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What Will It Take to Achieve Workplace Equality?

What Will It Take to Achieve Workplace Equality? What Will It Take to Achieve Workplace Equality?

A new history examines the gains won by women in white-collar work. But without mass action and solidarity, women’s economic equality will continue to be transitory and fragile.

Mar 22, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Bryce Covert

The Secret Black History of LSD

The Secret Black History of LSD The Secret Black History of LSD

Research on psychedelics, then and now, has been riddled with medical racism and exclusion. But that hasn’t stopped Black people from finding creativity and solace through such dru...

Mar 22, 2022 / Feature / Kali Holloway

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Historic Hearing Begins—Along With the Inevitable GOP Freak-Out

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Historic Hearing Begins—Along With the Inevitable GOP Freak-Out Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Historic Hearing Begins—Along With the Inevitable GOP Freak-Out

Republicans are going to lean into the racism and misogyny that motivates their base because they have nothing else to throw at the nominee.

Mar 21, 2022 / Elie Mystal

How the Drug War Dies

How the Drug War Dies How the Drug War Dies

Just a few decades ago, the left and the right, politicians and the public, universally embraced the criminalization of drug use. But a new consensus has emerged.

Mar 21, 2022 / Feature / Maia Szalavitz

The Brave New World of Legalized Psychedelics Is Already Here

The Brave New World of Legalized Psychedelics Is Already Here The Brave New World of Legalized Psychedelics Is Already Here

And so are the profiteers. Get ready for Psychedelics Inc.

Mar 21, 2022 / Feature / Zoe Cormier

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“The Nation” on Drugs “The Nation” on Drugs

Our special issue considers the casualties of the War on Drugs, as well as the unprecedented opportunities to make amends.

Mar 21, 2022 / D.D. Guttenplan

Dancing With the Czars

Dancing With the Czars Dancing With the Czars

Scott tissue.

Mar 18, 2022 / Steve Brodner

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South Korean Feminists Brace for a “Long, Hard Winter” Under a Right-Wing Leader South Korean Feminists Brace for a “Long, Hard Winter” Under a Right-Wing Leader

Yoon Suk-yeol’s election win was the culmination of a sexist backlash that swept the country.

Mar 18, 2022 / Hawon Jung

Turn That Down!

Turn That Down! Turn That Down!

The deafening levels of threat.

Mar 18, 2022 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

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On Principle: Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Profile in Courage On Principle: Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Profile in Courage

In an overlooked, once-anonymous article from her student days, Biden’s nominee emphasized the human impact of law on the most hated people in America.

Mar 18, 2022 / JoAnn Wypijewski

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