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A Brooklyn couple’s daughter was due to be born in April, to a surrogate in Ukraine. Then the coronavirus struck.
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How Munich Turned Its Coronavirus Outbreak Into a Scientific Study
Researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians University devised a system for widespread antibody testing and contact tracing that has helped the city stem the virus’s spread.
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Until Black Women Are Free, None of Us Will Be Free
Barbara Smith and the Black feminist visionaries of the Combahee River Collective.
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In the race to develop antibody drugs for the coronavirus, a Dutch team found itself ahead of the pack.
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From 2014: The Rise and Fall of Cesar Chavez
How the labor leader disserved his dream.
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From 2016: The Matter of Black Lives
A new kind of movement found its moment. What will its future be?
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Richard Linklater on the Future of Cinema
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The Two Sides of the Bowery
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The Depression-Era Book That Wanted to Cancel the Rent
“Modern Housing,” by Catherine Bauer, argued—as many activists do today—that a decent home should be seen as a public utility and a basic right.
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Chance is one of the biggest stars in hip-hop, and one of the most political musicians working today. He talks with David Remnick about the fight for racial justice in Chicago.
Steve Earle and Lucinda Williams on Art and Empathy
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From a studio in Nashville, the two country musicians talk about protest songs, how compassion feeds creativity, and why artists should never read the comments.
Trump Says He Will Eventually Be Right About the Coronavirus Going Away When There Is No Human Life Left on Planet
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The writer had a dazzling intelligence and was once the best-read woman in America, but a public hungry for transgressive heroines has failed to embrace her.
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Columbia’s Overdue Apology to Langston Hughes
From 1967: Seven months after the death of the Black writer, Professor James P. Shenton acknowledged at a memorial, “For a while, there lived a poet down the street from Columbia, and Columbia never took the time to find out what he was about.”
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