Legislation
Daily Comment
Vermont Moves to Hold Fossil-Fuel Companies Liable for Climate-Change Damage
A new constituency is willing to stand up to Big Oil (and Gas and Coal): state government.
By Elizabeth Kolbert
Infinite Scroll
A TikTok Ban Won’t Fix Social Media
You can take the platform away from American users, but it is far too late to contain the habits that it has unleashed.
By Kyle Chayka
Annals of Communications
The Fight for a Free Press in the Muscogee Nation
A new documentary on an outlet’s struggle to cover its own tribal government charts the implicit challenge that the American media writ large has faced in the past eight years.
By Clare Malone
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Masha Gessen on the Battle Over Trans Rights
The writer explains why the message of rolling back social change is powerful. Plus, a Nebraska lawmaker on the front lines of the fight against anti-trans legislation.
Q. & A.
Two Supreme Court Cases That Could Break the Internet
A cornerstone of life online has been that platforms are not responsible for content posted by users. What happens if that immunity goes away?
By Isaac Chotiner
Letter from Biden’s Washington
A Proper Sendoff for the Legendary Nancy Pelosi
The House Speaker should be remembered as Trump’s most formidable adversary.
By Susan B. Glasser
Our Columnists
Joe Biden’s Big Month
The President is getting things done and reaffirming that his historic role is to defeat Trump and Trumpism.
By John Cassidy
The Political Scene
The Kyrsten Sinema Watch Party
With Democrats poised to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, their signature legislation on health care and climate change, all eyes were on the senior senator from Arizona.
By Jonathan Blitzer
The Political Scene Podcast
Can Suing Gun Manufacturers Reduce Gun Violence?
A lawyer talks about a path forward on gun control that wouldn’t require Congress or the Supreme Court.
The Political Scene
The Congressional-Staffer Rebellion
With climate legislation in peril and time running out, a group of young aides broke from a tradition of deference and staged a sit-in at Chuck Schumer’s office, demanding action.
By Andrew Marantz
Letter from the Southwest
At Home with the Families Affected by Texas’s New Anti-Trans Orders
After Governor Greg Abbott called medical care for trans children “child abuse,” their families began weighing their options.
By Rachel Monroe
Letter from Los Angeles
The End of Oil Drilling in L.A.
New legislation could locally kill off the dangerous, polluting industry that created the city. Is it merely NIMBYism, or the start of something bigger?
By Emily Witt
Daily Comment
More Tree Canopy Can Stop Climate Change from Killing Vulnerable Americans
A small, willfully misunderstood earmark in the Build Back Better Act is in fact a response to a mortal threat.
By James Ross Gardner
Daily Cartoon
Daily Cartoon: Friday, November 19th
“Did you bring parliamentary procedure to a knife fight again?”
By Brendan Loper
Our Columnists
It’s Time for Democrats to Take a Win on Spending
Warts and all, the reconciliation bill would tilt the economy in a greener direction, improve the lives of Americans, and give a boost to Biden.
By John Cassidy
Letter from Biden’s Washington
Biden Can’t Quite Close the Deal—with His Own Party
“Everybody’s on board,” the President said. But they weren’t, at least not yet.
By Susan B. Glasser
Daily Comment
The Link Between Texas’s New Abortion Law and Its New Voting Laws
For decades, Republican strategists have seen exploiting both issues as a way to hang on to power.
By Sue Halpern
Daily Comment
Inequality Has Soared During the Pandemic—and So Has C.E.O. Compensation
Legislators, including Bernie Sanders, aim to do something about it.
By James Lardner
Annals of a Warming Planet
The Voter-Suppression Bill Is Also Our Most Important Climate Legislation
If you care about the Earth’s future, it’s as important to fight disenfranchisement as it is to battle pipelines.
By Bill McKibben