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Walmart in Mexico

Walmart’s Sick Scheduling Policies Walmart’s Sick Scheduling Policies

A new survey alleges that the mega-retailer punishes workers for medical absences.

Jul 13, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Donald Trump Jr.

Donald Jr. Meets the Russians Donald Jr. Meets the Russians

No meetings with Russians he said. That story changed two times or three. To judge by the lies that he tells, This apple fell close to the tree.

Jul 13, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Trump’s Trojan Horse Trump’s Trojan Horse

Homer didn’t live long enough To tell of Trump’s White House Which is his Trojan horse From which all the President’s men Burst out to destroy democracy And install corporations As…

Jul 13, 2017 / Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I Tried to Use My Privilege to Defend a Stranger From Racism—and I Might Have Made the Situation Worse

I Tried to Use My Privilege to Defend a Stranger From Racism—and I Might Have Made the Situation Worse I Tried to Use My Privilege to Defend a Stranger From Racism—and I Might Have Made the Situation Worse

And a reader with radical dreams is trapped in a lame nonprofit job.

Jul 13, 2017 / Liza Featherstone

Eppur si muove

Eppur si muove Eppur si muove

Here’s where things get weird: Why is it we care? Why can’t we turn it off? And why’s my mind Like this? Time is time, I tell myself here Where I can breathe, pause and think: time…

Jul 13, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Rowan Ricardo Phillips

November Nocturne

November Nocturne November Nocturne

I looked out over the cool rising night, Its soft froth of lamplights and scrubbed out stars Tumbling out over the blue tub, mind’s sky, Cash-only bars, evening everlasting, Triump…

Jul 13, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Rowan Ricardo Phillips

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Letters From the July 31-August 7, 2017, Issue Letters From the July 31-August 7, 2017, Issue

Friend in the end… Pyrrhic impeachment… Defending the fourth estate… Backlash as whiplash…

Jul 13, 2017 / Our Readers

Puzzle No. 3437

Puzzle No. 3437 Puzzle No. 3437

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Weigh down our retreat, carrying tote, sack, or bundle, e.g. (10)  6 Experts with permission to enter after removin…

Jul 13, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Cavs Owner Dan Gilbert

Cavaliers Owner Dan Gilbert: Cleveland’s Corporate-Welfare King Cavaliers Owner Dan Gilbert: Cleveland’s Corporate-Welfare King

The City Council of Cleveland is siding with the billionaire against the people it represents in an outrageous $200 million corporate-welfare stadium scam.

Jul 13, 2017 / Dave Zirin

The Spirit of Prog Rock

The Spirit of Prog Rock The Spirit of Prog Rock

Its creative ambitions were engulfed by its pretensions. 

Jul 13, 2017 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu

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