Fine detailed piece by Alex Vitale advising on the fine points of how to manage Zohran's upcoming relation to the police thenation.com/article/politi…

After another autistic person is left to slowly die in a hot vehicle, Jason Jacoby Lee, a non-verbal autistic writer, argues that the so-called normal world far too often treats autistic people as disposable. thenation.com/article/societ…

Spent some time with Zachary Leader’s ELLMANN’S JOYCE, thinking about modernism and the complicated allure of understanding a life through its work

"Left Alone and Cooked Alive: We non-speaking autistics are often treated as disposable. It’s killing us." My son's latest article, in The Nation. Please read and share widely. thenation.com/article/societ…

The failure to recognize the humanity of autistic people is fundamental to the mistreatment that they receive from the so-called normal world, argues Jason Jacoby Lee, a non-speaking autistic writer who learned to type two years ago.

DC has been under military occupation for two weeks. While city officials collaborate with Trump's regime, grassroots organizers are fighting back every night. How people are resisting Trump's autocracy on the streets of the US capital: thenation.com/article/activi…

Folks, let's get our shit together. thenation.com/article/politi…

😭 bbc.com/news/articles/… 10 great episodes in no particular order: 1. Polidori's The Vampyre 2. Peter Kropotkin 3. Doggerland 4. The Long March 5. The Gin Craze 6. Margery Kempe 7. The Battle of Talas 8. The Great Stink 9. Tang Era Poetry 10. The Highland Clearances

This is a really powerful, sobering piece by Channing Gerard Joseph. While Trump claimed the Smithsonian focuses too heavily on “how bad Slavery was," the reality is that US museums, monuments, and history courses downplay the sexual horrors of slavery. thenation.com/article/societ…

The Democrats' Zohran-phobia: my latest for The Nation thenation.com/article/politi…

I wrote about the latest political crisis in France for The Nation, as PM François Bayrou approaches an almost certainly fatal confidence vote called for September 8. thenation.com/article/world/…

I was unexpectedly inspired by the Epstein-Maxwell survivors' sisterhood today: thenation.com/article/politi…

In a letter to students, monica huerta and Dan-el Padilla Peralta argue that we all need to unite to fight for the right to an intellectual life—a right that university and presidential administrations are trying to take away. thenation.com/article/societ…

New from Khadeejah Khan خدیجہ خان for The Nation: Growing up under occupation in one of the world’s most militarized regions, young Kashmiris are risking everything to tell their stories and fight for a future they can shape. Full story: thenation.com/article/activi…

blogged for The Nation about bari weiss taking over at cbs news. it would be great not to live in a world where being the worst person imaginable doesn't get you fame fortune and power. alas. may cbs staffers revolt and may her tenure be short and failed thenation.com/article/societ…

In my latest "Oligarch Watch" column The Nation I track the actions of "coal-i-garch" Jim Grech in keeping Zombie coal plants alive -using political intervention at a high cost to consumers and the earth. thenation.com/article/enviro…

NEW: Coal burning in the U.S. has been in decline for decades. But millionaires like Jim Grech — who have bought favor from Trump — are blocking these costly, polluting plants from closing. We need to expose our "coal-igarchs." Chuck Collins in The Nation: thenation.com/article/enviro…

My newsletter is out for the week. This one is available even to people who haven’t subscribed (also, like, subscribe). In this one I talk about how Trump is the biggest loser and how Tom Cruise runs good and I promise it all makes sense, kinda. thenation.com/article/politi…

I spoke with Omar Fateh about his campaign for mayor and the recent attempts by party insiders to undermine him, including the revocation of his DFL endorsement. My latest in The Nation thenation.com/article/politi…

We know that the right-wingers are going after us because they are scared of the working-class, multiracial coalition that’s being built in Minneapolis. Read my interview with The Nation: thenation.com/article/politi…