Lockouts, Strikeouts, and Baseball’s Missed Opportunity

Lockouts, Strikeouts, and Baseball’s Missed Opportunity

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The Bold New Campaign to “End Poverty in California”

The Bold New Campaign to “End Poverty in California”

People walk in Skid Row after new school supplies were donated to thousands at Fred Jordan Missions, on September 28, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images / Mario Tama) EDITOR’S NOTE:&nbspEach week we cross-post an excerpt from Katrina vanden Heuvel’s column at the WashingtonPost.com. Read the full text of Katrina’s column here. Subscribe to … Read more

As Child Tax Payments Expire, Struggling Families Are Desperate

As Child Tax Payments Expire, Struggling Families Are Desperate

Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act on August 14, 1935. (Archive Photos / Getty Images) There are great parallels between the birth pangs of Social Security and President Joe Biden’s domestic political agenda in the Build Back Better package. Both proposed radical changes to the social pact between working Americans and their government. … Read more

What a Progressive Champion from Rural Maine Can Teach Democrats about Winning

What a Progressive Champion from Rural Maine Can Teach Democrats about Winning

Chloe Maxmin, left, and Canyon Woodward. (Photo: Kristin Dillon) EDITOR’S NOTE:Every week we post an excerpt from Katrina vanden Heuvel’s column on WashingtonPost.com. Read the full text of Katrina’s column here. Subscribe to something The nation Subscribe now for just $ 2 per month! Thank you for signing up The nation‘s weekly newsletter. Thanks for … Read more

How Canceling Student Loan Debt Would Be Strategically Smart for Biden

How Canceling Student Loan Debt Would Be Strategically Smart for Biden

Students protest the rising cost of student loans on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles on September 22, 2012. (David McNew / Getty Images) EDITOR’S NOTE:Every week we post an excerpt from Katrina vanden Heuvel’s column on WashingtonPost.com. Read the full text of Katrina’s column here. Subscribe to something The nation Subscribe now for just $ … Read more

The Black Core of the Culture War

The Black Core of the Culture War

The school board of Placentia Yorba Linda is discussing a proposal for a resolution to ban the teaching of critical racial theory in schools. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Subscribe to something The nation Subscribe now for just $ 2 per month! Thank you for signing up The nation‘s weekly newsletter. … Read more

The Coverage of Build Back Better’s Failure Is Focused on the Wrong Culprits

Manchin’s Shameful Child Care Stance Isn’t Just Bad Politics. It’s Self-Defeating Policy.

Senator Joe Manchin (DW.Va.). (J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo) EDITOR’S NOTE:Every week we post an excerpt from Katrina vanden Heuvel’s column on WashingtonPost.com. Read the full text of Katrina’s column here. Subscribe to something The nation Subscribe now for just $ 2 per month! Thank you for signing up The nation‘s weekly newsletter. Thanks … Read more

Biden’s At-Home Coronavirus Test Program Epitomizes Our Public Health Failures

Biden’s At-Home Coronavirus Test Program Epitomizes Our Public Health Failures

President Joe Biden will speak about Covid-19 vaccinations on Thursday, October 7, 2021. (Susan Walsh / AP Photo) EDITOR’S NOTE:Every week we post an excerpt from Katrina vanden Heuvel’s column on WashingtonPost.com. Read the full text of Katrina’s column here. Subscribe to something The nation Subscribe now for just $ 2 per month! Thank you … Read more