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How Many Does It Take?

How Many Does It Take? How Many Does It Take?

Whose name will be added?

Oct 14, 2019 / OppArt / Clay Bennett

The first atomic bomb test was conducted at Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945.

When Talking About the Climate Crisis, We Can’t Forget About Nuclear Weapons When Talking About the Climate Crisis, We Can’t Forget About Nuclear Weapons

Both are existential threats, but only one is getting the attention it deserves.

Oct 14, 2019 / Matt Korda

How Silicon Valley Broke the Economy

How Silicon Valley Broke the Economy How Silicon Valley Broke the Economy

The question of how to fix the tech industry is now inseparable from the question of how to fix the system of capitalism that the late 20th century gave us.

Oct 14, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Adrian Chen

Google Is Coming for Your Face

Google Is Coming for Your Face Google Is Coming for Your Face

Personal data is routinely harvested from the most vulnerable populations, without transparency, regulation, or principles—and this should concern us all.

Oct 14, 2019 / Malka Older

Ben Lerner’s Quandary

Ben Lerner’s Quandary Ben Lerner’s Quandary

The Topeka School captures the novelist at a crossroads between politics and aesthetics, fiction and poetry.

Oct 14, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Evan Kindley

Trump’s Assault on Refugees Is Even Worse Than It Looks

Trump’s Assault on Refugees Is Even Worse Than It Looks Trump’s Assault on Refugees Is Even Worse Than It Looks

The US was once a leader on refugee policy—then Trump came to power.

Oct 14, 2019 / Michelle Chen

How Boris Johnson Fell For America

How Boris Johnson Fell For America How Boris Johnson Fell For America

Britain’s prime minister is a lifelong admirer of the US. How will Brexit change his—and his country’s—special relationship?

Oct 14, 2019 / Feature / Jon Allsop

Here’s an Idea: Don’t Pay Them

Here’s an Idea: Don’t Pay Them Here’s an Idea: Don’t Pay Them

Congressional Progressive Caucus cochair Mark Pocan has a great idea: If Trump appointees block congressional testimony, block their paychecks.

Oct 12, 2019 / John Nichols

WBAI

WBAI Signs Off. Its Future Remains Uncertain. WBAI Signs Off. Its Future Remains Uncertain.

A management coup by the Pacifica Foundation has silenced New York’s legendary counterculture radio station.

Oct 11, 2019 / Arthur Schwartz

Trump and Guiliani

Giuliani and Trump: Bound by Corruption From the Beginning? Giuliani and Trump: Bound by Corruption From the Beginning?

To understand how the onetime odd couple became partners in political crime, you have to go back to 1980s New York and a tale of money laundering, mortgage fraud, and, yes, an elec...

Oct 11, 2019 / Tom Robbins

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