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December 28, 2020/January 4, 2021, Issue
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Feature
For their opponents, the Labour Party’s self-inflicted wound over anti-Semitism is the gift that keeps on giving.
Palestinians have been living under lockdown and curfew for decades. The coronavirus has only added to their troubles.
As the pandemic plunged millions into economic insecurity, the burgeoning practice of mutual aid has been vital. But we must demand much more.
One Health is a pan-species approach that could ward off the next big outbreak. But first, it has to overcome the anti-science ethos of the Trump era.
Editorial
A movement called the Women’s Strike has been drawing hundreds of thousands of people to protest drastic abortion restrictions in Poland in recent months.
Fusion centers were established after 9/11 to facilitate the sharing of counterterrorism intelligence among different agencies.
Vote reparations would empower us to replace oppressive institutions with life-affirming structures of equality.
For progressives, Biden’s nominees include the good, the bad—and the just plain ugly.
As much as for his genius with the soccer ball, he will be remembered for his willingness to fight power and be a voice for the voiceless.
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Column
Get a fresh start after a rotten year—help those who help others.
Trump failed to steal the election because of incompetence, not because our robust institutions defeated him.
Books & the Arts
A new book by Tara Isabella Burton explores how people are infusing new cultural forms with quasi-religious meaning.
At the center of Adorno’s work was a reminder that fascist movements are not exceptional to liberal democracy but signs of its failure.
Sara Mayeux’s new history highlights how without a more fundamental transformation of criminal law, public defenders often provide only a limited form of equality and fairness before the law.
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Back Page
Trump may have been defeated, but his extreme agenda poses an ongoing threat, the Vermont senator told Nation Festival attendees.
Letters
No great mystery… Supreme obstacle… Paradise lost…