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Students across the country are pushing for their schools to adopt a universal pass system, arguing that online classes put underprivileged students at a disadvantage.
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She helped redefine the literary canon to include women’s voices and those on the margins.
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May 6, 2020 / OppArt / Dáreece Walker
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Harm-reduction advocates hope new emergency rules for medication-assisted treatment will foster broader reforms after the Covid-19 crisis.
May 6, 2020 / Michelle Chen
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Her books display a rare gift for making life’s bleakest moments less humiliating without diminishing their gravity.
May 6, 2020 / Quinn Moreland
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The dark cloud of World War II has stopped recent US leaders from seeing the world as it actually is.
May 6, 2020 / Andrew J. Bacevich
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Throughout the country, police are being given new powers to enforce social distancing—and that can only mean one thing for Black people.
May 5, 2020 / Elie Mystal
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