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Coinbase

Happy Doge Day! But Hold on to Your (Digital) Wallet. Happy Doge Day! But Hold on to Your (Digital) Wallet.

The Coinbase flotation last week shows that cryptocurrency is here to stay—and that things will only get weirder from here.

Apr 20, 2021 / Ryan Broderick

Oil Rig

Humanity Faces a Climate Emergency—Shouldn’t That Be News? Humanity Faces a Climate Emergency—Shouldn’t That Be News?

A sense of catastrophe has faded even as the environmental emergency has intensified.

Apr 20, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Got Vaccinated?

Got Vaccinated? Got Vaccinated?

Passport to greater freedom… carefully.

Apr 20, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper and Ron Hauge

Iowa Derecho

Crises Collide: Homeless in America When Climate Disaster Strikes Crises Collide: Homeless in America When Climate Disaster Strikes

In some cases, solutions to homelessness and the climate crisis might be one and the same.

Apr 20, 2021 / Andrew McCormick

Democractic Republic of Congo soldier

The Bewildering Search for the Islamic State in Congo The Bewildering Search for the Islamic State in Congo

Will a Texas hedge fund drag the US into another dangerous quagmire?

Apr 20, 2021 / Helen C. Epstein

Ted Hui

After ‘the Death of Hong Kong’s Democracy,’ an Ex-Legislator Fights Beijing From Exile After ‘the Death of Hong Kong’s Democracy,’ an Ex-Legislator Fights Beijing From Exile

Ted Hui fled Hong Kong, but he hasn’t given up the struggle.

Apr 20, 2021 / Q&A / Sharline Liu

How Does Whiteness Operate in Sports?

How Does Whiteness Operate in Sports? How Does Whiteness Operate in Sports?

Former volleyball coach Jen Fry joins the show to talk about how race and sport interact.

Apr 20, 2021 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Nation Poetry

Overture to a Tragedy Overture to a Tragedy

Greetings to you who holds me close. I hold you close because of your beauty (I wanted to possess your beauty)— The beauty which leaves your body that remains. Greetings to you who…

Apr 20, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Kim Ok & translated by Ryan Choi

Nation Poetry

A Poem A Poem

It is not normal, a woman says Never has been, another said Ordinary, the men women make In parks, corners of street, rhyme Daily, I shut the window I pass messages by The so-calle…

Apr 20, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jos Charles

Joe From Scranton

Joe From Scranton Joe From Scranton

Since Biden has taken office, he has signed a wide array of legislation into law. But once the more immediate emergencies have passed, will he have the will and desire to enact a s...

Apr 20, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

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