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HISTORY

LETTERS
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the future of the Supreme Court
Readers remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg and anticipate the future of the US Supreme Court.

IDEAS | Mary Ziegler
With Roe v. Wade, much more than abortion is at stake
The 1973 ruling has supported an expansive view of privacy rights, from the bedroom to our personal data, that now might be called into question.

Renée Loth
Honoring the victims of the coronavirus
The most powerful memorials of recent years probe uncomfortable truths.

RENÉE GRAHAM
New allegations evoke an American tradition of violating Black and brown women’s bodies
A whistleblower claims immigrant women in ICE custody were subjected to forced sterilization. No one should be surprised.

IDEAS | OMAR VEGA
Photo essay: Returning to a place I’d never been
I inherited my parents', grandparents', and great-grandparents' love of their country — and their sadness over what could have been.

IDEAS | KATE TUTTLE
Q&A: America is failing us, but we still can save the day
Author Jared Yates Sexton fears the worst about the nation’s political upheaval. Yet he won’t give in to ‘dread and demoralization.’

IDEAS | David Scharfenberg
Joe Biden told us the election was a ‘battle for the soul of the nation.’ He was right.
Reaffirming a more generous and expansive view of America could change the course of history.

JEFF JACOBY
A plea for humility from America’s first superstar
‘The older I grow,’ said Benjamin Franklin, ‘the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment.’

IDEAS | GERALDO CADAVA
Trump’s (potentially successful) Latino strategy
The president is concentrating on maintaining the Hispanic support he had in 2016. Democrats would be wise to take heed.

IDEAS | MARCELA GARCIA
Q&A: The intertwined histories of the US and El Salvador
Roberto Lovato, who is helping to spread more “powerful, beautiful, and inspired” stories, explores US culpability in Central America in a new memoir.