Liberals: Don’t Be Afraid of Calls to Defund the Police Liberals: Don’t Be Afraid of Calls to Defund the Police
The increasingly popular slogan is expanding the nation’s long-overdue debate about what public safety really means.
Jun 9, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Can the Russian Health Care System Cope With the Coronavirus? Can the Russian Health Care System Cope With the Coronavirus?
Russia inherited enough hospital beds from the Soviet health system to handle Covid-19 patients—but not the medical personnel or supplies.
Jun 9, 2020 / Estelle Levresse
How We Can Start Dismantling Systemic Racism How We Can Start Dismantling Systemic Racism
A first step: redistribution for reconstruction.
Jun 9, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Harry Dodge’s ‘My Meteorite’ Is Like a Wonderful Sculpture Harry Dodge’s ‘My Meteorite’ Is Like a Wonderful Sculpture
We spoke to the artist about his recent book, which is the latest installment in a long-standing investigation into materiality, love, and consciousness.
Jun 9, 2020 / Q&A / Tal Milovina
Black Lives Matter Protests and Posters Black Lives Matter Protests and Posters
Inwood & Washington Hts, 5/31, 145 St & Riverside, 6/7 Add'l cr: Tanya Kinigstein Pascoe, Matthew Levy, Denise Rickles
Jun 9, 2020 / OppArt / Daniel Mercado, Peter Kuper, and Charlotte Hildebrand
Trump Wants to ‘Dominate’ but Can’t Take the Backlash Trump Wants to ‘Dominate’ but Can’t Take the Backlash
His threat to call in the military just made the ongoing protests look even more like a stand for democracy.
Jun 9, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Jamaal Bowman Wants to Spend Less on the Pentagon and More on the Bronx Jamaal Bowman Wants to Spend Less on the Pentagon and More on the Bronx
In his Democratic primary challenge to the House Foreign Affairs Committee chair, a New York educator outlines “a progressive foreign policy.”
Jun 9, 2020 / John Nichols
We Need an Academic New Deal We Need an Academic New Deal
Higher education work is a public good, and we university workers are prepared to fight to make it better for all.
Jun 9, 2020 / Alyssa Bowen and William Horne
One Week in Trump’s America One Week in Trump’s America
As protests erupt across the country, the president hides behind a big, beautiful wall.
Jun 9, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow