As Pandemic Profits Put Bezos on Track for Trillionaire Status, Tish James Asks: At What Cost?
“Since the pandemic began,†says New York’s attorney general, “it is clear that Amazon has valued profit over people.â€
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Merrick Garland finally got his confirmation hearing, but the GOP spent most of the time attacking the women of color nominated to join him at the Justice Department.
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As the Pandemic Raged, Abortion Access Nearly Flickered Out
Countless quiet acts of heroism were required for those who needed abortions to get them. And still, not everyone did.
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The long-standing focus by liberals on meritocratic advancement has isolated the working class.
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His radical stances on security are needed as much now as when he was in power.
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As the Pandemic Raged, Abortion Access Nearly Flickered Out
Countless quiet acts of heroism were required for those who needed abortions to get them. And still, not everyone did.
Amy Littlefield[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he door of the Planned Parenthood clinic in Columbus was locked when Larada Lee arrived for the first of two appointments she needed to get an abortion under Ohio state law. About a dozen anti-choice protesters had gathered outside, without masks, calling Lee a baby killer as she approached the… Continue Reading >
Politics
What Joe Biden Gets Totally Wrong About Student Debt
The president’s resistance to canceling $50,000 in student debt is not about law or policy but about craven, misguided politics.
Elie Mystal
A Defense of Neera Tanden’s Tweets (but Not of Neera Tanden)
The one thing that the Senate cannot stomach is telling the truth about the Republican Party.
David Klion
President Biden, Who Controls Our Food System Matters
We need a democratic, decentralized farm and food industry that works for people and our planet. The status quo is not sustainable.
Bonnie Haugen, Darvin Bentlage and Barb Kalbach
World
Guatemala Takes a Hard Line Against Migrants—With US Support
Long before Trump, Washington was exporting control of migratory routes, along with repressive policing, to Mexico and Central America.
Jeff Abbott
‘We Shall Not Surrender’: Myanmar Rises Up Against the Junta
As the protests continue to spread, the public is united against the military dictatorship.
Kyaw Hsan Hlaing and Emily Fishbein
In Okinawa, the US Military Seeks a Base Built on the Bones of the War Dead
Japan is using earth from a battlefield filled with human remains to build the foundation of a US military installation.
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Culture
The Unknown Radicals of Black Photography
A recent exhibition on the Kamoinge Workshop tells the story of a group of photographers who explored the artistic and political potential of the medium to its fullest.
Barry Schwabsky
‘Minari’ Is a Landmark for Asian American Cinema
Lee Isaac Chung’s poignant immigrant drama is the kind of film that can be felt with all five senses.
Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
The Music We Made in Lockdown
On the artists who found new sounds in our collective solitude.
David HajduWatch and Listen
Listen: Republicans After Trump
Rick Perlstein on the future of the GOP, plus Alan Minsky on what a true economic recovery should look like.
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View: Tribal Territories Have the Right to Protect Their People Against the Pandemic
South Dakota has resisted shutting down in the face of Covid-19. The Cheyenne River Reservation is taking matters into its own hands.
December 15, 2020
