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Poland Jewish Museum

In the Unlikeliest of Places, a Museum Dedicated to Jewish Life In the Unlikeliest of Places, a Museum Dedicated to Jewish Life

On the site of the Warsaw Ghetto, the Museum of the History of Polish Jews celebrates a thousand years of tradition and culture.

Jul 31, 2015 / Monika Zgustova

Blockadia protest

‘Blockadia’ Activists Up the Ante Against Shell Oil ‘Blockadia’ Activists Up the Ante Against Shell Oil

For more than 36 hours, activists on land, sea, and in the air held up the ship headed to Shell’s Arctic oil-drilling effort.

Jul 31, 2015 / Arun Gupta

The Apache vs. Rio Tinto

The Apache vs. Rio Tinto The Apache vs. Rio Tinto

The San Carlos tribe is fighting to block a massive mining project that would cut a two-mile wide crater through sacred land.

Jul 31, 2015 / Nick Kimbrell

Why Tom Brady Is Worth Defending

Why Tom Brady Is Worth Defending Why Tom Brady Is Worth Defending

A conversation about Tom Brady and union power with the NFLPA’s George Atallah.

Jul 31, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Preschoolers

How Childcare Actually Causes Poverty in America How Childcare Actually Causes Poverty in America

If the people who prepare your lunch deserve a living wage, the people preparing our toddlers for school do too.

Jul 31, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Greenpeace activists

People Will Remember Shell Oil As a Symbol of Planet-Destroying Greed People Will Remember Shell Oil As a Symbol of Planet-Destroying Greed

On the day the heat index in an Iranian city broke world records, Shell Oil moved forward with its plan to drill in the Arctic.

Jul 31, 2015 / Bill McKibben

John McCain Iran deal

Inside the Effort to Kill the Iran Deal Inside the Effort to Kill the Iran Deal

The rhetoric coming from Iran hawks is increasingly out of touch with public opinion.

Jul 31, 2015 / James Carden

July 31, 1965: J.K. Rowling is Born

July 31, 1965: J.K. Rowling is Born July 31, 1965: J.K. Rowling is Born

“As the rest of the wizarding world teeters on the brink of catastrophe, what Harry really wants to know is: Did Dumbledore love me or what?”

Jul 31, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

To Grexit or Not to Grexit

To Grexit or Not to Grexit To Grexit or Not to Grexit

Amid accusations of “capitulation” and “left extremism,” panelists at the Democracy Rising conference heatedly debated what it would mean for Greece to stay in—or leave—the eurozon...

Jul 30, 2015 / Lisa Duggan

Bernie Sanders in Burlington, Vermont

With Bernie’s People in Vermont With Bernie’s People in Vermont

There’s a strong sense here that with Sanders, what you see is what you get—and that’s resonating with voters elsewhere, too.

Jul 30, 2015 / D.D. Guttenplan

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