Our Most-Read Stories of 2020

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January 4, 2021

Dear karl, 2020 was the most 😳😱🤯😭🤬 year in recent memory. From politics to the pandemic to protests, we brought you the kind of coverage and commentary that only The Nation can. As we look forward to a new year, and celebrate the end of our exit from this one, we invite you to enjoy some of our best writing of 2020. Read our curated stories from the past year now by logging in, if you are a subscriber, or by purchasing 24 hours of premium access to our website for just $1 when you click on one of the articles below. You can also subscribe for a full year for just $47.88 $14.95. Join us in saying goodbye to 2020 and welcoming in the new year.   Bill Gates Gives to the Rich (Including Himself)   His renowned charitable activities seem to serve mainly private interests, namely his own.   Tim Schwab       It's Time to Tell a New Story About the Coronavirus—Our Lives Depend on It   The way we talk about contagion matters. It shapes how societies respond—and whether many of us will survive.   Sonia Shah       The Inevitable Whitelash Against Racial Justice Has Started   As Black people fight for our lives, white supremacists reach for their guns—and white allies go soft.   Elie Mystal       The Children of Fallujah: The Medical Mystery at the Heart of the Iraq War   Since the 2003 invasion, doctors in Fallujah have been reporting a sharp rise in birth defects among the city's children—and to this day, no one knows why.   Laura Gottesdiener       The First Drag Queen Was a Former Slave   Who fought for queer freedom a century before Stonewall.   Channing Gerard Joseph

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