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When given the lucrative chance to demonize a rival player, Clark chose a different path.
Apr 7, 2023 / Highlights / Dave Zirin
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Democrats Can Win on Trans Issues—but Only if They Fight Democrats Can Win on Trans Issues—but Only if They Fight
Though culture war bigotry loses at the ballot box, centrist Democrats have been too quick to surrender.
Apr 7, 2023 / Highlights / Jeet Heer
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A Dream and a Lie: Ron DeSantis’s Twisted Race Pedagogy A Dream and a Lie: Ron DeSantis’s Twisted Race Pedagogy
The ultimate aim of the Florida governor’s education platform is to depoliticize actually existing Black history
Mar 27, 2023 / Highlights / Anthony Conwright
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A Meditation on Trans-Species Love A Meditation on Trans-Species Love
The Nation spoke with Shaunak Sen, whose film All That Breathes follows a bird hospital in New Dehli and the monumental mission of saving a city's dying black kites.
Mar 27, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jasmine Liu
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The Long History of Conservative Indoctrination in Florida Schools The Long History of Conservative Indoctrination in Florida Schools
The top educational priorities in the Sunshine State were apparently reading, writing, and anti-communism.
Feb 27, 2023 / Highlights / Tera W. Hunter
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I Signed the “New York Times” Open Letter. I Have More to Say. I Signed the “New York Times” Open Letter. I Have More to Say.
The Times is not alone in its obscene coverage of transgender people.
Feb 23, 2023 / Highlights / Hanna Phifer
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Her novel Dawn, which documents the discontents of the 20th century Turkish left, proposes that any account of historical upheaval requires equally radical artistic methods.
Feb 13, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Shaj Mathew
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The Shake-Up at the CDC Is an Opportunity We Can’t Afford to Miss The Shake-Up at the CDC Is an Opportunity We Can’t Afford to Miss
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky has made plenty of mistakes, but her push to overhaul the agency deserves our full support.
Feb 9, 2023 / Highlights / Gregg Gonsalves
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Love in the Time of Chatbots Love in the Time of Chatbots
Will dating as we know it change with the rise of AI? A recent book argues that it already has.
Jan 30, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Zachary Fine
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“Restore Roe” Is Not the Answer to the Abortion Access Crisis “Restore Roe” Is Not the Answer to the Abortion Access Crisis
We deserve better than the return of a law that never worked for everyone.
Jan 27, 2023 / Highlights / Mary Drummer