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The Prisoner Firefighters Battling California’s Wildfires

The Prisoner Firefighters Battling California’s Wildfires The Prisoner Firefighters Battling California’s Wildfires

Three clips from a new film exploring the seemingly ordinary landscapes touched by our prison system.

May 8, 2017 / The Nation

Ivanka Trump

Women Don’t Need Ivanka Trump’s Fortune-Cookie Feminism Women Don’t Need Ivanka Trump’s Fortune-Cookie Feminism

They need her father to stop his harmful policies. 

May 6, 2017 / Lucia Graves

Laura Poitras

Laura Poitras on Julian Assange: ‘Admirable, Brilliant, and Flawed’ Laura Poitras on Julian Assange: ‘Admirable, Brilliant, and Flawed’

The filmmaker’s latest, Risk, documents the many sides of the WikiLeaks founder. 

May 5, 2017 / Jon Wiener

Julian Assange

Laura Poitras: The Many Contradictions of Julian Assange Laura Poitras: The Many Contradictions of Julian Assange

Plus Stephen F. Cohen on the new Cold War, and Eric Foner on Trump and history.

May 4, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Puzzle No. 3432

Puzzle No. 3432 Puzzle No. 3432

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Why some cops arrive at demonstrations early (2,4,3,6)  9 Permissible to be decapitated? That’s horrible! (5) 10 Un…

May 4, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

A sign outside the Comcast Center in Philadelphia.

Help Activists Collect 1 Million Signatures for Net Neutrality Help Activists Collect 1 Million Signatures for Net Neutrality

Trump’s FCC chairman would allow monopoly Internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon to pick winners and losers online.

May 3, 2017 / NationAction

George Saunders’s Lincoln

George Saunders’s Lincoln George Saunders’s Lincoln

The novel ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ examines the Civil War as the root of America’s violent past—and as a possible source of empathy that might release us from it.

May 3, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Jon Baskin

The Fight Over Sexual Freedom

The Fight Over Sexual Freedom The Fight Over Sexual Freedom

Geoffrey Stone’s book is a powerful reminder that the history of sexual equality is one of backlash as well as progress.

May 3, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Anna North

People’s Climate March

What We Can Learn from Our ‘Radical’ Past What We Can Learn from Our ‘Radical’ Past

The clashes of the past teach us that we must stay committed to a cause bigger than any one person and be willing to fight for years to come.

May 2, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Pushing the Limits of Photography

Pushing the Limits of Photography Pushing the Limits of Photography

The reflexive photography of Paul Mpagi Sepuya and Jason Loebs.

May 2, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

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