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Exorbitant drug pricing and bad experimental medicine result from putting health care up for sale.
Patricia J. WilliamsAir Pollution
Make New York’s School-Bus Fleet Eco-Friendly, Union-Staffed, and Cooperatively Run
Converting fossil-fuel buses to electric vehicles alone would save $39,000 over 12 years.
Michelle ChenFinance
The Financial Industry Is Its Own Best Enemy
Equifax’s blunder does more than any white paper to demonstrate the need for financial reform.
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October 9, 2017, Issue
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The Financial Industry Is Its Own Best Enemy
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Feature
How Trump Has Normalized the Unspeakable
By Sasha Abramsky
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Politics
The Shocking Dishonesty of the GOP’s Latest Repeal Push
Since when should success be punished?
David Dayen
Debating ‘What Happened’
Our 2016 election correspondents take on Hillary Clinton’s controversial new memoir.
Joan Walsh and D.D. Guttenplan
How Trump Has Normalized the Unspeakable
He has legitimized bigotry and given the imprimatur of a major political party to criminal violence.
Sasha AbramskyFeature
Can Black Lives Matter Win in the Age of Trump?
You could be forgiven for thinking the movement has gone quiet. But you’d be wrong.
Dani McClainOn June 1, the right-wing blogger and avowed white supremacist Jason Kessler and other alt-right activists met for dinner on the patio of Miller’s Downtown, a popular burger joint in Charlottesville, Virginia. The dinner was two weeks after white nationalists had gathered in the city’s Lee Park, wielding torches as… Continue Reading >
Nation Voices
Climate disasters
Communities Hit by Hurricane Irma Still Need Your Help
Long after the national media move on, communities in the Caribbean and Florida will be doing the hard work of rebuilding.
Glyn PetersonClimate Denialism Is Literally Killing Us
The victims of Hurricane Harvey have a murderer—and it’s not the storm.
Mark HertsgaardNatural Disasters Call for Good Governance, Not Charity
Trump promised to donate $1 million to Harvey relief efforts—while dismantling the government we all rely on.
Laila Lalami
Culture
Speaking of the ‘Female Gaze’
In today’s confused, commercial, and not-quite-intellectual environment, the phrase “female gaze” functions in varied ways, according to its users’ needs.
Alina Cohen
Frederick Wiseman’s World of Institutions
In his 42nd film, the documentarian examines the New York Public Library from both his Olympian and activist perspectives.
Stuart Klawans
The Real Crisis of European Multiculturalism
As a set of policies and as an ideal for a more pluralist society, it has failed not because of recent waves of immigration but because of how Europeans view their own culture and national traditions.
Joan W. ScottWatch and Listen
Listen: How Sports Can Unlearn Toxic Masculinity
Cleaning up youth sports culture in America and standing alongside teammates of color.
September 19, 2017
View: The Borderlands’ Human Stain
Photographs that capture the traces of violence that have plagued the US-Mexico border for generations.
July 27, 2017
Watch: VIDEO: People in Denmark Are a Lot Happier Than People in the United States. Here’s Why.
When governments provide benefits and services that allow its citizens to thrive, everyone wins.
July 17, 2017
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