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Nipsey Hussle

Black Capitalism Won’t Save Us Black Capitalism Won’t Save Us

Celebrities like Killer Mike and Jay-Z equate black ownership with liberation—but you can’t end racial inequality with consumerism.

May 22, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman

Neither Comic nor Profound: The Vagaries of ‘kaddish.com’

Neither Comic nor Profound: The Vagaries of ‘kaddish.com’ Neither Comic nor Profound: The Vagaries of ‘kaddish.com’

Nathan Englander's third novel tries to satirize unthinking religiosity, lazy secularism, and the nascent gig economy—but fails to impress.

May 22, 2019 / Nathan Goldman

Justin Amash Is Putting the Democrats to Shame

Justin Amash Is Putting the Democrats to Shame Justin Amash Is Putting the Democrats to Shame

The Freedom Caucus gadfly is making the argument Pelosi and her party should be making.

May 22, 2019 / Elie Mystal

Trump Tower

Trump Tower Trump Tower

Friends in high places.

May 22, 2019 / OppArt / Mike Luckovich

Alternative Memorial Day

Why We, Palestinians and Israelis, Insist on Mourning Our Dead Together Why We, Palestinians and Israelis, Insist on Mourning Our Dead Together

Alternative Memorial Day, a binational tradition since 2005, is a sign that we are capable of taking down the walls of fear.

May 22, 2019 / Avigail Corry and Sulaiman Khatib

What if Reporters Covered the Climate Crisis Like Edward R. Murrow Covered the Start of World War II?

What if Reporters Covered the Climate Crisis Like Edward R. Murrow Covered the Start of World War II? What if Reporters Covered the Climate Crisis Like Edward R. Murrow Covered the Start of World War II?

The new Covering Climate Now project will help media “tell the story so people get it.”

May 22, 2019 / Feature / Bill Moyers

Robert Mueller sworn in

Don’t Let Russiagate Fool You—America Is Still the Ultimate Election-Meddler Don’t Let Russiagate Fool You—America Is Still the Ultimate Election-Meddler

Outrage over Russia’s interference in the 2016 elections obscures the fact that America has been doing the same to other countries for decades.

May 21, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt

Pocan and Jayapal

Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Call for an Impeachment Inquiry Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Call for an Impeachment Inquiry

Representatives Mark Pocan and Pramila Jayapal recognize that “a president who thinks he’s king…is absolutely unacceptable.”

May 21, 2019 / John Nichols

Protest in Russia

The Iron Curtain for the Russian Internet The Iron Curtain for the Russian Internet

New laws signed by Putin are an attempt to introduce direct censorship.

May 21, 2019 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

Narendra Modi

A Modi Victory Puts India’s 200 Million Muslims in Danger A Modi Victory Puts India’s 200 Million Muslims in Danger

The Hindu nationalist party ran a hate-filled campaign and now seems poised to return to power with a terrifying mandate.

May 21, 2019 / Ruchira Gupta

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