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Feature
Inside a Murder Trial in Krasner-Era Philadelphia
Not long ago, a poor black man charged with the murder of a wealthy white man wouldn’t have a chance at justice. Times have changed.
Ernest Owens
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The Fight to Keep the Mediterranean Free of Oil Drilling
Activists are winning important fights against hydrocarbon exploration in the Mediterranean—but so much is still at stake.
Eurydice Bersi
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Since Emancipation, the United States Has Refused to Make Reparations for Slavery
But in 1862, the federal government doled out the 2020 equivalent of $23 million—not to the formerly enslaved but to their white enslavers.
Kali Holloway
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Editorial
The Stimulus Plan That We Need Now
The greatest mistake would be to repeat our errors from the Great Recession.
Mike Konczal
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The Coronavirus Doesn’t Have to Disrupt Our Elections
We have ways to keep voters safe. Now we just need to use them.
John Nichols
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Right Now Congressional Dems Are to the Right of the GOP
The party’s leadership is failing the test posed by the coronavirus.
Jeet Heer for The Nation
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Social Distancing Can’t Stop Solidarity
We can pull through only if we all work together.
D.D. Guttenplan
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Column
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Medical Bills Are Their Own Trauma
The administrative burden placed on patients has been ignored for far too long.
Natalie Shure
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Books & the Arts
The Beautiful, Baffling Mysteries of Paolo Sorrentino’s Vatican
His television series, The Young Pope and The New Pope, tell us a story bigger than one focused on just church or state.
Erin Schwartz
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How Films Were Made in Cold War Hollywood
Lillian Ross’s Picture traces the ways in which the Red Scare shaped a generation’s creative and professional compromises.
Max Nelson
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The Young Lords’ Revolution
A new book looks at the history of the Afro-Latinx radical activist group and how their influence continues to be felt.
Ed Morales
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