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It’s Time to Stop Pretending the Murdochs Are in the News Business

It’s Time to Stop Pretending the Murdochs Are in the News Business It’s Time to Stop Pretending the Murdochs Are in the News Business

For Rupert and his sons, the press has always been the prime weapon in their power-seeking agenda.

Apr 11, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

Puzzle No. 3496

Puzzle No. 3496 Puzzle No. 3496

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Curry specialty: pintos, cooked and spicy (5,4)  6 Flip about knight (one getting out of bed) (5)  9 Progressive, s…

Apr 11, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Kirsten Gillibrand Isn’t Afraid of Anything

Kirsten Gillibrand Isn’t Afraid of Anything Kirsten Gillibrand Isn’t Afraid of Anything

The New York senator is a Medicare for All, Green New Deal progressive who wants to win over Trump’s voters. Can she convince Democrats to give her a shot?

Apr 11, 2019 / Feature / Joan Walsh

See No Climate Change?

See No Climate Change? See No Climate Change?

What’s evil is denial. (From the DC Climate March.)

Apr 11, 2019 / OppArt / Anonymous

Gillibrand

Kirsten Gillibrand’s Journey to the Left Kirsten Gillibrand’s Journey to the Left

Joan Walsh on the candidate, Eric Foner on Reconstruction, and Amy Wilentz on Jared Kushner.

Apr 11, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Joe Biden takes a selfie

Women of Color Will Hold Joe Biden Accountable Women of Color Will Hold Joe Biden Accountable

No Democrat will win the nomination, or the White House, without women of color voters in 2020.

Apr 10, 2019 / Aimee Allison

In Claudia Rankine’s ‘The White Card’, Timely Questions of Race and Representation Take Center Stage

In Claudia Rankine’s ‘The White Card’, Timely Questions of Race and Representation Take Center Stage In Claudia Rankine’s ‘The White Card’, Timely Questions of Race and Representation Take Center Stage

The poet’s debut play addresses appropriation, cultural ownership, and dirty money in the art world.

Apr 10, 2019 / Alisa Solomon

The Salad Giant Sweetgreen Has Used Hip Hop to Turn Lettuce Into Gold

The Salad Giant Sweetgreen Has Used Hip Hop to Turn Lettuce Into Gold The Salad Giant Sweetgreen Has Used Hip Hop to Turn Lettuce Into Gold

But if the salad giant is so woke, why are 95 percent of its shops in majority white neighborhoods?

Apr 10, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman

Frog March

Frog March Frog March

The Mueller Report has trouble passing a very low Barr.

Apr 10, 2019 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

An opium field in Afghanistan

America’s Drug War Is Ruining the World America’s Drug War Is Ruining the World

A half-century of Washington’s harsh drug prohibition policies has brought misery to millions across the globe. 

Apr 9, 2019 / Alfred McCoy

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