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Trump’s EPA Is Promoting a Conspiracy Theory Created by Big Tobacco

Trump’s EPA Is Promoting a Conspiracy Theory Created by Big Tobacco Trump’s EPA Is Promoting a Conspiracy Theory Created by Big Tobacco

The agency’s plan to limit the scientific research it can use in creating regulations could gut public health protections. That’s exactly what the tobacco industry intended.

Nov 22, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter

Democrats Won Virginia by Investing in People of Color

Democrats Won Virginia by Investing in People of Color Democrats Won Virginia by Investing in People of Color

Strategic organizing helped turn this red state blue—but is the national party willing to learn from its example?

Nov 22, 2019 / Steve Phillips

Inside the Wild Universe of Artist Jacolby Satterwhite

Inside the Wild Universe of Artist Jacolby Satterwhite Inside the Wild Universe of Artist Jacolby Satterwhite

Combining video, performance, and music, his work tackles themes of sex, labor, public space, and the body.

Nov 22, 2019 / Tiana Reid

India: Intimations of an Ending

India: Intimations of an Ending India: Intimations of an Ending

The rise of Modi and the Hindu far right.

Nov 22, 2019 / Feature / Arundhati Roy

prescription opioids

How Can Big Pharma Make Amends for the Opioid Epidemic? How Can Big Pharma Make Amends for the Opioid Epidemic?

It’s unlikely pharmaceutical executives will face a full reckoning in court, but transformative justice could give victims the relief they deserve.

Nov 22, 2019 / Mattea Kramer

Senator Ron Johnson Must Recuse Himself From Trump’s Impeachment Trial

Senator Ron Johnson Must Recuse Himself From Trump’s Impeachment Trial Senator Ron Johnson Must Recuse Himself From Trump’s Impeachment Trial

How can the Wisconsin senator be both a witness and a juror?

Nov 21, 2019 / John Nichols

What a Debate Run by Women Looks Like

What a Debate Run by Women Looks Like What a Debate Run by Women Looks Like

Last night’s moderators showed us what American political life would look like if women’s concerns were routinely at the center of the conversation.

Nov 21, 2019 / Joan Walsh

Student debt protest

Student Loan Borrowers Need More Protection—and California Is Leading the Way Student Loan Borrowers Need More Protection—and California Is Leading the Way

Lawmakers in California have put forward the first legislation of its kind that would create clear, enforceable protections against abuses by student loan companies.

Nov 21, 2019 / StudentNation / Seth Frotman and Natalia Abrams

My Children Are Too Young to Know War So Well

My Children Are Too Young to Know War So Well My Children Are Too Young to Know War So Well

It’s time for the international community to hold Israel accountable for its abuses of Palestinian rights and freedom, in Gaza and beyond.

Nov 21, 2019 / Ahmed Abu Artema

Lindsey Graham’s De-evolution

Lindsey Graham’s De-evolution Lindsey Graham’s De-evolution

Amoral tale.

Nov 21, 2019 / OppArt / Mad Dog PAC

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