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Mary Gaitskill’s Art of Loneliness Mary Gaitskill’s Art of Loneliness
Through her portraits of solitude, Gaitskill forces us to recognize those moments of subtle connection.
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Doherty
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How Should Unions Organize? How Should Unions Organize?
In A Collective Bargain, Jane McAlevey makes the case for strike-ready unions and whole worker organizing. But in an age of globalized economies and climate change, is this enough?
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim
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The Worlds of Edward Said The Worlds of Edward Said
An exile who made the world his home, Said infused his literary style with a cosmopolitan ease and his political commitments with a cosmopolitan ethics.
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Rashid Khalidi
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Why Are Republicans Stampeding to Reopen? Why Are Republicans Stampeding to Reopen?
They’re following the lead of Trump, who encourages gun-toting protesters, blames immigrants and China, and demonizes the media.
May 5, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
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One Damn Thing After Another One Damn Thing After Another
The long roots of liberal democracy’s crisis.
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jan-Werner Müller
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I Believe Tara Reade. And You Should, Too. I Believe Tara Reade. And You Should, Too.
We already knew that Biden is the type. Had we as voters and had the Democratic Party taken this seriously, we wouldn’t be in this mess now.
May 5, 2020 / Kate Manne
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Why Are We Still Prioritizing Military Spending? Why Are We Still Prioritizing Military Spending?
As American families continue to struggle, war profiteers are requesting their own bailout.
May 5, 2020 / Mandy Smithberger
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Reopening America Is Only Safe in Trump’s Dreams Reopening America Is Only Safe in Trump’s Dreams
Someone bring Trump into reality.
May 5, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
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‘Tin Soldiers and Nixon’s Coming’ ‘Tin Soldiers and Nixon’s Coming’
The shootings at Kent State and Jackson State at 50.
May 4, 2020 / Robert Cohen and Michael Koncewicz
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Kent State: 50 Years After the Shootings Kent State: 50 Years After the Shootings
The radical notion that repression breeds resistance was borne out at Kent State in the years after the killings.
May 4, 2020 / Thomas M. Grace