Visibility Alone Will Not Keep Transgender Youth Safe
This Trans Day of Visibility, we must be active in the fight against anti-trans legislation proliferating across the country, starting with Arkansas, Alabama, and South Dakota.
Chase Strangio and Raquel WillisLaw
The Ongoing Persecution of Steven Donziger
The environmentalist lawyer marks 600 days under house arrest—with no end in sight.
James NorthMusic
Pharoah Sanders’s Grand Return
A new collaboration with electronic producer Floating Points has led to a modern-day masterpiece for the jazz master.
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Why Big Tech Shouldn’t Be Scared of Unions
Unions could not only strengthen tech companies but also improve tech policy-making.
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Retire, Justice Breyer? It’s Complicated.
It’s tough to call for a SCOTUS resignation just so a president can nominate a replacement. But given the GOP’s ruthlessness over the past five years, it’s tough not to.
Joan Walsh
What Bernie Sanders Taught Democrats About Labor Solidarity
The senator is back on the front lines—rallying this time with Amazon workers in Alabama. And lots of top Democrats are joining him.
John Nichols
The NRA Can’t Stop Gun Safety Legislation This Time
Weakened and bankrupt, the NRA is no longer the insurmountable wall it once was.
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World
Gangs Rule the Streets of Jovenel Moïse’s Haiti
A whole country has been kidnapped by a bloodthirsty, money-hungry cabal. And how does the US State Department respond? By calling for “dialogue.”
Amy Wilentz
Students in Turkey Are Standing Up for LGBT Rights
After a newly appointed university official dissolved Bogazici University’s LGBTI+ club in January, students across the country launched a nationwide protest movement.
Rafael Logroño
Vaccine Nationalism Is Patently Unjust
Poor countries are paying more for the doses that remain after rich countries have had their fill.
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Culture
The Future of Postcolonial Thought
A pair of books—one by Walter Mignolo and Catherine Walsh, another by Achille Mbembe—consider the unfulfilled promise of decolonization.
Arjun Appadurai
Judas and the Black Messiah’s Stark Binaries
A new biopic of Fred Hampton poses a question: Will a film ever capture the radical spirit of the Black Panthers?
Stephen Kearse
The Untold History of Freedom
A new book charts the tension between individual and collective notions of liberty.
Tyler StovallWatch and Listen
Listen: Sports Media’s Dance With Misogyny
Julie DiCaro joins the show to talk about her new book on misogyny in sports media.
March 23, 2021
View: 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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