Nick Martin

@nicka_martin

Long voting lines in New York aren’t a symptom of the pandemic. They’re the result of years of broken politics and party patronage.

The presidential race may be a toss-up in North Carolina, but the Democratic governor is cruising to reelection. What’s he doing right?

Despite years of suppression efforts by Republicans, Native voters are a critical bloc in several swing states in 2020.

The federal courts were once the last line of defense against voter suppression. Now, filled with Trump’s conservative appointees, they’re encouraging it.

I pushed my local school board to adopt Indigenous Peoples’ Day. It was a real victory—but only a first step.

A mix of Trumpian meddling, legal holdups, and a bureaucratic mess is putting Black voters at risk this election.

The unholy alliance Senator Inhofe has forged between the agency, the state, and oil drillers is designed to skirt tribal sovereignty.

Why it’s perfectly OK not to wish this president well.

Historic undercounts have been catastrophic for tribal nations. The days ahead will be crucial.

Danielle Pletka’s historical revision of Jesse Helms’s career shows how Trumpists will rationalize their role in this disastrous presidency.

“What really worries me is what’s gonna happen next year. I may find more income sources; I may not.”

As blazes devour California and Oregon, farmworkers are risking their lives by showing up for the harvest. What other choice do they have?

A nifty name and a sleek aesthetic can’t hide the fact that the wealthy are just rehashing centuries-old exploitative labor practices.

Jessica Krug is an outlier. The real story of higher education’s racist vulturism has been made mundane through time.

Thom Tillis’s staffer was cruel but correct in his conversation with a cancer survivor.

A day of rest and bargain shopping feels particularly hollow as the world burns.

How did “If I die, I die” become this country’s mantra?

Looking ahead to a new wave of evictions, flu season, dropping temperatures, and a pandemic with no end in sight.

The players were done with the league’s empty spectacle of “solidarity.”

The execution of Lezmond Mitchell, a Diné citizen, was a long, grisly test case about tribal sovereignty.