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Alessandra Biaggi

Progressive ‘Piss and Vinegar’ Takes On Albany Progressive ‘Piss and Vinegar’ Takes On Albany

How a new class of lawmakers is transforming the New York State legislature.

Mar 13, 2019 / Raina Lipsitz

Russell Westbrook

Could the Utah Jazz Be Turning a Corner? Could the Utah Jazz Be Turning a Corner?

A racist heckle and an unrepentant player, and maybe a light of progress. 

Mar 13, 2019 / Dave Zirin

Yanis Varoufakis

A European Spring Is Possible A European Spring Is Possible

The DiEM25 proposes immediate financial changes to end austerity and fund a green—and hopefully post-capitalist—future.

Mar 13, 2019 / Yanis Varoufakis

Jeep in Puerto Rico

Confronting Puerto Rico’s Coal-Ash Crisis Confronting Puerto Rico’s Coal-Ash Crisis

A mountain of toxic coal ash is sickening the territory’s residents.

Mar 13, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Hunting for Lions and Liberation

Hunting for Lions and Liberation Hunting for Lions and Liberation

Rachel Ingalls’s 1983 novel Binstead’s Safari is a fable-like account of the price of feminism and the freedom from domesticity.

Mar 13, 2019 / Maya Binyam

Venezuela Dam

Venezuela’s Deadly Blackout Highlights the Need for a Negotiated Resolution of the Crisis Venezuela’s Deadly Blackout Highlights the Need for a Negotiated Resolution of the Crisis

Maduro is corrupt and increasingly repressive, but US sanctions and violence by the US-supported opposition have contributed to Venezuelans’ suffering.

Mar 13, 2019 / Gabriel Hetland

Israel’s Netanyahu Sounds Familiar

Israel’s Netanyahu Sounds Familiar Israel’s Netanyahu Sounds Familiar

When all else fails, cry “Witch!”

Mar 13, 2019 / OppArt / Randall Enos

Trump Putin G20

Liberals Are Digging Their Own Grave With Russiagate Liberals Are Digging Their Own Grave With Russiagate

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen say that the risk of outright conflict between the US and Russia is increasing all the time.

Mar 12, 2019 / The Nation

Student Gun Reform Walkout

Gun-Control Activists Should Also Take on America’s Drone Wars Gun-Control Activists Should Also Take on America’s Drone Wars

Through its endless wars, Washington has been the true school shooter on this planet, terrorizing the global classroom with a remarkable lack of consequences. 

Mar 12, 2019 / Allegra Harpootlian

Michael Cohen being sworn in to testify before Congress

A Skeptic’s Guide to the Russiagate Fixation A Skeptic’s Guide to the Russiagate Fixation

Robert Mueller has yet to allege collusion, and Democrats who accuse Trump of being a Kremlin conspirator are silent when his policies escalate tensions with Russia.

Mar 12, 2019 / Aaron Maté

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