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How Yale Became the Latest Target in the Plot to Kill Affirmative Action

How Yale Became the Latest Target in the Plot to Kill Affirmative Action How Yale Became the Latest Target in the Plot to Kill Affirmative Action

In the coming days, the DOJ will borrow a page from the conservative playbook and likely sue Yale for violating the rights of white and Asian students.

Aug 24, 2020 / Column / Elie Mystal

73 Days Until We Can Vote Him Out

73 Days Until We Can Vote Him Out 73 Days Until We Can Vote Him Out

Nearly 20,000 false claims since 2017 that are costing lives.

Aug 22, 2020 / OppArt / Josh Gosfield

Missing Persons

Missing Persons Missing Persons

Mounting toll.  Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of August 17.

Aug 21, 2020 / Steve Brodner

A woman holds a large piece of cardboard above her head, with the words

How to Dismantle White Supremacy How to Dismantle White Supremacy

To end systemic racism, the country needs a comprehensive racial justice program even more sweeping than the Marshall Plan.

Aug 21, 2020 / Barbara Smith

Rite of Passage

Rite of Passage Rite of Passage

An operating room during the pandemic.

Aug 21, 2020 / OppArt / Glenn Ferguson

Can Joe Biden Unrig the Economy?

Can Joe Biden Unrig the Economy? Can Joe Biden Unrig the Economy?

Raising taxes on the rich would help stop the economy from simply channeling income to 1 percent.

Aug 21, 2020 / Mike Konczal

Covid-19

Will Public Schools Survive Covid-19? Will Public Schools Survive Covid-19?

Long-term divestment has put America’s public schools in a dangerous situation, pitting necessary education against the safety of students, staff, and parents.

Aug 21, 2020 / StudentNation / Belle Chesler

The DNC Refuses to Address the Elephant in the Room

The DNC Refuses to Address the Elephant in the Room The DNC Refuses to Address the Elephant in the Room

The Supreme Court will be lost for a generation if Biden loses, dooming almost all progressive policy ideas. But no Democrats are talking about it.

Aug 20, 2020 / Elie Mystal

Margaret Sanger

Canceling Margaret Sanger Only Helps Abortion Opponents Canceling Margaret Sanger Only Helps Abortion Opponents

When Planned Parenthood took the name of the organization’s founder off its flagship clinic in Manhattan, they bought into anti-choice propaganda. 

Aug 20, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Please Mr. Postman

Please Mr. Postman Please Mr. Postman

Trump keeps pushing a false argument on vote-by-mail fraud in the upcoming election in November.

Aug 20, 2020 / OppArt / Hooked Hands

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