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Jun 3, 2014 / Matt Bors
Snapshot: Call In the Troops Snapshot: Call In the Troops
With US military operations under way in thirteen African nations, Secretary of State John Kerry has had a lot to talk about. President Obama has presented the US withdrawal from Afghanistan as a way to free up resources for a “broader set of priorities.” On May 21, one week before the speech, eighty troops were sent to Chad.
Jun 3, 2014 / Saul Loeb
Why You Need to Tell the FCC to Save Net Neutrality Now Why You Need to Tell the FCC to Save Net Neutrality Now
The commissioners are considering rules that would allow telecom giants to control it with “pay to play” schemes.
May 21, 2014 / The Editors
Brazil’s Dance With the Devil on the Eve of the World Cup Brazil’s Dance With the Devil on the Eve of the World Cup
The Cup has become a tool for neoliberal plunder—but Brazilians are fighting back.
May 21, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Pricing Radicals Out of New York Pricing Radicals Out of New York
The Brecht Forum, a storied radical institution, has lost its lease.
May 21, 2014 / Abbie Nehring
Comix Nation Comix Nation
May 21, 2014 / Jen Sorensen
Snapshot: Bitter Sweets Snapshot: Bitter Sweets
This spring, the representatives of fifteen Caribbean nations met to discuss calling for reparation payments from Europe. As this demand for economic justice gains new momentum, Kara Walker’s A Subtlety—made entirely from sugar, which is still produced under brutal conditions in many cases—stands for more than just ancient history.
May 21, 2014 / Richard Drew
The Battle of 42nd Street The Battle of 42nd Street
The demise of the New York Public Library’s Central Library Plan is the end of a Bloomberg-era castle in the sky.
May 14, 2014 / Scott Sherman
After Jackson Loses Its Radical Mayor, a Movement Spreads in the South After Jackson Loses Its Radical Mayor, a Movement Spreads in the South
Still mourning Chokwe Lumumba, progressives gather to push his vision for worker-owned co-ops.
May 14, 2014 / Laura Flanders
Q&A With Sandra Tsing Loh on Her Provocative Theory About Menopause Q&A With Sandra Tsing Loh on Her Provocative Theory About Menopause
Menopause isn’t “The Change,” she says. Instead, fertility is what’s unusual.
May 14, 2014 / Jon Wiener