⏩ Cleaning Up the Mess: Watch Our Nov/Dec 2020 Issue Release Event
To celebrate the launch of our November/December print issue, we gathered our writers to explore these questions with each other and elaborate on their own pieces from the issue.
The Power of Ideas and the Idea of Power
The progressives won the debate about whether there is a power elite. Now they need to keep the corporate elite from destroying what’s left of our democracy.
The Ebb and Flow of Racial Progress
Is this one of those rare breakthrough moments like Lincoln’s emancipation and the civil rights era of the 1960s—or prologue to more disappointment?
Public Transportation in Crisis
Their ridership slashed in the pandemic, urban and rural systems need funding, which Congress has refused to provide. Here’s how some systems are coping—and some aren’t.
The Lucrative Afterlife of a Trump Official
Trump’s former appointees are profiting from their time in the White House—H.R. McMaster most of all.
Social Distancing
The wealthy have pulled out of the orbit of the rest of the country. Can they be leashed back?
The State of the Parties
Not since 1860 have the parties represented such distinct and mutually opposed publics. And unlike 1860, neither party effectively commands a majority.
Prosecuting Trump Is the Only Way to Heal the Nation
Letting him off the hook for multiple crimes would reinforce Trump’s own contempt for the rule of law.
How to Counteract the Court
Congress has the power to override Supreme Court rulings based on statutory interpretations.
Healing America
What will it take to bind up the nation’s wounds?
Why So Many Black Horror Films Are Horrors Themselves
While there are some notable exceptions, most of the film and TV entries in the current Black horror genre fail to dramatize the real horrors inflicted on Blacks.
The Pandemic’s Horrifying Climax
To get through this dark winter, we will need leadership, fortitude, and hope.
Return to Mother Emanuel
The site of the 2015 hate crime that killed nine parishioners was in many ways a preview for an ugly era in race relations and politics.
