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The Battle for Birth Control Could Have Gone Differently

Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett each had a different vision of reproductive freedom. Would reproductive rights be more secure if Dennett’s had prevailed?

By Joanna Scutts

 

RSVP Now: Navigating the Dark Road Ahead

On February 12, we are producing an important event to help you prepare for Trump 2.0. Livestreamed from Washington, D.C., it will gather influential political commentators determined to mitigate the imminent threats of a second Trump term, including Jamie Raskin, Bennie Thompson, Olivia Troye, Mark Zaid, and more.

RSVP before it sells out.
 

Alan Hollinghurst’s Elegy for Britain

At the heart of "Our Evenings" is the recognition that Britain had something beautiful once and threw it all away.

By Scott Bradfield

 

When America’s Top Spies Were Academics and Librarians

How scholars achieved some of the most consequential intelligence victories of the twentieth century

By Greg Barnhisel

 
 

America’s Coming Public Health Crisis

Efforts to stop the spread of infectious disease have always suffered from a cycle of panic and neglect. Vaccine skepticism in the new administration brings even greater challenges.

By Melody Schreiber

 

Elizabeth Strout’s Plunge Into Sentimentality

If Strout was once a master at portraying quiet lives in a big way, she now relies on easy plays for emotional connection and tidy resolution.

By Linda Hall

 

The 2000s and the End of American Optimism

The new millennium promised a more peaceful, more stable, and more prosperous world. What happened?

By Paul M. Renfro

 

Why the Christian Right Demonizes Discourse

Their toxic fear of ideas is shaping the modern censorship movement.

By J. Dylan Sandifer

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The Shadowy Millions Behind San Francisco’s "Moderate" Politics

The city is the epicenter of an anti-progressive movement—financed by the ultrawealthy—that aims to blur political lines and centralize power for the long term. For some, their ambitions don’t stop there.

By Laura Jedeed

 

The French Children France Doesn’t Want

Most other European nations have welcomed back the blameless children of parents who went off to fight with ISIL. But not France. What is Emmanuel Macron so afraid of?

By Madjdy Kassem

 

What if Trump Does Everything He’s Promised—and the People Don’t Care?

The authors of the bestselling "How Democracies Die" talk with editor Michael Tomasky about what kind of mark four more years of Donald Trump might leave on this democracy.

By Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt

 

TNR Travel: New Spring Dates Added

On the Road in the Emerald Isle

Experience Ireland and Northern Ireland through a unique "dual narrative" perspective, with Catholic and Protestant tour guides sharing their communities’ histories and stories. You’ll enrich your understanding of the conflict’s personal nature, while gaining insight into how peace was built and the hard work so many are still doing to sustain it today.

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