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The Secrets of the So-Called “Havana Syndrome”

The Secrets of the So-Called “Havana Syndrome” The Secrets of the So-Called “Havana Syndrome”

The injuries to US personnel are real, and the cause of the syndrome was not crickets—but excessive secrecy has frustrated investigators and hampered the victims’ efforts to unders...

Nov 17, 2021 / Feature / Peter Kornbluh

The Coolest Member of the Senate Is Retiring

The Coolest Member of the Senate Is Retiring The Coolest Member of the Senate Is Retiring

Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy has used comic books to fight for a ban on land mines and brought the Grateful Dead to the Senate Dining Room.

Nov 16, 2021 / John Nichols

Virginia school board meeting

Progressives Can No Longer Cede School Boards to the GOP Progressives Can No Longer Cede School Boards to the GOP

They should treat them as political arenas in which to fight—and win.

Nov 16, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Native American Heritage Month

Native American Heritage Month Native American Heritage Month

Honoring Native land and Native peoples, every day.

Nov 16, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Jacob Frey

Minneapolis May Have Rejected That Referendum on the Police Minneapolis May Have Rejected That Referendum on the Police

But the activists’ vision of alternative policing lives on.

Nov 16, 2021 / Ibrahim Hirsi

Drone Afghanistan

Let’s Stop Handing the Pentagon Blank Checks Let’s Stop Handing the Pentagon Blank Checks

The system is working—if you happen to be an arms contractor

Nov 16, 2021 / Mandy Smithberger and William D. Hartung

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Stay Outraged, Patriots! Stay Outraged, Patriots!

Why run on policies when you can run on misplaced fury?

Nov 16, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow

Anti-CRT protester

“Critical Race Theory” Is White History “Critical Race Theory” Is White History

Conservatives are rebranding an inclusive, honest accounting of American history as inherently anti-white.

Nov 16, 2021 / Column / Kali Holloway

Protest on the one-year anniversary of George Floyd's death

Where “Defund” Isn’t Dead Where “Defund” Isn’t Dead

Though the politics of police reform have shifted since a year ago, the movement to find new ways to ensure public safety is winning a number of fights in cities across the country...

Nov 16, 2021 / Feature / Bryce Covert

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Letters From the November 29/December 6, 2021, Issue Letters From the November 29/December 6, 2021, Issue

Get Carter… A stream called Drowning Creek…

Nov 16, 2021 / Kai Bird and Our Readers

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