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Ross Barkan Governor Kathy Hochul’s budget includes an enormous giveaway to the owners of the Buffalo Bills. The post New York’s Billion-Dollar Stadium Boondoggle appeared first on The Nation.

Latona Giwa As we observe Black Maternal Health Week, it’s essential that we heed the lessons of maternal mortality review committees and press for life-saving support for pregnant Black people. The post Black Mothers Are Dying. The Least We Can Do Is Listen to Their...

Intan Paramaditha Budi Darma’s People from Bloomington engages in a strange realism—where life in a small-town America seems both banal and absurd.  The post The Absurdist Meets Jane Austen in Bloomington appeared first on The Nation.

Hasan Ali Defeated in a vote of no confidence on Sunday, the ousted prime minister leaves behind an image of intellectual decay and whimsical dysfunction. The post The Tragedy of Imran Khan appeared first on The Nation.

Michele Goodwin Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation moves us closer to building a better and more credible Supreme Court. The post Wit, Grit, and Grace: The Remarkable Confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared first on The Nation.

Ed Burmila The president needs bold plans to hold back an increasingly authoritarian Republican Party. The post How Biden Can Save Democracy from the GOP appeared first on The Nation.

Ron Hauge Are gun rights more important? The post Do We Value Our Children’s Lives? appeared first on The Nation.

Kyle Paoletta The degrowth movement argues that the only way toward an ecologically sustainable world it to redirect economies away from market imperatives. The post Shrinking the Economy to Save the World appeared first on The Nation.

John Nichols Democrats must figure out how to discuss the hard truths about the pandemic, or it could cost them. The post No Good Can Come From Downplaying Covid appeared first on The Nation.

Bill McKibben The extraction of hydrocarbons tends to support despotism, whereas sun and wind are much closer to being democratic. The post Autocracies and Fossil Fuels Go Hand in Hand appeared first on The Nation.

Sophia Nguyen Her new novel, a time travel story called Sea of Tranquility, presents a universe lacking in loose ends or messiness. The post Emily St. John Mandel’s Neatly Designed Worlds appeared first on The Nation.

David M. Perry Immigrants can put their residency status at risk by receiving government benefits. Could the president change this without changing the law? The post Can Biden Minimize the Cruelty of the Public Charge Rule? appeared first on The Nation.