → Read More

Gail Collins: Ruth Bader Ginsberg and the Complicated Story of Women and Aging in America

Plus Rick Perlstein on impeachment and Eric Foner on The 1619 Project. → Read More

Joe Biden’s Campaign Is Faltering

Jeet Heer on Moderate Dems, plus Elie Mystal on Senate Republicans and Amy Wilentz on Haiti. → Read More

Is Trump’s Escalating Racism a Sign of Political Desperation?

Harold Meyerson on Trump, Jeet Heer on Al Franken, and Paul Krassner remembered. → Read More

Daniel Ellsberg: Espionage and Julian Assange

Plus Robert Pollin on Medicare for All and Alyssa Battistoni on climate politics. → Read More

‘The New York Times’ vs. Bernie

Amy Wilentz on media bias, plus John Nichols on Ilhan Omar and Karen Greenberg on government secrecy. → Read More

What Joe Biden Has In Common with Donald Trump

Harold Meyerson on the candidates, Michael Ames on Bowe Bergdahl and Laila Lalami on The Other Americans. → Read More

Will Young People of Color Shape the 2020 Election?

Steve Phillips on changes in the electorate, Ben Ehrenreich on climate and Commerce, and Amy Wilentz on Haiti’s Notre Dame. → Read More

Does It Have to Be Biden?

Joan Walsh on the candidates, Joshua Holland on impeachment, and Peter Richardson on Carey McWilliams. → Read More

Bill McKibben: ‘We’re Capable of Doing Remarkable Things to Combat Climate Change’

Plus: Richard J. Evans on Eric Hobsbawm. → Read More

Trump’s Tax Returns: Why We Will See Them, and What We Will Find

David Cay Johnston on Trump’s taxes, Zoë Carpenter on plastics, and Laurie Winer on Stephen Miller. → Read More

Kirsten Gillibrand’s Journey to the Left

Joan Walsh on the candidate, Eric Foner on Reconstruction, and Amy Wilentz on Jared Kushner. → Read More

Stacey Abrams: How We Fight for the Right to Vote

Plus Harold Meyerson on the trouble with Beto. → Read More

Don’t Trust Barr on the Mueller Report

John Nichols on the attorney general, Greg Grandin on Trump’s wall, and Adam Hochschild on Woodrow Wilson. → Read More

College Admissions Scams, From Jared Kushner to Hollywood

Amy Wilentz on bribery and cheating, Rebecca Grant on abortion in Mississippi, and Bryce Covert on Medicaid in Arkansas. → Read More

How to Beat Trump in 2020

John Nichols on strategy, Michael Kazin on Southern Democrats, and Katha Pollitt on political victories for women. → Read More