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These Women Nobelists Are Fighting for Grassroots Activists in Central America These Women Nobelists Are Fighting for Grassroots Activists in Central America

They’re bringing limelight to women-led movements resisting land grabs and destruction from mining companies, hydroelectric plants, and monoculture plantations.

Nov 17, 2017 / Laura Carlsen

The Plot to Loot America’s Wilderness (Video)

The Plot to Loot America’s Wilderness (Video) The Plot to Loot America’s Wilderness (Video)

A little-known bureaucrat named James Cason is reshaping the Department of the Interior.

Nov 17, 2017 / OppArt / The Nation

Speaker Paul Ryan

Republicans in Congress Think You’re an Idiot Republicans in Congress Think You’re an Idiot

The GOP tax bill should be toxic to everyone who is not ultra-rich.

Nov 17, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder

By Having the Washington R*dskins Host a Game on Thanksgiving, NFL Owners Show Their True Colors By Having the Washington R*dskins Host a Game on Thanksgiving, NFL Owners Show Their True Colors

Whether it’s a question of tin-eared insensitivity, or their own sick, private joke, Washington will be hosting the Thanksgiving game for the first time in league history.

Nov 17, 2017 / Dave Zirin

Shamir’s Reinvention

Shamir’s Reinvention Shamir’s Reinvention

On Revelations, he trades the glitz and brashness of his early work for a more ruminative and uncertain sound.

Nov 17, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen

Roy Moore

Yes, Some Alabama Republicans Will Still Vote for Roy Moore Yes, Some Alabama Republicans Will Still Vote for Roy Moore

An interview with Howell Raines on what he calls “Alabama Embarrassment Syndrome.”

Nov 17, 2017 / Jon Wiener

Columbia graduate students

The GOP Tax Plan Would Make It Even Harder to Be a Grad Student The GOP Tax Plan Would Make It Even Harder to Be a Grad Student

Cutting a vital tuition exemption, the plan would push students even further into poverty.

Nov 17, 2017 / Michelle Chen

We Need to Build a Wall

We Need to Build a Wall We Need to Build a Wall

Trump continues to box himself in.

Nov 17, 2017 / OppArt / Richard Borge

Dana Schutz, After the Whitney Biennial

Dana Schutz, After the Whitney Biennial Dana Schutz, After the Whitney Biennial

A recent show of Schutz's work sheds light on a facet of her art that connects Open Casket to the rest of her paintings.

Nov 17, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Is This the Most Radical Mayor in America?

Is This the Most Radical Mayor in America? Is This the Most Radical Mayor in America?

Chokwe Antar Lumumba has an audacious plan to make Jackson, Mississippi, the “most radical city on the planet.”

Nov 17, 2017 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan

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