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Farm equipment seen from above a harvested field.

You Can’t Isolate the Food Crisis From the Climate Crisis You Can’t Isolate the Food Crisis From the Climate Crisis

Interrupted food exports from Russia and Ukraine could have disastrous consequences for regions that are already food insecure due in part to climate change.

Apr 1, 2022 / Andrew McCormick

Supreme Injustices

Supreme Injustices Supreme Injustices

Courting disaster.

Mar 31, 2022 / OppArt / Robbie Conal

Dixie League Baseball Is Built on Racism and Heartbreak

Dixie League Baseball Is Built on Racism and Heartbreak Dixie League Baseball Is Built on Racism and Heartbreak

Although the league, which began play this month, has been integrated since 1967, it has never fully acknowledged the truth about its past.

Mar 31, 2022 / Chris Lamb

Ginni Thomas, the Supreme Court, and Abolishing Student Debt

Ginni Thomas, the Supreme Court, and Abolishing Student Debt Ginni Thomas, the Supreme Court, and Abolishing Student Debt

On this week’s podcast, Joan Walsh on January 6 and Astra Taylor on April 4.

Mar 31, 2022 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Women hold signs outside of Hahnemann University Hospital protesting its proposed closure.

Medicare for All Is Not Enough Medicare for All Is Not Enough

Communities, not corporations, should own our most vital health care assets.

Mar 31, 2022 / David U. Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler, Adam Gaffney, Don McCanne, and John Geyman

Silicon Valley Founders Are Not the Protagonists of Reality

Silicon Valley Founders Are Not the Protagonists of Reality Silicon Valley Founders Are Not the Protagonists of Reality

The fall of bloated tech start-ups isn’t tragic, regardless of what the recent spate of TV series would have you believe.

Mar 31, 2022 / Malcolm Harris

Portland Soccer Feels the Power of Protest

Portland Soccer Feels the Power of Protest Portland Soccer Feels the Power of Protest

A movement to remove franchise owner Merritt Paulson could send shock waves beyond the Rose City.

Mar 30, 2022 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

Civil Rights Faces

Civil Rights Faces Civil Rights Faces

American history.

Mar 30, 2022 / OppArt / Jeffrey Smith

Senator Ted Cruz holds a book on Critical Race Theory to display to Congress.

Across the Country, Faculty Fight to Defend Academic Freedom Across the Country, Faculty Fight to Defend Academic Freedom

Displaying an unprecedented solidarity, the academic community is mobilizing to confront an existential assault on its professional work and values.

Mar 30, 2022 / Ellen Schrecker

Woman Money Debt

How the Student Debt Crisis Hurts Women How the Student Debt Crisis Hurts Women

With the payment moratorium for student loans expiring on May 1, millions of women will face the possibility of financial ruin. 

Mar 30, 2022 / StudentNation / Vivek Kakar and StudentNation

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