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Putting Food on the Table During a Pandemic

Putting Food on the Table During a Pandemic Putting Food on the Table During a Pandemic

Photos from the grassroots food distribution networks that are keeping Los Angeles’s undocumented communities afloat.

Apr 20, 2020 / Photo Essay / Arlene Mejorado, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation

The Long, Winding, and Painful Story of Asylum

The Long, Winding, and Painful Story of Asylum The Long, Winding, and Painful Story of Asylum

An ancient concept, asylum has become just another political tool in the hands of our government.

Apr 20, 2020 / Feature / John Washington

How Sex Workers Are Using Mutual Aid to Respond to the Coronavirus

How Sex Workers Are Using Mutual Aid to Respond to the Coronavirus How Sex Workers Are Using Mutual Aid to Respond to the Coronavirus

Their efforts highlight the deep history of organizing and radical mutual support in the sex worker community.

Apr 20, 2020 / Jack Herrera

‘The President Is Not a King’: NY Attorney General Tish James

‘The President Is Not a King’: NY Attorney General Tish James ‘The President Is Not a King’: NY Attorney General Tish James

Governors, mayors, and attorneys general set the agenda, as Trump’s malignancy, like the coronavirus, grows exponentially.

Apr 17, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Xi Jinping shakes hands with Donald Trump

Thanks to Covid-19, Neoliberal Globalization Is Unraveling Thanks to Covid-19, Neoliberal Globalization Is Unraveling

But internationalism is more essential than ever.

Apr 17, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Social Distancing Together

Social Distancing Together Social Distancing Together

Maintaining community while staying home.

Apr 17, 2020 / OppArt / Kim DeMarco

Stuart Gordon’s Alternative Avant-Garde

Stuart Gordon’s Alternative Avant-Garde Stuart Gordon’s Alternative Avant-Garde

On the legacy of the horror movie auteur.

Apr 17, 2020 / Stuart Klawans

A Brief History of the Cuomo–de Blasio Feud

A Brief History of the Cuomo–de Blasio Feud A Brief History of the Cuomo–de Blasio Feud

The bad blood between New York City’s mayor and the state’s governor over how to handle the pandemic is the latest chapter in their years-long rivalry.

Apr 17, 2020 / Ross Barkan

We Can’t Save the Economy Without Universal Child Care

We Can’t Save the Economy Without Universal Child Care We Can’t Save the Economy Without Universal Child Care

A smoothly functioning economy is one in which people who want to work are able to do so.

Apr 17, 2020 / Bryce Covert

The Liberation of Fiona Apple

The Liberation of Fiona Apple The Liberation of Fiona Apple

Her first album in eight years, Fetch the Bolt Cutters, is exquisite.

Apr 17, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Rumaan Alam

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