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Vaccination Inspiration

Vaccination Inspiration Vaccination Inspiration

Only 50 percent of the US population is fully vaccinated, with much lower rates in some areas.

Aug 16, 2021 / OppArt / Hooked Hands

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The Apocalypse Will Not Be Slow The Apocalypse Will Not Be Slow

All of us are in a new world, and we’d better get used to it.

Aug 16, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt

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Spilling the beans. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of August 9.

Aug 13, 2021 / Steve Brodner

A Meditation on Life and…

A Meditation on Life and… A Meditation on Life and…

Musings in a pandemic.

Aug 13, 2021 / OppArt / Elizabeth Haidle

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Coverage of the “Code Red” Climate Report Was Good. Here’s How to Sustain It. Coverage of the “Code Red” Climate Report Was Good. Here’s How to Sustain It.

From now to COP26 in November journalists should focus especially on climate justice and climate solutions—and we should play the story so much bigger.

Aug 12, 2021 / Andrew McCormick

Lebanon Gas Lines

Behind the Crisis in Lebanon, a Vast Bank-Run Ponzi Scheme Behind the Crisis in Lebanon, a Vast Bank-Run Ponzi Scheme

From gas lines to medicine shortages, Lebanon is suffering the fallout of years of political and financial corruption.

Aug 12, 2021 / Saree Makdisi

One Country, Two Systems

One Country, Two Systems One Country, Two Systems

It can be seen black and white.

Aug 11, 2021 / OppArt / Jesse Duquette

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At Risk in Israel’s Backlash Against Ben and Jerry’s? The Right to Protest. At Risk in Israel’s Backlash Against Ben and Jerry’s? The Right to Protest.

Israel’s push to punish the ice cream company is part of a larger offensive against Palestine activists—one that mirrors the broader right-wing assault on social justice movements.

Aug 11, 2021 / Amira Mattar

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The Arrest of Dora María Téllez Marks a New Low for Nicaragua The Arrest of Dora María Téllez Marks a New Low for Nicaragua

One of the beliefs that animated the Central American solidarity movement then was that we were not powerless. We are not powerless now, either.

Aug 10, 2021 / Column / Linda Mannheim

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Misogynistic Hate Will Not Stop Korean Feminism Misogynistic Hate Will Not Stop Korean Feminism

Male chauvinists launched a campaign to humiliate An San, a 20-year-old archer. Instead of giving in, she won another gold. 

Aug 9, 2021 / Lee Hyun Choi

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