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The most important soccer player of her generation is saying goodbye after the 2023 World Cup. But her legacy will persist as long as athletes stand up for those who can’t stand up...
Jul 10, 2023 / Dave Zirin
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Congress should bar the Biden administration from transferring internationally banned weapons to the Ukrainian government.
Jul 10, 2023 / John Nichols
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The Florida governor’s irony-poisoned ad uses far-right memes to sanction homophobic and transphobic violence.
Jul 10, 2023 / Jeet Heer
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Thoughts and prayers are NOT enough, we need action now!
Jul 10, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
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For many Japanese women, social isolation stems from deep economic problems and social inequalities that the Ministry of Loneliness will never address.
Jul 10, 2023 / Karina Piser
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Conflicting reports of contamination have worried residents of Florissant, a community that continues to suffer from the legacy of the Manhattan Project.
Jul 10, 2023 / StudentNation / Walter Thomas-Patterson
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The Destruction of This Palestinian Community Was Green-Lighted by Israel’s Supreme Court The Destruction of This Palestinian Community Was Green-Lighted by Israel’s Supreme Court
The Israeli military wants the homes of Masafer Yatta for target practice. And the country’s Supreme Court says that’s totally kosher.
Jul 10, 2023 / Feature / Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham
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While most of his studies of dislocation were set in the present, in his new novel he examines a lost past.
Jul 10, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Adam Kirsch
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Mondaire Jones Is Back—Precisely When Democrats Need Him Mondaire Jones Is Back—Precisely When Democrats Need Him
One of the most progressive members of the 117th Congress is ready to return and fight for an expanded Supreme Court.
Jul 7, 2023 / John Nichols