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The US Military Is Using Online Gaming to Recruit Teens The US Military Is Using Online Gaming to Recruit Teens

Gamers with the Army, Navy, and Air Force are spending hours on Twitch with children as young as 13.

Jul 15, 2020 / Jordan Uhl

Say Their Names. Black Lives Matter.

Say Their Names. Black Lives Matter. Say Their Names. Black Lives Matter.

Photograph of painting intervention on plywood-covered store windows in NYC, June 2020.

Jul 15, 2020 / OppArt / Chris Schiavo

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The Beginning of the End for Ever-Rising Pentagon Budgets The Beginning of the End for Ever-Rising Pentagon Budgets

In the long run, the Defense Department is not likely to escape the growing imperative of change.

Jul 14, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Lee Canceled

Lee Canceled Lee Canceled

Bad-Lee remembered.

Jul 14, 2020 / OppArt / Ron Hauge

J.M. Coetzee’s States of Exile

J.M. Coetzee’s States of Exile J.M. Coetzee’s States of Exile

In writing an allegory that is barely an allegory and a trilogy of novels that are often not novels, Coetzee appears to have made his own literary displacement total. 

Jul 14, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb

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More Veterans in Congress Could Mean Fewer Wars More Veterans in Congress Could Mean Fewer Wars

Research shows those in government who haven’t experienced combat are more likely to initiate it.

Jul 14, 2020 / Nan Levinson

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America Is Headed Off a Cliff America Is Headed Off a Cliff

Buckle up!

Jul 14, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

Inciter in Chief

Inciter in Chief Inciter in Chief

Trump promotes division.

Jul 13, 2020 / OppArt / Sue Coe

For Some Students, ICE’s Visa Announcement Is Life or Death

For Some Students, ICE’s Visa Announcement Is Life or Death For Some Students, ICE’s Visa Announcement Is Life or Death

If the agency deports international students whose classes are online-only, those from Syria are in particular danger.

Jul 10, 2020 / Francesca Freeman and George Batah

I Was at the Tulsa Rally With Anti-Trump Vets. The President Should Be Worried.

I Was at the Tulsa Rally With Anti-Trump Vets. The President Should Be Worried. I Was at the Tulsa Rally With Anti-Trump Vets. The President Should Be Worried.

In the month since George Floyd’s death, I’ve gotten nearly 100 messages from servicemen saying they were ready to quit.

Jul 10, 2020 / Danny Sjursen

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