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NFL Bosses Are Already Weaponizing Jay-Z NFL Bosses Are Already Weaponizing Jay-Z

A coach’s decision to play Jay-Z to humiliate outspoken wide receiver Kenny Stills speaks volumes about where the NFL is in 2019.

Aug 21, 2019 / Dave Zirin

China’s Delivery Drivers Rage Against the Algorithm

China’s Delivery Drivers Rage Against the Algorithm China’s Delivery Drivers Rage Against the Algorithm

Underpaid and overworked, drivers for food delivery apps like Meituan and Ele.me are speaking out about brutal hours and dangerous conditions. 

Aug 21, 2019 / Nick Aspinwall

Why There’s No End in Sight to the Hong Kong Protests

Why There’s No End in Sight to the Hong Kong Protests Why There’s No End in Sight to the Hong Kong Protests

The authorities are using unprecedented police brutality and selective arrests to silence pent-up public demands for more democratic governance.

Aug 21, 2019 / Ilaria Maria Sala

Newt Gingrich

Conservatives’ Freakout Over the 1619 Project Reveals Their Fear of America’s Actual Past Conservatives’ Freakout Over the 1619 Project Reveals Their Fear of America’s Actual Past

It turns out conservatives love history—unless it’s true.

Aug 21, 2019 / Jeet Heer

We Have Been Here Before

We Have Been Here Before We Have Been Here Before

Japanese American incarceration is the blueprint for today’s migrant detention camps.

Aug 21, 2019 / Brandon Shimoda

A Killer Cop Gets Fired, and Somehow the Cops Are Angry

A Killer Cop Gets Fired, and Somehow the Cops Are Angry A Killer Cop Gets Fired, and Somehow the Cops Are Angry

Daniel Pantaleo suffered the absolute minimal consequence for killing Eric Garner. The fact that the police union is throwing a tantrum is sick and outrageous.

Aug 21, 2019 / Elie Mystal

Trump Baby

Trump Baby Trump Baby

Check out all installments in the OppArt series.

Aug 21, 2019 / OppArt / Ann Telnaes and Steve Brodner

Clairo’s Bedroom Pop Takes Over the World

Clairo’s Bedroom Pop Takes Over the World Clairo’s Bedroom Pop Takes Over the World

Distilling heartbreak into hits, her debut album shows the YouTube sensation is a true star.

Aug 21, 2019 / Ann-Derrick Gaillot

Utah Medicaid

Utah Is Spending Extra on Health Care So More People Can Suffer Utah Is Spending Extra on Health Care So More People Can Suffer

Utah voters approved Medicaid expansion. Why hasn’t it been implemented?

Aug 21, 2019 / David M. Perry

Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Finish What FDR Started

Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Finish What FDR Started Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Finish What FDR Started

And it could give Democrats a fighting chance in farm country and small-town America.

Aug 20, 2019 / John Nichols

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