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August 30, 2021
The Unemployed Epidemiologist Who Predicted the Pandemic
For years, Rob Wallace warned that industrial agriculture could cause deadly outbreaks at a global scale. It made him an exile in his field.
Eamon Whalen
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August 27, 2021
Cori Bush Is Determined to Save the Eviction Moratorium
She lit a fire under the Biden administration to keep people in their homes, but the Supreme Court ruling has renewed the housing crisis.
John Nichols
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August 25, 2021
Tax Billionaires’ Pandemic Profits
In one proposal, Democrats can fund the Biden agenda and fight back against widening inequality.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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August 25, 2021
How Capitalism Has Made the World Sick
Rupa Marya and Raj Patel’s Inflamed argues that the human cost of our economic system is a key to understanding the health of the world.
Sarah Jones
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August 24, 2021
Tokyo Hosts a Dangerous Paralympics in the Shadow of Covid
The Paralympics are supposed to be a celebration of people with disabilities. Instead, they will put many immunocompromised people at enormous risk.
Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
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August 24, 2021
Adam Curtis’s Modern Discontents
In his new eight-hour epic, the British filmmaker offers a globe-trotting chronicle of our times.
Kevin Lozano
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August 23, 2021
Are Bans Against School Mask Mandates Against the Law?
The Biden administration may use disability rights legislation to require masks in schools.
David M. Perry
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August 20, 2021
Cut Military Spending to Deliver Covid Vaccines to the World
The US cannot police the globe and should reject isolationist anti-refugee stances. Representative Mark Pocan proposes another path for American foreign policy.
John Nichols
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August 19, 2021
How the Eviction Moratorium Got Through
As the deadline neared, the White House floundered and progressives took action.
Aída Chávez
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August 18, 2021
How the Pandemic Changed Young People’s Relationship to Substances
During a year of isolation, many young adults increased their consumption of alcohol and other drugs.
Teresa Xie