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Home Care Attendants Are Leading the Fight to Reclaim the Workday

Home Care Attendants Are Leading the Fight to Reclaim the Workday Home Care Attendants Are Leading the Fight to Reclaim the Workday

Amid care work’s heightened visibility during the pandemic, a campaign to eliminate 24-hour shifts in one of America’s most progressive states.

Mar 26, 2021 / Sara Van Horn and Wen Zhuang

Biden Meets, and Defeats, the Press

Biden Meets, and Defeats, the Press Biden Meets, and Defeats, the Press

The president should postpone future news conferences. Not because he can’t handle them—but because the White House press corps can’t.

Mar 25, 2021 / Joan Walsh

US-Mexico Border

Why Did Border Security Firms Bet on Biden in 2020? Why Did Border Security Firms Bet on Biden in 2020?

The 13 top border contractors for CBP and ICE donated three times as much money to the Biden campaign than they did to Trump.

Mar 25, 2021 / Todd Miller

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The Supreme Court May Be About to Blast Another Hole in Gun Control The Supreme Court May Be About to Blast Another Hole in Gun Control

As the country reels from two mass shootings in a single week, the Supreme Court is considering taking on a case that could vastly expand gun “rights.”

Mar 25, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Insurrection

Insurrection Insurrection

GOP wholesale and retail.

Mar 25, 2021 / OppArt / Rob Rogers and Pat Bagley

Retire, Justice Breyer? It’s Complicated.

Retire, Justice Breyer? It’s Complicated. Retire, Justice Breyer? It’s Complicated.

It’s tough to call for a SCOTUS resignation just so a president can nominate a replacement. But given the GOP’s ruthlessness over the past five years, it’s tough not to.

Mar 25, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Remembering George Floyd

Remembering George Floyd Remembering George Floyd

Poster seen at a Black Lives Matter demonstration, NYC 2020, art by Black Banjo.

Mar 24, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

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Appreciating the Legend of Elgin Baylor Appreciating the Legend of Elgin Baylor

Baylor changed the way the game was played, on and off the court.

Mar 24, 2021 / Dave Zirin

‘Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon’ and Other Evasions

‘Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon’ and Other Evasions ‘Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon’ and Other Evasions

Fukushima, Covid, rampant suicide—we’re asked to overcome, to forget, but healing requires confrontation.

Mar 24, 2021 / Lisa Torio

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The Modi Government Is a Regime of Low-Intensity Terror The Modi Government Is a Regime of Low-Intensity Terror

Stanford University anthropologist Thomas Blom Hansen discusses the rise of anger, brutality, and violence in Indian public life.

Mar 24, 2021 / Q&A / Ullekh N.P.

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