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Biden priest

Are Pro-Choice Catholics Worthy of Communion? Are Pro-Choice Catholics Worthy of Communion?

The backlash over the bishops’ challenge to Biden starts from the wrong premise.

Jun 29, 2021 / Michael F. Pettinger

Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives

Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives

The president promised to return to Obama’s policies of engagement with Cuba, but the embargo and other Trump-era restrictions remain in place.

Jun 29, 2021 / Danny Glover

Celebrating Pride Month

Celebrating Pride Month Celebrating Pride Month

A dance to LGBTQ!

Jun 29, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Stonewall Place

The Fight for LGBTQ Rights Must Include Reparations The Fight for LGBTQ Rights Must Include Reparations

If passed, a Senate resolution introduced in June would apologize to LGBTQ federal workers for historical acts of discrimination. Real reparations demand far more.

Jun 29, 2021 / Omar G. Encarnación

Empty hospital bed

How the Pandemic Made It Harder to Become a Doctor How the Pandemic Made It Harder to Become a Doctor

Covid-19 has made medical schools more competitive, while also giving students less training.

Jun 29, 2021 / StudentNation / Zoya Qureshi

How Did Education in the United States Become So Unequal?

How Did Education in the United States Become So Unequal? How Did Education in the United States Become So Unequal?

A new history of Boston’s schools reminds us how the brittle vision of whom and what education serves has long been defined by managers and employers instead of the educators who d...

Jun 29, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Megan Erickson

Joe Biden Presidency

These Are the 3 Ways Biden’s Presidency Could Go These Are the 3 Ways Biden’s Presidency Could Go

Joe Biden has already given us a sense of what to expect from this administration—and what we should worry about.

Jun 29, 2021 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Senator Mike Gravel

Mike Gravel Told Americans What Was Being Done in Their Name but Without Their Consent Mike Gravel Told Americans What Was Being Done in Their Name but Without Their Consent

Fifty years ago this week, the senator read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record. He never stopped battling war and secrecy. Gravel died on Saturday.

Jun 28, 2021 / Obituary / John Nichols

Ploughshares

Ploughshares Ploughshares

Deeper holes.

Jun 28, 2021 / OppArt / Brian Stauffer

Florida voters - voting rights

Joe Biden and the Age of Blaxhaustion Joe Biden and the Age of Blaxhaustion

After saving Biden’s campaign from defeat, Black people had hoped for some relief from the constant racism and attacks. That hasn’t happened.

Jun 28, 2021 / Column / Elie Mystal

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