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Mining Lapis in Afghanistan

Peace in Afghanistan? Maybe—but a Minerals Rush Is Already Underway Peace in Afghanistan? Maybe—but a Minerals Rush Is Already Underway

And that rush is a direct result of Trump’s pressure on the Afghan government to open up the country to foreign corporations.

Jan 30, 2019 / Antony Loewenstein

Campus Segregation

State Universities Are Being Resegregated State Universities Are Being Resegregated

Nearly half of all elite public universities are enrolling a lower percentage of black students than they were in the mid-1990s.

Jan 30, 2019 / StudentNation / Mark Huelsman

Ro Khanna on Yemen

Q&A: Congress Takes a Historic Step to End the War on Yemen Q&A: Congress Takes a Historic Step to End the War on Yemen

California Congressman Ro Khanna tells us about his co-sponsorship of the House War Powers Resolution.

Jan 30, 2019 / James Carden

There Are Still Migrant Children Separated From Their Families

There Are Still Migrant Children Separated From Their Families There Are Still Migrant Children Separated From Their Families

The coercion and cruelty at the border is not over.

Jan 30, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Sign of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The Dark Side of the Cult of Ruth Bader Ginsburg The Dark Side of the Cult of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Justice Ginsburg is an essential voice on the Supreme Court— but portraying her as a dissenter obscures the work of more radical women of color.

Jan 30, 2019 / Mari Uyehara

Computers Were Supposed to Be Good

Computers Were Supposed to Be Good Computers Were Supposed to Be Good

Joy Lisi Rankin’s book on the history of personal computing looks at the technology’s forgotten democratic promise.

Jan 30, 2019 / Gillian Terzis

Newsboys selling The Forward.

Why We Mourn the Loss of a Printed ‘Forward’ Why We Mourn the Loss of a Printed ‘Forward’

As the storied Jewish newspaper embraces a virtual existence, a vibrant, secular-socialist tradition retreats further into the past.

Jan 30, 2019 / Ross Perlin

Getting It White

Getting It White Getting It White

Just when you thought all was lost…

Jan 30, 2019 / OppArt / Matt Bors

Construction Site

What Happens When Gentrification Comes to a Postindustrial City? What Happens When Gentrification Comes to a Postindustrial City?

New development in Worcester, Massachusetts, threatens the city’s poorest.

Jan 30, 2019 / Maia Hibbett

Citizens United protest

Massive Democracy-Reform Legislation Gets Its Day In Congress Massive Democracy-Reform Legislation Gets Its Day In Congress

And Republican protectors of the crooked system went off the deep end.  

Jan 29, 2019 / George Zornick

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