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The Immokalee Way: Protecting Farmworkers Amid a Pandemic

While some companies do everything to escape accountability, the Fair Food Program proves there’s an alternative.

John Bowe

Culture

Éric Rohmer’s Most Underrated Masterpiece

His 1987 film Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle receives a restoration—and hopefully a newfound reputation as classic in the canon of female friendship.

Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
Election 2020

Why Are We Still Ignoring Former Foster Children's Votes?

One out of every 20 children will spend some time in foster care. Yet their needs have largely been ignored during the presidential election.

Alexandra Ellerbeck
Climate Change

Trump’s Tromperie Plumbs New Depths

With catastrophic wildfires ravaging the West, this climate-change-denying, environment-destroying president now claims to be a “great environmentalist.”

Sasha Abramsky
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Politics

For Trump, Defaming His Rape Accuser Is Part of His Job

Such is the central claim at the heart of the DOJ’s attempt to intervene in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit against Trump.

Elie Mystal

Bob Woodward’s Accidental Scoop

Once an investigative journalist, Woodward is now just a court historian.

Jeet Heer

A Judicial ‘Shitshow’ Blocks Absentee Ballots in Wisconsin

Just as municipal clerks were preparing to mail 1 million ballots to voters, the state Supreme Court halted the process.

John Nichols

Culture

Can the American University Be Saved?

Covid-19 has revealed the glaring inequalities of higher ed in the United States and may push the system to the point of crisis.

Daniel Bessner

Freakish, Horrifying, and Sometimes Wondrous Alternative Histories

On Lovecraft Country and Tesla.

Stuart Klawans

Why Your Boss Wants You to Love Your Job

Sociologist Jamie K. McCallum argues in a new book that the idea of “meaningful work” has only persuaded us to work more and more.

Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein

World

5 Garífuna Leaders Are Still Missing in Honduras

Nearly 50 days have passed since five leaders of the Garífuna community were kidnapped by men wearing Honduran police uniforms.

Massay Crisanto

As Alexei Navalny’s Life Hangs in the Balance, So Does the Fate of the Russian Opposition

The Russian opposition leader’s unique gift for uniting disparate people, ideas, and movements undoubtedly helped make him a target.

Vadim Nikitin

The Disturbing Story Behind the Beirut Port Explosion

Abandonment of ships, “flags of convenience,” and lax law enforcement are common at sea, often with tragic consequences.

Ian Urbina

Watch and Listen

Listen: Your Problematic Sports Fave

Sportswriters Kavitha Davidson and Jessica Luther join the show to talk about their new book, Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back.

September 8, 2020

View: Tear Down the Monuments, Bring Our Cities to Life

In Richmond, the sites of former monuments to the Confederacy have become lively spaces for activism and memorializing those lost to police violence.

July 13, 2020

View: Black Liberation and Indigenous Sovereignty Are Interconnected

I’m a guest in the Black Lives Matter movement, and making images is how I show my support.

June 29, 2020
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