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Resistance

Resistance Resistance

Civil-resistance movements grow around the world.

Jan 12, 2023 / OppArt / Christy Arbogast

Chinese military march in front of missile

A Pentagon Report on China Fuels a Military Spending Frenzy in the US A Pentagon Report on China Fuels a Military Spending Frenzy in the US

How the media is misrepresenting what’s in the document.

Jan 12, 2023 / Michael T. Klare

Kim Reynolds Iowa

Did Avoiding the “Big Lie” Help the Iowa GOP Win Big? Did Avoiding the “Big Lie” Help the Iowa GOP Win Big?

With unified messaging and a reluctance to embrace election denialism, Republicans in Iowa were able to outperform the party nationally and secure nearly every statewide office.

Jan 12, 2023 / StudentNation / Nina Baker

Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts

The Supreme Court Is About to Make It Even Riskier to Strike The Supreme Court Is About to Make It Even Riskier to Strike

The Roberts court is famously anti-union. With Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters, it’s poised to make it easier for employers to sue striking workers.

Jan 11, 2023 / Elie Mystal

Dmitry Muratov holds an issue of Novaya Gazeta

Does Russian Journalism Have a Future? Does Russian Journalism Have a Future?

Reflections of a glasnost-era veteran.

Jan 11, 2023 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

Actor Slim Pickens rides the bomb, waving his cowboy hat.

“The New Yorker” Goes All In on Our Precious Bodily Fluids “The New Yorker” Goes All In on Our Precious Bodily Fluids

Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the virus.

Jan 11, 2023 / Gregg Gonsalves

Argentina World Cup celebration

Argentina’s World Cup Hangover Argentina’s World Cup Hangover

After its thrilling victory on the world stage, the nation of Maradona and Messi gazes into the political abyss.

Jan 11, 2023 / Jacob Sugarman

Ron DeSantis holding up HB7

Florida Man Calls the Thought Police Florida Man Calls the Thought Police

Governor Ron DeSantis’s attacks on race scholarship could have terrifying long-term impacts on policy, economics, and the law.

Jan 11, 2023 / Victor Ray

A concert audience in New York’s Tompkins Square Park, 2022

Did New York’s Creative Spirit Revive During the Pandemic? Did New York’s Creative Spirit Revive During the Pandemic?

In Feral City, Jeremiah Moss asks if Manhattan changed during the Covid years.

Jan 11, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Brook

Buffalo Bills players react to an injury sustained by Damar Hamlin #3 with an ambulance on the field during the first quarter of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paycor Stadium in Ohio.

Damar Hamlin’s Pain Is Not a Feel-Good Story Damar Hamlin’s Pain Is Not a Feel-Good Story

The NFL is encouraging the public to feel joy instead of trauma so the show can go on. 

Jan 11, 2023 / Dave Zirin

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