America Is Headed for an Unprecedented Wave of Evictions
The disappearance of renter protections imposed in the wake of the pandemic will almost certainly lead to the worst housing crisis in a generation.
Bryce CovertElection 2020
There Will Be No Return to Normality
Nostalgia might help Joe Biden win the presidency but the crisis he’ll face will require boldness.
Jeet HeerElection 2020
Will Climate Break Through in Big Media’s Elections Coverage?
Journalists at CBS, NBC, CNN, Time, and The Guardian are trying—but journalism as a whole needs to do better.
Mark HertsgaardPolitics
The Democratic Party Is Setting the Stage for a Letdown
Taking the convention online shouldn’t mean leaving delegates in the dark.
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Violence Is Donald Trump’s Mother Tongue
As the latest episodes reveal, the “Trump and Violence Show” is the president’s cynical attempt to promote a response in the streets that might actually require law enforcement action.
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The Deaths of 150,000 Americans Are on Trump’s Hands
Trump and his lackeys are guilty of criminal negligence, if not far worse. Who will hold them accountable?
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Time for Some #WearADamnMask Politics
The only sane response to Republican insanity is for Democrats to promote an in-your-face—and on-your-face—public health agenda in 2020.
John Nichols
Culture
Arca’s Rebellion Against Music and Life
How the experimental artist made one of the year’s most defiant pop records.
Julyssa Lopez
The Sad Sex Lives of Overeducated Millennial Malcontents
Andrew Martin’s characters in Cool For America aren’t having much fun. Instead, they are restless and self-defeating.
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How the act of scrutinizing art online has changed the role of the critic.
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What Would It Take to Avert Military Escalation With China in the South China Sea?
The US and China’s dance in the South China Sea bears a troubling resemblance to 1914 Sarajevo—and the eve of World War I.
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A Century of Struggle in Palestine
Rashid Khalidi’s new history offers a political and personal portrait of more than a hundred years of colonization and resistance in Palestine.
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They fear being arrested or disappeared, and are not prepared to be silenced without a fight.
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Listen: This Is Disaster Relief Under Corporate Power
David Dayen on the interests overpowering our democracy, plus Amy Wilentz on Mary Trump.
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Listen: To Fight the Coronavirus, We Need a Massive Campaign of Disruption
Gregg Gonsalves on Covid-19, plus Meagan Day on the eviction crisis.
July 16, 2020
View: Making George Floyd’s Life Matter
As the people of Minneapolis grieve the loss of one of their own, they’re also fighting for a future free of police brutality.
June 8, 2020
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