The Unemployed Epidemiologist Who Predicted the Pandemic

For years, Rob Wallace warned that industrial agriculture could cause deadly outbreaks at a global scale. It made him an exile in his field.

The Biggest Uprising Since the Civil War Happened Here 100 Years Ago

The Battle of Blair Mountain saw thousands of miners battling cops’ machine guns—and enduring aerial bombardment. Yet today hardly anyone remembers a thing about it.

Ron Death Santis

Florida’s governor promotes Covid’s spread.

Can We Live Without Twitter?

The platform has become an important space for political conversations; it is also run by a for-profit private enterprise and full of cruel trolling. Is there a way to have the good without the bad?

The Disastrous Opening of One Arkansas School District

When schools in Marion, Ark., opened, the district was prohibited from requiring masks. Here’s what their experience can teach the rest of the country.

As California Gubernatorial Candidates Debate, Court Rulings Change the Landscape

Amid an entrenchment of Trump’s Migrant Protection Protocols and a rejection of gig economy exploitation, the recall election builds momentum.

These Progressive Candidates Want to Transform LA in 2022

While the pandemic has made grassroots campaigning more difficult, many candidates see this moment as an opportunity. 

Joe Biden Can Cancel Your Student Loan Debt

Legal experts, the Senate majority leader, and borrowers all agree that the president has the authority to cancel student loan debt. Why doesn’t Nancy Pelosi?

Our Dying Oceans

Vanishing life in the sea: the clock is ticking on taking action.

Torture Tree

“D’oh!” “Ha!” Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of August 23.

Cori Bush Is Determined to Save the Eviction Moratorium

She lit a fire under the Biden administration to keep people in their homes, but the Supreme Court ruling has renewed the housing crisis.

Jackie Wang’s Dream Poetics

Her poetry and essays explore the personal, aesthetic, and political possibilities of dreaming.

Fashion Statement

Pandemic haute couture.

The Real Existential Threat Is Our Overheating Planet

By 2049, China will be too busy dealing with climate disasters to launch a war with the United States.

It’s Time for Biden to Lead on Voting Rights

He must use his power and influence to get voting rights laws to his desk. And that means working with senators to prevent the filibuster from standing in their way.

What Will Happen to the Athletes of Afghanistan?

The urgent case of “Jamil S.” highlights the need for emergency evacuation.

The Party of Lincoln Is Now the Party of Jim Crow

Not a single House Republican voted for the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

“Hear Our Cries”: What Terrifies an Afghan Women’s Rights Activist

K, an anonymous advocate for Afghan women, speaks out while hiding from the Taliban in Kabul.

How Capitalism Has Made the World Sick

Rupa Marya and Raj Patel’s Inflamed argues that the human cost of our economic system is a key to understanding the health of the world.

We Should Hand Out Free Heroin to Drug Users

The idea that abstinence works is more about our fear of drugs than it is about science.