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What Abortion Has to Do With the Minimum Wage

Advocates and members of Congress want to reframe abortion as an issue of economic security.

Zoë Carpenter

Jobs

$15 an Hour Won’t Help These Workers

A higher minimum wage is necessary, but not enough, to lift part-time workers out of poverty.

Michelle Chen
Music

The Extra Ordinary Bryson Tiller

Despite his laconic demeanor, lowered expectations, and swag-proof wardrobe, the singer has still managed to create a platinum-selling album.

Frank Guan
Activism

Daniel Berrigan: Forty Years After Catonsville

In this 2008 interview, neither time nor age had blunted Berrigan’s fierce critique of American empire and his radical interpretation of the Gospels.

Chris Hedges
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Election 2016

Trump Might Be Able to Beat Hillary, if He Weren’t Such a Misogynist

The now-presumptive nominee just doesn’t know how to talk about women.

George Zornick

Bernie Sanders and His Supporters Should Do What the Democratic Party Won’t: Advocate for Candidates of Color

By focusing on supporting progressive leaders and organizations of color, they could make a mark that lasts long beyond 2016.

Steve Phillips

Can Anyone Drive Women Voters to Clinton Better Than Trump? Try Cruz–Fiorina

With stunning political incompetence, the right-wing senator introduced his unpopular female running mate, and made her look like his nanny.

Joan Walsh

Lived History

Father Daniel Berrigan Sought to ‘Build a World Uncursed by War, Starvation, and Exploitation’

The great champion of peace and justice, from Catonsville to Occupy, has died at age 94.
John Nichols

Father Daniel Berrigan, who has died at age 94, was a beautiful man with a beautiful vision that he made real by engaging in radical acts of conscience that sought not merely to end wars but to achieve the justice that has always been essential to peacemaking. Born on the… Continue Reading >

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Books & the Arts

America’s Long Hangover

How did Prohibition turn into a law-enforcement extravaganza?

Beverly Gage

Can an Unfinished Piece of Art Also Be Complete?

An exhibit at the Met Breuer explores the differences between completing and finishing an artwork.

Barry Schwabsky

Arthur Miller’s Chameleon Play

Over the past 63 years, The Crucible has taken on myriad new meanings. But the real lesson is that some things never really change.

Alina Cohen

Watch and Listen

Listen: Start Making Sense: Could Donald Trump Actually Win Some of Bernie’s Supporters?

Plus, why Trump loves talking about “political correctness,” and what makes Prince a gay icon.

April 28, 2016

Listen: There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 7: When You Go to School With Gentrifiers

14-year-old Corrine Bobb-Semple has lived in Bed-Stuy her whole life. Her classmates haven’t.

April 20, 2016

Listen: Start Making Sense: Yes, Hillary Could Lose to Trump

Plus Amy Wilentz on Hillary and Haiti, and the Pulitzer-Prize winning novel about Vietnam.

April 21, 2016
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After New York’s Disastrous Primary, It’s Time to Demand Better Voting Laws

During this year’s presidential primary, New Yorkers across the state discovered something that voting rights advocates have been saying for years: New York’s elections are a mess.

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