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The Taliban Is Targeting Disability Rights Activists

The Taliban Is Targeting Disability Rights Activists The Taliban Is Targeting Disability Rights Activists

Because of their association with the United States, many members of disability-rights organizations in Afghanistan are at risk.

Sep 2, 2021 / Sarah Katz

Activists protest the Texas abortion ban

This Is What the First Hours of a Near-Total Ban on Abortion Look Like This Is What the First Hours of a Near-Total Ban on Abortion Look Like

The Texas law SB 8 will force abortion clinics in the state to turn away about 80 percent of all patients.

Sep 2, 2021 / Amy Littlefield

Hurricane Ida Makes Landfall In Louisiana Leaving Devastation In Its Wake

Why Won’t TV News Say “Climate Change” About Hurricane Ida? Why Won’t TV News Say “Climate Change” About Hurricane Ida?

It’s media malpractice not to mention that burning fossil fuels drives extreme weather events.

Sep 2, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard

Afghanistan’s Women Face the Taliban

Afghanistan’s Women Face the Taliban Afghanistan’s Women Face the Taliban

An oppressive regime fills the vacuum.

Sep 2, 2021 / OppArt / Giulio Bonasera

abortion-rights-protest

What Can Democrats Do to Fight Texas’s Abortion Ban? Lots. What Can Democrats Do to Fight Texas’s Abortion Ban? Lots.

The only question is how far Democrats are willing to go to defend women’s rights.

Sep 2, 2021 / Elie Mystal

New Jersey Hasn’t Defeated ICE Yet

New Jersey Hasn’t Defeated ICE Yet New Jersey Hasn’t Defeated ICE Yet

Despite passing a landmark bill banning new contracts with the agency, there’s still a long way to go to truly abolish it at the state level.

Sep 1, 2021 / Whitney Strub

Fall of Oppression

Fall of Oppression Fall of Oppression

A mural created in Bushwick, New York City, in cooperation with the arts group Groundswell.

Sep 1, 2021 / OppArt / Raúl Ayala

Trump and Orban

Go Ahead, Worry! A Worst-Case Scenario for American Democracy Go Ahead, Worry! A Worst-Case Scenario for American Democracy

The American far right has transformed politics in unprecedented ways. Can this be reversed?

Sep 1, 2021 / Robert Crawford

Paradise fire

How Do You Tell the Story of a Fire? How Do You Tell the Story of a Fire?

A conversation with reporter Lizzie Johnson about the aftermath of wildfires and the human cost of neglected infrastructure.     

Sep 1, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Emma Hager

“Roe v. Wade” Will Functionally Cease to Exist in Texas

“Roe v. Wade” Will Functionally Cease to Exist in Texas “Roe v. Wade” Will Functionally Cease to Exist in Texas

Unless the Supreme Court steps in, the country’s most dangerous anti-abortion law will go into effect, banning abortions after six weeks and placing a cash bounty on providers.

Aug 31, 2021 / Elie Mystal for The Nation

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