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Force-Feeding Is Cruel, Painful, and Degrading—and American Prisons Won’t Stop

Force-Feeding Is Cruel, Painful, and Degrading—and American Prisons Won’t Stop Force-Feeding Is Cruel, Painful, and Degrading—and American Prisons Won’t Stop

In a Colorado supermax facility, hunger-striking inmates have been force-fed and barred from sharing their ordeal with the outside world. A prisoner breaks his silence for the firs...

Jun 4, 2019 / Feature / Aviva Stahl

Women Are Not OvaryActing!

Women Are Not OvaryActing! Women Are Not OvaryActing!

Street activism, photographed on West 22nd Street, New York City.

Jun 4, 2019 / OppArt / George de Castro-Day

Beijing, after the Tiananmen Square massacre

Surviving Tiananmen: The Price of Dissent in China Surviving Tiananmen: The Price of Dissent in China

Remembering the Tiananmen Movement is not just about repression—it’s about hope.

Jun 4, 2019 / Rowena He

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Robert Mueller, American Sphinx Robert Mueller, American Sphinx

Insufficient evidence is not evidence of insufficiency...or something.

Jun 4, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

John Hickenlooper

If Democrats Pull Their Punches, Donald Trump Will Knock Them Out If Democrats Pull Their Punches, Donald Trump Will Knock Them Out

Tepid Democratic candidates calling for middle ground are doomed to fail.

Jun 3, 2019 / John Nichols

Ishmael Reed Tries to Undo the Damage ‘Hamilton’ Has Wrought

Ishmael Reed Tries to Undo the Damage ‘Hamilton’ Has Wrought Ishmael Reed Tries to Undo the Damage ‘Hamilton’ Has Wrought

His new play, The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda, is an extremely earnest attempt to show Miranda the many errors of his blockbuster musical.

Jun 3, 2019 / Nawal Arjini

The Tangled History of American and Israeli Exceptionalism

The Tangled History of American and Israeli Exceptionalism The Tangled History of American and Israeli Exceptionalism

Amy Kaplan’s new book examines the pioneering cultural myths that have tied Israel and the United States together.

Jun 3, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Rashid Khalidi

Navigating Freedom With Cass Sunstein

Navigating Freedom With Cass Sunstein Navigating Freedom With Cass Sunstein

When nudges won’t set you free.

Jun 3, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn

Crocodile Tears

Crocodile Tears Crocodile Tears

Government inaction continues as gun deaths mount.

Jun 3, 2019 / OppArt / Martin Rowson

Worker surveillance at Amazon

The Inequalities of Workplace Surveillance The Inequalities of Workplace Surveillance

When bosses watch over our every move, the data they collect ends up making us even more unequal.

Jun 3, 2019 / Joelle Gamble

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