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Michael Bloomberg Should Stay Home—and Pay His Taxes

Michael Bloomberg Should Stay Home—and Pay His Taxes Michael Bloomberg Should Stay Home—and Pay His Taxes

New York’s former mayor adds to the Democrats’ billionaire blight—and illustrates the problem with even the most progressive plutocrats.

Nov 8, 2019 / Jeet Heer

A Crook Is Stacking the Federal Courts

A Crook Is Stacking the Federal Courts A Crook Is Stacking the Federal Courts

Trump and the GOP are playing the long game: With every new judge appointed, they’re extending their reach for generations to come.

Nov 8, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky

Elizabeth Warren Won’t Back Down on Medicare for All

Elizabeth Warren Won’t Back Down on Medicare for All Elizabeth Warren Won’t Back Down on Medicare for All

Sorry, Establishment: She has a plan for that, too.

Nov 8, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

Whether Patterns

Whether Patterns Whether Patterns

Will climate change end this reign?

Nov 8, 2019 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

USA universities China

The Chinese Government Cannot Be Allowed to Undermine Academic Freedom The Chinese Government Cannot Be Allowed to Undermine Academic Freedom

Universities are not taking seriously Beijing’s efforts to stifle free speech on campus.

Nov 8, 2019 / StudentNation / Sophie Richardson

Lauren Michele Jackson Wants to Change How We Talk About Appropriation

Lauren Michele Jackson Wants to Change How We Talk About Appropriation Lauren Michele Jackson Wants to Change How We Talk About Appropriation

Her debut essay collection White Negroes presents a more artful and nuanced way to examine the frictions of cultures colliding.

Nov 8, 2019 / Q&A / Stephen Kearse

Greenhouse Gases

Has Climate News Coverage Finally Turned a Corner? Has Climate News Coverage Finally Turned a Corner?

The Covering Climate Now collaboration is changing newsrooms and public awareness worldwide.

Nov 8, 2019 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope

US soldier Mosul

I’m Watching My Students Become Soldiers in Our Endless Wars I’m Watching My Students Become Soldiers in Our Endless Wars

At West Point, Graduation Day felt more like a tragedy than a triumph.

Nov 8, 2019 / Danny Sjursen

Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall Kept People In. Our New Walls Keep People Out. The Berlin Wall Kept People In. Our New Walls Keep People Out.

Walls have made a comeback—but like in Berlin, their effectiveness hinges on mass surveillance.

Nov 8, 2019 / Matthew Longo

I Was 10 When the Battle of Fallujah Taught Me the Meaning of War

I Was 10 When the Battle of Fallujah Taught Me the Meaning of War I Was 10 When the Battle of Fallujah Taught Me the Meaning of War

Fifteen years later, the Second Battle of Fallujah and the war that tore my country apart looms large in my memory.

Nov 7, 2019 / Ali Nayyef

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