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Why Doesn’t the Supreme Court Want Workers to Be As Safe From Covid as They Are?
The court’s conservative justices are opposed to vaccine “mandates” not because they’re anti-vax but because they’re anti-labor.
Elie Mystal
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When Sidney Poitier Picked Up the Gun
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Gene Seymour
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Joleen Nez: A Death in Custody
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Cecilia Nowell
Inequality
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With the pandemic returning to a state of emergency, we need to finally fix what was already broken in our society.
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Attention, Democrats: The Constitution Trumps the Filibuster
In the case of voting rights legislation, the filibuster is not applicable, or even relevant.
Herman Schwartz
When Will David Brooks Admit That Conservatism Paved the Way for Trump?
The
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Jeet Heer
Democracy Is on the Ballot in 2022. Summer Lee Is Ready for This Fight.
Midterm candidates like Pennsylvania’s Lee are prepared to hold insurrectionist Republicans to account and to boldly defend free elections.
John Nichols
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Why Christopher Hitchens Still Matters
Ben Burgis
How Workers Can Win in 2022
Jane McAlevey
Culture
The Black Arts Movement’s Revolution in the South
A new book offers a sweeping history of the radical art and institutions created in the South by the Black Arts Movement.
Elias Rodriques
Randall Kennedy Says It Loud
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Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
How Private Capital Strangled Our Cities
By following the money, a new history of urban inequality turns our attention away from federal malfeasance and toward capital markets and financial instruments.
Samuel Zipp
World
Japanese Women Are Fighting Back Against Pervasive Sexism
The pay gap between men and women in Japan is nearly 25 percent.
Christine Levy
No Other Way to Live: Why Ai Weiwei Left China
Xi Jinping’s tenure has been marked by harsh crackdowns on human rights activism.
Yaqiu Wang
Chile’s “New Left” Brings Hope
With capital already taking flight and the rise of the far right, Gabriel Boric’s administration isn’t in for an easy ride.
Franck Gaudichaud
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Katrina vanden Heuvel
What a Sensible Ukraine Policy Would Look Like
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Antonio Brown Is a Damning Reflection of the NFL
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Aída Chávez
Biden Is Still Refusing to Cancel Student Debt
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