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Kevin Powell

Kevin Powell’s Memoir Will Crush You Kevin Powell’s Memoir Will Crush You

An autobiography that’s really a first-hand account about surviving racism and poverty only mostly intact, The Education of Kevin Powell is revelatory.

Sep 30, 2015 / Dave Zirin

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How Did New Orleans’s Vietnamese Americans Recover After Katrina? How Did New Orleans’s Vietnamese Americans Recover After Katrina?

The community’s success is a model for solidarity across race and class in the face of natural disaster and political disenfranchisement.

Sep 30, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Has Child Protective Services Gone Too Far?

Has Child Protective Services Gone Too Far? Has Child Protective Services Gone Too Far?

A debate sparked by the free-range parenting movement has drawn attention to the threats and intrusions poor, minority families have long endured.

Sep 30, 2015 / Feature / Michelle Goldberg

Refugees to Europe: Do Better Than This

Refugees to Europe: Do Better Than This Refugees to Europe: Do Better Than This

From Germany to Switzerland, asylum seekers are organizing to demand humane treatment from rich nations.

Sep 30, 2015 / Caitlin L. Chandler

Is it Time for a New New Deal?

Is it Time for a New New Deal? Is it Time for a New New Deal?

Our economy is broken. Could a universal basic income, child allowances, and worker-owned cooperatives fix it?

Sep 30, 2015 / James M. Larkin and Zach Goldhammer

September 30, 2005: Cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed Appear in a Danish Newspaper

September 30, 2005: Cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed Appear in a Danish Newspaper September 30, 2005: Cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed Appear in a Danish Newspaper

“The cartoon scandal is about much more than freedom of speech. At its heart the controversy is about power.”

Sep 30, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Our First Advice Columnist Is Taking Your Questions

Our First Advice Columnist Is Taking Your Questions Our First Advice Columnist Is Taking Your Questions

Living under late capitalism is hard. Liza is here to help.

Sep 29, 2015 / Liza Featherstone

Why Are So Many Women Behind Bars in Oklahoma?

Why Are So Many Women Behind Bars in Oklahoma? Why Are So Many Women Behind Bars in Oklahoma?

With twice as many women in prison as in other states, Oklahoma is the female-incarceration capital of the United States.

Sep 29, 2015 / Victoria Law

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The Most Exceptional Thing About America Is Our Paranoia The Most Exceptional Thing About America Is Our Paranoia

In the United States, you’re more likely to be crushed by falling furniture than killed by a terrorist—but try telling that to Washington.

Sep 29, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt

Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Is a Global Crisis. Why Are We Doing So Little to Fight It?

Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Is a Global Crisis. Why Are We Doing So Little to Fight It? Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Is a Global Crisis. Why Are We Doing So Little to Fight It?

In a co-epidemic with HIV, it’s raging across much of the world, killing an estimated 2.6 million people in 2013.

Sep 29, 2015 / Feature / Douglas Foster

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