October 12, 2023 When There’s No One to Attend to the Dead How one small change to Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure created a cascade of problems for the state’s capacity to investigate death. Caroline Tracey Ad Policy Chief Medical Examiner of Webb County, Dr. Corinne Stern’s autopsy assistant moves the body of an unidentified…
October 11, 2023 The Pope Wants Us to Talk About Sexuality and Climate Change In his new encyclical and recently convened synod, he’s encouraging dialogue. It’s going to take a lot of work. Michael F. Pettinger Ad Policy Pope Francis presides with the College of Cardinals for the opening of the General Ordinary Assembly of…
October 11, 2023 The USPS Is Falsifying Safety Documents as Its Workers Die of Heat Even after a mail carrier’s recent death, the company continues to violate its own rules. Josephine Lee Ad Policy (Greg Goebel / Flickr) This story was published in partnership with the Texas Observer. Under the formidable sun, Dallas USPS mail…
Dispatch / October 11, 2023 Hamas’s Shock Attack Should Spark Our Horror—And Our Questions This appalling violence emerged within a context, and we need to understand that context in order to achieve peace. Haggai Matar Ad Policy An Israeli solider stands at the grounds of a music festival after Saturday’s deadly attack by Islamist Hamas…
October 11, 2023 It’s No Mystery Why Racists Have Fallen in Love With Trump’s Republican Party The KKK did not choose to support Donald Trump because he was a Republican—but because they agreed with the ideas that he and other far-right politicians spout. Clarence Lusane Ad Policy Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention on…
Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins: Let’s start with what you mean by “crack-up capitalism.” What are its essential features? And in what sense does it contradict the picture that we have about the end of the Cold War, namely a new era of liberal internationalism, globalization, interconnection, etc.? Quinn Slobodian: My intention with the category of crack-up capitalism…
October 11, 2023 Florida Socialists Are Here to Stay. Just Ask Richie Floyd. Despite Republican lawmakers warning them to stay out of the state, this Florida city council member represents a growing contingent of Sunshine State socialists. Kathryn Varn Ad Policy (Courtesy of Richie Floyd) Off the Clock is a monthly column that brings us into…
Sue Coe Weapons that live on to destroy. The post Cluster Bombs and Children appeared first on The Nation.
Politics / October 10, 2023 Who’s Driving the GOP Clown Car? With Kevin McCarthy out, far-right Republicans Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise are vying for the House leadership chair. Chris Lehmann Ad Policy Representatives Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), left, and Steve Scalise (R-La.), confer during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 8,…
Andrea Arroyo As the conflict in Israel and Palestine escalates, the human toll will be enormous. The post Israel-Palestine appeared first on The Nation.