Hadassah GreenSky And recognizing Native American sovereignty—giving the tribes sworn to protect the waters a place in the negotiations determining their fate—is the best way to prevent it. The post Big Oil in the Mackinac Straits Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen...
Jane Braxton Little As both its victims and its drivers, humans could, at least theoretically, apply the brakes on the locomotive. The post Who Drives the Climate Train? appeared first on The Nation.
Colleen Quinn Destruction in Ukraine. The post Casualties of War appeared first on The Nation.
Bryce Covert A new history of examines the gains won by women in white-collar work. But without mass action and solidarity, women’s economic equality will continue to be transitory and fragile. The post What Will It Take to Achieve Workplace Equality? appeared first...
Kali Holloway Research on psychedelics, then and now, has been riddled with medical racism and exclusion. But that hasn’t stopped Black people from finding creativity and solace through such drugs. The post The Secret Black History of LSD appeared first on The...
Tavian Crosland As white businesses flood the legal weed market, the Black men and women who made the business hum—and paid the price for it—are in danger of being pushed out. The post I Survived the War on Weed—Will I Survive Its Legalization? appeared first on The...
Karen Polinger Foster, Diana Stein, Sarah Kielt Costello Scholars of antiquity are finding ever more evidence that psychoactive substances played a central role in ancient life. The post From Opium to Saffron, the Ancients Knew a Thing or Two About Drugs appeared...
Calvin Trillin The post Sanctioning Oligarchs appeared first on The Nation.
John Nichols While the pandemic has been hard on the vast majority of Americans, it’s been nothing but good times for the billionaire class. The post The Pandemic Made the Rich $1.7 Trillion Richer appeared first on The Nation.
Ruqaiyah Zarook Court fees, fines, and cash bail contribute to a cycle of debt and incarceration under the guise of justice. The post Abolish the Debt Sentence appeared first on The Nation.
Tom Engelhardt As it turns out, our leaders have done all too good a job of providing options for ending the world. The post Peace on Earth? Not Likely, It Seems. appeared first on The Nation.
Elie Mystal Republicans are going to lean into the racism and misogyny that motivates their base because they have nothing else to throw at the nominee. The post Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Historic Hearing Begins—Along With the Inevitable GOP Freakout appeared first on...