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Schools: To Open or Not to Open? That Is Not the Question. Schools: To Open or Not to Open? That Is Not the Question.

The question is: Will the US government provide the safety net and wealth redistribution necessary to support life in this country?

Jul 16, 2020 / StudentNation / Rhea Boyd

There Are Literally No Good Options for Educating Our Kids This Fall

There Are Literally No Good Options for Educating Our Kids This Fall There Are Literally No Good Options for Educating Our Kids This Fall

But the real scandal is that we shouldn’t be in this position in the first place.

Jul 16, 2020 / StudentNation / Elie Mystal

Burning Down the House

Burning Down the House Burning Down the House

Trump’s mounting failures and corruption devastate the US.

Jul 16, 2020 / OppArt / J.T. Williamson

Shaking Up Your Perceptions

Shaking Up Your Perceptions Shaking Up Your Perceptions

How films chosen for the Human Rights Watch Film Festival test the limits of both authority and documentary filmmaking.

Jul 16, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Anti-Semitic Comments by Athletes Demand a Better Response

Anti-Semitic Comments by Athletes Demand a Better Response Anti-Semitic Comments by Athletes Demand a Better Response

But not from the craven right wing that abides it in their own ranks—and not as an excuse for anti-Blackness.

Jul 16, 2020 / Dave Zirin

Austin, Texas, Just Voted to End the Drug War

Austin, Texas, Just Voted to End the Drug War Austin, Texas, Just Voted to End the Drug War

Voters just nominated a candidate for DA who says, “On day one, we will end the prosecution of low-level drug offenses.”

Jul 16, 2020 / John Nichols

Trofim Lysenko

The New Lysenkoism in Washington The New Lysenkoism in Washington

At a time when we desperately need scientific leadership, what we’ve got is a rogues’ gallery of frauds and flatterers who see the pandemic as a career move.

Jul 16, 2020 / Gregg Gonsalves

To Fight the Coronavirus, We Need a Massive Campaign of Disruption

To Fight the Coronavirus, We Need a Massive Campaign of Disruption To Fight the Coronavirus, We Need a Massive Campaign of Disruption

Gregg Gonsalves on Covid-19, plus Meagan Day on the eviction crisis.

Jul 16, 2020 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Climate Change Is a Political—Not Partisan—Story

Climate Change Is a Political—Not Partisan—Story Climate Change Is a Political—Not Partisan—Story

And newsrooms need to cover the 2020 elections as a climate story.

Jul 15, 2020 / Andrew McCormick

The Donner Party

Cannibalism Is No Cure for Covid-19 Cannibalism Is No Cure for Covid-19

Rush Limbaugh’s praise of the Donner Party is part of an old tradition of exalting unnecessary suffering rather than offering solutions.

Jul 15, 2020 / Jeet Heer

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