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The Acquittal of Derek Chauvin Has Already Begun The Acquittal of Derek Chauvin Has Already Begun

The jury selection process, which started this week, shows how the cop who killed George Floyd can, and likely will, win.

Mar 11, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sign the American Rescue Plan Act.

Democrats Make a Down Payment on a Radically More Just Economy Democrats Make a Down Payment on a Radically More Just Economy

The American Rescue Plan goes beyond Covid relief to address the deep inequities the pandemic revealed. Will those changes be a Band-Aid, or heal a broken system?

Mar 11, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Stacey Plaskett’s ‘How Dare You?’ Indictment Demolished a Dog-Whistling Republican

Stacey Plaskett’s ‘How Dare You?’ Indictment Demolished a Dog-Whistling Republican Stacey Plaskett’s ‘How Dare You?’ Indictment Demolished a Dog-Whistling Republican

After Glenn Grothman claimed advocates for Black lives don’t like “the old-fashioned family,” Plaskett gave him no quarter.

Mar 11, 2021 / John Nichols

Vivian Gornick in Reverse

Vivian Gornick in Reverse Vivian Gornick in Reverse

A conversation with the writer about her life and work.

Mar 11, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold

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This Was My Most Privileged Year Ever This Was My Most Privileged Year Ever

While Covid-19 destroyed the lives and livelihoods of millions of Americans, I was able to leverage every ounce of privilege I have to make this year work.

Mar 10, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Inequity in a Globalized Economy

Inequity in a Globalized Economy Inequity in a Globalized Economy

Every day in Brazil, 10-year-old Isabela picks through a putrid garbage heap searching for bottles and cans to sell to the middleman.

Mar 10, 2021 / OppArt / Robin Holder

On Shame and Healing

On Shame and Healing On Shame and Healing

The truths that lie beneath our loneliest year.

Mar 10, 2021 / Rhea Boyd

Imani Perry

Parenting Through Sickness, Health, and Covid-19 Parenting Through Sickness, Health, and Covid-19

To avoid replicating this awful moment, our failures must become the source of our children’s political possibilities.

Mar 10, 2021 / Feature / Imani Perry

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My Son Is His Own Person, and I’m Glad to Know Him My Son Is His Own Person, and I’m Glad to Know Him

Eventually, our kids realize they’re free to become who they are. Our job is to let them.

Mar 10, 2021 / Feature / Carvell Wallace

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Meet the Climate Kids Who Are Mobilizing a Generation of Parents Meet the Climate Kids Who Are Mobilizing a Generation of Parents

Across the country and the world, children are waking moms and dads to the urgent need to take climate action.

Mar 10, 2021 / Feature / Angely Mercado

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