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The Culture Is Still Catching Up With Georgia Anne Muldrow

The Culture Is Still Catching Up With Georgia Anne Muldrow The Culture Is Still Catching Up With Georgia Anne Muldrow

Whether in jazz, rap, or R&B, she has made music out of liberation.

Aug 31, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Marcus J. Moore

Jacob Blake Was Shot in Kenosha, a City Adrift in a Moral Desert

Jacob Blake Was Shot in Kenosha, a City Adrift in a Moral Desert Jacob Blake Was Shot in Kenosha, a City Adrift in a Moral Desert

The crisis of policing in one Wisconsin city illustrates a national calamity. Yet Republicans—both nationally and in Wisconsin’s capital—block even modest reform.

Aug 31, 2020 / John Nichols

Trump Lit

Trump Lit Trump Lit

Hair on fire.

Aug 29, 2020 / OppArt / Michael Gelen

Silhouettes walk past a sign with the RNC logo and reads

GOP Convention: George Wallace Meets ‘Duck Dynasty’ GOP Convention: George Wallace Meets ‘Duck Dynasty’

Having failed as president, Trump is doing everything in his power to stir chaos and racial hatred before November 3.

Aug 28, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

US Law Enforcement’s Warrior Complex Is on Full Display in the Streets—and in Leaked Documents

US Law Enforcement’s Warrior Complex Is on Full Display in the Streets—and in Leaked Documents US Law Enforcement’s Warrior Complex Is on Full Display in the Streets—and in Leaked Documents

Hacked documents from the early weeks of the ongoing protest movement illustrate one of Black Lives Matter’s central observations: Policing in the United States functions as a mili...

Aug 28, 2020 / Chris Gelardi

Trump speaks in front of the White House.

The ‘Abomination’ of a Convention Makes Clear the GOP Threat The ‘Abomination’ of a Convention Makes Clear the GOP Threat

Where does pundit savviness end and an invitation to fascism begin?

Aug 28, 2020 / Eric Alterman

Torrid Zones

Torrid Zones Torrid Zones

Too hot to handle. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of August 24.

Aug 28, 2020 / Steve Brodner

Donald Trump Has Declared Himself Impotent

Donald Trump Has Declared Himself Impotent Donald Trump Has Declared Himself Impotent

A pitiful, hapless tyrant of a president blames the problems his administration has caused on out-of-office Joe Biden.

Aug 28, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Immigrant Children in the US Are Still In Cages

Immigrant Children in the US Are Still In Cages Immigrant Children in the US Are Still In Cages

Not in the headlines, but this travesty continues.

Aug 28, 2020 / OppArt / Tom Arie Donch

Passengers wearing face masks wait for their bus in front of a national debt display

Time for Democratic Deficit Hawks to Go the Way of the Dodo Time for Democratic Deficit Hawks to Go the Way of the Dodo

Try as they may, Democrats still can’t help being the party of deficit fetishism.

Aug 28, 2020 / Marshall Auerback

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