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Feature
An Epic Mural Prophesies Large-Scale Climate Destruction
A mountain landscape, upon closer inspection, reveals rampant floods, tornadoes, and fires.
David Opdyke and Lawrence Weschler
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The Children of Fallujah: The Medical Mystery at the Heart of the Iraq War
Since the 2003 invasion, doctors in Fallujah have been reporting a sharp rise in birth defects among the city’s children—and to this day, no one knows why.
Laura Gottesdiener
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Editorial
The Many Abuses at the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia
The allegations of non-consensual sterilizations are horrifying—and not all that’s gone wrong at the immigration detention center.
Eesha Pandit
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Don’t Hide the Art of Philip Guston
We should be able to distinguish racist imagery from imagery depicting racists.
Barry Schwabsky
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The Supreme Court Has Never Been on the Side of Working People
If Democrats could acknowledge it’s a political institution, they’d have a chance to harness its power.
D.D. Guttenplan for The Nation
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Checking the Systems That Hold Us Back
On The Nation’s new podcast, System Check, hosts Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren set about diagnosing and repairing our malfunctioning democracy.
Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian T. Warren
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Column
The Trauma of Trump’s Presidency Will Haunt Us
Leveraging psychological pain and mental terror has been central to his strategy.
Kali Holloway
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Books & the Arts
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Hari Kunzru’s Internet Thriller
Hari Kunzru’s ambitious new novel Red Pill plumbs the depth of right-wing and liberal ideas as it tracks one man’s descent into a web-induced mania.
Kevin Lozano
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Michael Apted’s Flawed but Brilliant Epic of British Social Life
The Up series was meant to investigate inequities of British class. It also ended up telling a different story as well.
Susan Pedersen
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The Culture Is Still Catching Up With Georgia Anne Muldrow
Whether in jazz, rap, or R&B, she has made music out of liberation.
Marcus J. Moore
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Checking the Systems That Hold Us Back
On The Nation’s new podcast, System Check, hosts Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren set about diagnosing and repairing our malfunctioning democracy.
Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian T. Warren
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Letters
Letters From the November 16/23, 2020, Issue
L’union fait la force… A familiar playbook… The fine print… Please don’t go!
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