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Blocked Parking Spots, Broken Sidewalks, and Boulders: How Common Spaces Fail People With Disabilities

Blocked Parking Spots, Broken Sidewalks, and Boulders: How Common Spaces Fail People With Disabilities Blocked Parking Spots, Broken Sidewalks, and Boulders: How Common Spaces Fail People With Disabilities

The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed to ensure that we all had access to public spaces, but the implementation has not always lived up to the law.

Jan 31, 2020 / Photo Essay / Elizabeth Guffey

The  First Drag Queen Was a Former Slave

The First Drag Queen Was a Former Slave The First Drag Queen Was a Former Slave

Who fought for queer freedom a century before Stonewall.

Jan 31, 2020 / Feature / Channing Gerard Joseph

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Confirmed: Elliott Abrams’s Defense of Mass Murder Was Based on Lies Confirmed: Elliott Abrams’s Defense of Mass Murder Was Based on Lies

The reporters who covered the El Mozote massacre were right all along.

Jan 30, 2020 / Eric Alterman

John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova walk onto the court at the Australian Open with a banner that reads

Tennis Legends Protest at the Australian Open Tennis Legends Protest at the Australian Open

Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe demonstrated against the homophobia and transphobia of Margaret Court.

Jan 29, 2020 / Dave Zirin

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A Fire May Have Wiped Out 40 Years of Chinese American History A Fire May Have Wiped Out 40 Years of Chinese American History

The archives of the Museum of Chinese in America may have been destroyed, but the institution is still a crucial repository of community memory.

Jan 29, 2020 / Madeline Leung Coleman

Poverty Makes the Pursuit of Happiness a False Promise

Poverty Makes the Pursuit of Happiness a False Promise Poverty Makes the Pursuit of Happiness a False Promise

This week on the More Than Enough podcast: Could Guaranteed Income be one way of ensuring we all have the agency we need to pursue “the good life”?

Jan 29, 2020 / Podcast / Mia Birdsong

Racism Is Not Dead in Sports

Racism Is Not Dead in Sports Racism Is Not Dead in Sports

Professor Kenneth Shropshire joins the show to talk about racism and resistance in sports.

Jan 28, 2020 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

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Letters From the February 10, 2020, Issue Letters From the February 10, 2020, Issue

Impeachment is an inside job… Lessons in free education… The great Picasso con… The GOP’s unhealthy agenda…

Jan 28, 2020 / Our Readers

‘Woke’ CEOs Don’t Actually Care About Economic Justice

‘Woke’ CEOs Don’t Actually Care About Economic Justice ‘Woke’ CEOs Don’t Actually Care About Economic Justice

Make no mistake: In business, earnings matter more than equality.

Jan 28, 2020 / Column / Aaron Ross Coleman

Australia Fires

The Australian Fires Are a Prelude to Our Climate Suffering The Australian Fires Are a Prelude to Our Climate Suffering

The fires could just be the beginning in a slow-motion climate reckoning of rising sea levels, unprecedented storms, and hellish heat waves.

Jan 28, 2020 / Tom Engelhardt

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