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Kelly Reichardt’s Anti-Capitalist Vision of Frontier America

Kelly Reichardt’s Anti-Capitalist Vision of Frontier America Kelly Reichardt’s Anti-Capitalist Vision of Frontier America

Her latest film, First Cow, challenges the myths of Americana by telling the stories of peripheral, ordinary figures.

Mar 18, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Phoebe Chen

Student debt protest

Now Is the Time to Cancel Student Debt Now Is the Time to Cancel Student Debt

Maintaining the persistent burden of student debt is a recipe for economic disaster for millions of everyday people.

Mar 18, 2020 / StudentNation / Cody Hounanian and Natalia Abrams

A worker cleans seat after Covid-19 cancellation

‘We Will Get Our Sports Back When We Deserve To’: A Q&A With Dr. Adia Benton ‘We Will Get Our Sports Back When We Deserve To’: A Q&A With Dr. Adia Benton

The leading anthropologist, academic, and analyst of sports and disease offers an unsparing assessment of the sports world’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Mar 17, 2020 / Dave Zirin

St. Patrick’s Day Misery

St. Patrick’s Day Misery St. Patrick’s Day Misery

Luck has been canceled. 

Mar 17, 2020 / Peter Kuper

3 Tips for White Women to Win Over Black and Brown Women Voters

3 Tips for White Women to Win Over Black and Brown Women Voters 3 Tips for White Women to Win Over Black and Brown Women Voters

What would an Elizabeth Warren–type campaign have to do to attract more women of color?

Mar 17, 2020 / Rafia Zakaria

As the Lights Go Down in New York City

As the Lights Go Down in New York City As the Lights Go Down in New York City

What will still be here, once we’re allowed to go out again?

Mar 17, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Trump Isn’t In Charge—So Who the Hell Is?

Trump Isn’t In Charge—So Who the Hell Is? Trump Isn’t In Charge—So Who the Hell Is?

In the absence of a serious federal response, it’s up to the 50 state governors, and numerous localities, to figure this out on their own.

Mar 17, 2020 / Elie Mystal

The Coronavirus Makes a Powerful Case for Boosting Our Social Safety Net

The Coronavirus Makes a Powerful Case for Boosting Our Social Safety Net The Coronavirus Makes a Powerful Case for Boosting Our Social Safety Net

A global pandemic coinciding with a presidential campaign is the time to make the case for boosting the closest thing America has to an immune system: our social safety net.

Mar 17, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Take Action Now: Protect Each Other During the Pandemic

Take Action Now: Protect Each Other During the Pandemic Take Action Now: Protect Each Other During the Pandemic

Support low-income, incarcerated, homeless, and undocumented people confronting the harshest effects of the crisis.

Mar 17, 2020 / NationAction

Immigrant Song

Immigrant Song Immigrant Song

Bitter Mother Blue, dead, rush of mothers, conceal your island, little star. Trains, hands, note on a thread, Poland’s dish of salt. They said, The orphanlands of America promise y…

Mar 17, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Dana Levin

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