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Will This Ukrainian Town Be Repaired by Winter?

Will This Ukrainian Town Be Repaired by Winter? Will This Ukrainian Town Be Repaired by Winter?

Borodyanka was destroyed by Russian missiles during the war. Now, elderly residents are trying to get their homes back before temperatures plunge below freezing.

Dec 6, 2022 / Kris Parker and Vudi Xhymshiti

Construction workers build a new home.

How Houston Halved Homelessness—and What California Can Learn From It How Houston Halved Homelessness—and What California Can Learn From It

Houston, like California, follows the Housing First model, but Texas’s most populous city has a vast supply of low-cost homes.

Dec 6, 2022 / Ned Resnikoff

The West’s Broken Approach to Refugees

The West’s Broken Approach to Refugees The West’s Broken Approach to Refugees

The persecution of non-white refugees seems to be on the rise not just in countries with far-right governments, but also in those known for their liberality.

Dec 6, 2022 / Helen Benedict

Barack Obama smiling and speaking at an Atlanta rally in support of Senator Raphael Warnock.

Barack Obama’s Politics 101: Ridiculing Republicans Works Barack Obama’s Politics 101: Ridiculing Republicans Works

The former president is still the ablest campaigner the Democrats have, as his takedown of Herschel Walker’s vampire-vs.-werewolf rumination proved.

Dec 6, 2022 / John Nichols

A New Kind of Trans Poetics

A New Kind of Trans Poetics A New Kind of Trans Poetics

In A Queen in Bucks County, Kay Gabriel finds a connection between trans femininity and modernism as she documents one person's winding journey from suburb to city.

Dec 6, 2022 / Books & the Arts / McKenzie Wark

A PhD student with a megaphone leads a picket.

Time to Turn Up the Pressure on the University of California Decision-Makers Time to Turn Up the Pressure on the University of California Decision-Makers

A union member’s view of the biggest strike in the country.

Dec 5, 2022 / StudentNation / Jane McAlevey

A panel from Love That Bunch, by Aline Kominsky-Crumb

The Queen of Candor: Aline Kominsky-Crumb 1948–2022 The Queen of Candor: Aline Kominsky-Crumb 1948–2022

Her fearless autobiographical stories revolutionized cartooning.

Dec 5, 2022 / Obituary / Jeet Heer

Georgia voters waiting in a long line

Georgia Democrats Are Going Into Overdrive to Reelect Raphael Warnock Georgia Democrats Are Going Into Overdrive to Reelect Raphael Warnock

And GOP opponent Herschel Walker is giving them a hand. But don’t ignore the way voter suppression made this harder.

Dec 5, 2022 / Joan Walsh

After an Attempt on Imran Khan’s Life, Pakistan Is in Crisis

After an Attempt on Imran Khan’s Life, Pakistan Is in Crisis After an Attempt on Imran Khan’s Life, Pakistan Is in Crisis

For the past two months, the former prime minister has tried to cajole his supporters to march on the capital and compel the sitting government to call early elections.

Dec 5, 2022 / Hasan Ali

Rooting for Russia

Rooting for Russia Rooting for Russia

Rotting for Russia.

Dec 5, 2022 / OppArt / Michael de Adder

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