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How Pelé Sold Out
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Biden and the Democrats need to deliver on the wage hike they promised—by any means necessary. Anything less is a moral and political failure.
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Governor Cuomo, Sexual Harassment, and Senator Gillibrand’s Silence
Though she positioned herself as a warrior for women’s rights, the New York senator hasn’t exactly been a profile in courage.
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Silicon Valley’s Offer of Sectoral Bargaining Is a Trick
If national union leaders acquiesce to the creation of a third category of worker in exchange for sectoral bargaining, collective begging will replace collective bargaining.
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Mexico Could Soon Become the Largest Legal Marijuana Market in the World
But activists say the law fails to address the widespread pain that decades of militarized enforcement have caused.
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Japan is using earth from a battlefield filled with human remains to build the foundation of a US military installation.
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France’s New Culture Warriors
The notion that the French state would bolster academic freedom by enhancing oversight of what is considered appropriate research is ludicrous on its face. But there’s a deeper irony as well.
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Culture
‘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
Playboi Carti, Rap Iconoclast
His recent album Whole Lotta Red boasts not just rockstar appeal but a sense of self-discovery and experimentation.
Stephen Kearse
The World Lawrence Ferlinghetti Built
As a poet, publisher, and bookstore owner, he helped foster a literary ecosystem where politics and culture for the better seemed possible.
Barry SchwabskyWatch and Listen
Watch: Was the Killing of Ahmad Erekat an Extrajudicial Execution?
Watch Forensic Architecture's detailed investigation of the circumstances of Ahmad Erekat’s killing.
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