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The Withering Away of the States Can’t Happen Soon Enough The Withering Away of the States Can’t Happen Soon Enough

It’s time for a new federalism that brings suburbs and central cities together to promote equity, growth, and sustainability.

Nov 19, 2021 / Nathan Newman

Medical Translation

Medical Translation Without Trust Medical Translation Without Trust

Finding a translator in medical settings was difficult enough before the pandemic, but now the solutions come with additional problems.

Nov 3, 2021 / StudentNation / Zoya Qureshi

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Closing Rikers Is Long Overdue Closing Rikers Is Long Overdue

Mass decarceration is exactly what’s needed to ensure that people aren’t simply being shuttled from one inhumane situation to another.

Nov 2, 2021 / Editorial / Victoria Law for The Nation

Farmworkers in California

Environmental Justice Is Essential in the Workplace and at Home Environmental Justice Is Essential in the Workplace and at Home

No worker should be forced to choose between an unsafe job and unemployment.

Oct 22, 2021 / David Michaels and Robert Bullard

A Rikers Island protest

How to Solve the Crisis on Rikers Island How to Solve the Crisis on Rikers Island

The dangerously overcrowded and mismanaged jail must be closed—but even before then, there are things we can do right now to keep people out and send them home faster.

Oct 19, 2021 / Elizabeth Gaynes

Tuskegee Study Drawing Blood

America as a “Shining City on a Hill”—and Other Myths to Die By America as a “Shining City on a Hill”—and Other Myths to Die By

Time to begin the dirty, essential work of undigging our history, before it kills us all.

Oct 14, 2021 / Column / Gregg Gonsalves

Joan Walsh on MSNBC

Women Yell Things to Me. But They’re All Compliments. Women Yell Things to Me. But They’re All Compliments.

Ever since I let my hair go to its natural white, I’ve gotten only positive feedback, especially from women. My conclusion? Representation matters—for older women, too.

Oct 12, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Tenant organizers in Los Angeles

Pandemic Solidarity Transformed Our Society. Now We Need It Again. Pandemic Solidarity Transformed Our Society. Now We Need It Again.

In attempt to stem the tide of death, cities, states, and the federal government passed unprecedented reforms. Fighting to keep them is an important way to counter pandemic depress...

Oct 11, 2021 / Abdullah Shihipar

Reopening Schools: Is New York City Keeping Its Most Vulnerable Kids Safe?

Reopening Schools: Is New York City Keeping Its Most Vulnerable Kids Safe? Reopening Schools: Is New York City Keeping Its Most Vulnerable Kids Safe?

The mayor calls the city’s Covid-19 protocols the “gold standard,” but epidemiologist Michael Osterholm says there’s a lot more the city can and must do.

Oct 8, 2021 / StudentNation / Lizzy Ratner

The Past 2 Years Have Left Portland Reeling. What Kind of Recovery Comes Next?

The Past 2 Years Have Left Portland Reeling. What Kind of Recovery Comes Next? The Past 2 Years Have Left Portland Reeling. What Kind of Recovery Comes Next?

Will efforts to rehabilitate Portland’s brand eclipse the tentative steps taken toward real reform?

Oct 5, 2021 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter

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