Madeline Ostrander Once you ask people about the ways they see the climate changing around them, many want to engage. The post This Holiday Season, You Can Find Ways to Talk to Your Family About the Climate Crisis appeared first on The Nation.
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We’re Thankful for Our Abortions
Nikiya Natale Many people who have abortions celebrate their experience. Here's why my colleagues and I at We Testify are thankful. The post We’re Thankful for Our Abortions appeared first on The Nation.
FDR Served Up a Critique of Capitalism With His Thanksgiving Proclamations
John Nichols The 32nd president regularly decried “greed and selfishness and striving for undue riches.” The post FDR Served Up a Critique of Capitalism With His Thanksgiving Proclamations appeared first on The Nation.
Desmond Meade on Why Love Is “the Most Powerful Word in the Universe”
Karlos K. Hill The executive director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition was homeless, addicted to crack, and suicidal. Now, he has met the president, been one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people, and won a MacArthur grant. The post Desmond Meade...
Favorite Season
Honey Goudard Unstitching the patriarchy. The post Favorite Season appeared first on The Nation.
A Turning Point in the Search for Victims of Forced Disappearance
Hanna Wallis Women from Medellín’s Comuna 13 neighborhood have fought for 20 years to excavate a mass grave site. Now, the search has finally begun. The post A Turning Point in the Search for Victims of Forced Disappearance appeared first on The Nation.
Climate Change Should Have Dominated the Midterms. It Didn’t.
Tom Engelhardt When you think about how an ever more overheated planet is going to affect our children and grandchildren, shouldn’t global warming have been right at the top of any list? The post Climate Change Should Have Dominated the Midterms. It Didn’t. appeared...
Nancy Pelosi’s Next Chapter
John Nichols Instead of taking a behind-the-scenes role, Pelosi should spend her remaining time in Congress embracing and extending her commitment to human rights issues. The post Nancy Pelosi’s Next Chapter appeared first on The Nation.
No One Can Take Away Our Joy
Chase Strangio Across time and place, and amid grueling violence, trans people love and care for our own. The post No One Can Take Away Our Joy appeared first on The Nation.
Sarah Palin’s Loss Is Democracy’s Gain
John Nichols How Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system freed the majority of voters to elect pro-choice, pro-labor Democrat Mary Peltola. The post Sarah Palin’s Loss Is Democracy’s Gain appeared first on The Nation.
Pakistan’s Floods Are a Wind From the West
Hasan Ali The devastating natural disaster could be just an early glimpse of the consequences of industrialization in the global north. The post Pakistan’s Floods Are a Wind From the West appeared first on The Nation.
Why We Don’t Say “Reform the Police”
Mariame Kaba, Andrea J. Ritchie Reforms that leave policing’s core functions in place will not prevent state violence against Black people. To build a better society, we must abolish policing altogether. The post Why We Don’t Say “Reform the Police” appeared first on...