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2020 = 200,000, by 3 Artists

2020 = 200,000, by 3 Artists 2020 = 200,000, by 3 Artists

Trump’s mishandling of the pandemic means 200,000+ deaths and devastating consequences for African American and Latinx communities.

Oct 9, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo, Sylvia Hernández, and Lalo Alcaraz

A woman walks past a severely damaged house surrounded by debris

Captive of the Caucasus: The Long War Over Nagorno-Karabakh Captive of the Caucasus: The Long War Over Nagorno-Karabakh

How a little-understood war between Azerbaijan and Armenia threatens democracy.

Oct 8, 2020 / Viken Berberian

Trump’s Taxing History

Trump’s Taxing History Trump’s Taxing History

A president in debt, and America pays.

Oct 8, 2020 / OppArt / J.T. Williamson

How the Theatrics of Banning TikTok Enables Repression at Home

How the Theatrics of Banning TikTok Enables Repression at Home How the Theatrics of Banning TikTok Enables Repression at Home

If US politicians were sincerely concerned about Chinese state violence, they would also be implicating the Silicon Valley companies that profit from the surveillance of Uighurs.

Oct 8, 2020 / Xiaowei Wang

Head of State

Head of State Head of State

His nibs

Oct 7, 2020 / OppArt / Ed Hall

How America Turned on Itself

How America Turned on Itself How America Turned on Itself

Amid talk of “civil war,” it’s impossible to imagine the violence of this moment in the absence of America’s forever wars abroad.

Oct 6, 2020 / Andrew McCormick

Workers clean a rooftop pool while a large building is seen in the background.

Will 2020 Be Trump’s Bay of Pigs? Will 2020 Be Trump’s Bay of Pigs?

To advance his political fortunes in Florida, Trump assaults the right to travel to Cuba.

Oct 6, 2020 / Peter Kornbluh

Burning Man 2020

Burning Man 2020 Burning Man 2020

Top of the world, ma.

Oct 6, 2020 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Nicholson Baker’s Maddening Search for the Truth

Nicholson Baker’s Maddening Search for the Truth Nicholson Baker’s Maddening Search for the Truth

Denied access to files about the use of biological weapons during the Cold War, the novelist transformed his new book into a study of how America keeps its secrets.

Oct 6, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Charlie Savage

Handmaids

Handmaids Handmaids

Heads and Tails.

Oct 5, 2020 / OppArt / Ellen Weinstein and Rob Rogers

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