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Translating an Autopsy, or To the Man Autopsied Into 99 Pages

Translating an Autopsy, or To the Man Autopsied Into 99 Pages Translating an Autopsy, or To the Man Autopsied Into 99 Pages

Please know that I read them all and could not weep, afraid to compromise the task I was handed: to reconstitute this you in the Spanish tongue. Know that I aimed to honor what the…

Mar 15, 2018 / Books & the Arts / José A. Rodríguez

Puzzle No. 3460

Puzzle No. 3460 Puzzle No. 3460

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  7  Carol devours Vonnegut’s first book (5)  8 Paradise is quiet, and almost madly angelic at the outset (7-2)  9…

Mar 15, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

The Children ARE Our Future!

The Children ARE Our Future! The Children ARE Our Future!

Nate (age 11) has been drawing editorial cartoons since he saw the 2016 debates.

Mar 15, 2018 / OppArt / Nate

It Has Been 210 Days Since Amanda Morales Last Saw the Sun

It Has Been 210 Days Since Amanda Morales Last Saw the Sun It Has Been 210 Days Since Amanda Morales Last Saw the Sun

For the undocumented mother of three, taking sanctuary in a church seemed the best way to keep her family together.

Mar 15, 2018 / Feature / Cinthya Santos Briones, Laura Gottesdiener, and Malav Kanuga

For Trump, Cruelty Is the Point

For Trump, Cruelty Is the Point For Trump, Cruelty Is the Point

The White House’s immigration policies are designed to maximize suffering.

Mar 15, 2018 / Feature / Julianne Hing

Think the War in Syria Is Winding Down? Think Again.

Think the War in Syria Is Winding Down? Think Again. Think the War in Syria Is Winding Down? Think Again.

The conflict, having long since fallen into the hands of foreigners, is flying along on its second wind.

Mar 15, 2018 / Feature / Charles Glass

It’s Time to Stop Fixating on Punishment

It’s Time to Stop Fixating on Punishment It’s Time to Stop Fixating on Punishment

Trump’s call to execute drug dealers is bizarre and irrational, but so is our criminal-justice system.

Mar 15, 2018 / Column / Kai Wright

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Robert Reich: Donald Trump vs. the Common Good Robert Reich: Donald Trump vs. the Common Good

Plus, the man who stopped the My Lai massacre, and Katha Pollitt on Russiagate skeptics.

Mar 15, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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Here’s Why Labor Should Resist Trump’s Tariff Here’s Why Labor Should Resist Trump’s Tariff

It will have little economic effect but will add more bellicosity to a world already overdosing on it.

Mar 14, 2018 / Doug Henwood

Why Was a Call for US-Russia Strategic Dialogue Met With Silence?

Why Was a Call for US-Russia Strategic Dialogue Met With Silence? Why Was a Call for US-Russia Strategic Dialogue Met With Silence?

Senators Merkley, Sanders, Feinstein, and Markey are only asking for commonsense cooperation between the two nuclear superpowers.

Mar 14, 2018 / James Carden

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