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Fans of German soccer team Sport-Club Freiburg display a banner about boycotting the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar prior to a Bundesliga league match against FC Bayern München.

Will Players Help Raise Awareness About the Horrors Surrounding the World Cup? Will Players Help Raise Awareness About the Horrors Surrounding the World Cup?

We are seeing some people from the soccer world speak out about the Qatar World Cup. We need more.

Nov 16, 2022 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

I’m Not Leaving Twitter. Neither Should You.

I’m Not Leaving Twitter. Neither Should You. I’m Not Leaving Twitter. Neither Should You.

Twitter is an effective tool for challenging the status quo and powerful people and institutions. That’s why Elon Musk snatched it up.

Nov 16, 2022 / Olayemi Olurin

Close Rikers

Close Rikers Close Rikers

Street demonstration, downtown Manhattan, November 3, 2022, organized by CampaignToCloseRikers.org. Eighteen people have died in Rikers Island this year, the deadliest since 2013.

Nov 16, 2022 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo and Steve Brodner

Abortion and the Election

Abortion and the Election Abortion and the Election

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Moira Donegan talks about why American voters are energized for reproductive freedom.

Nov 16, 2022 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

A poll worker

In the War Against Voting, Poll Workers Are on the Front Lines In the War Against Voting, Poll Workers Are on the Front Lines

During the 2022 midterms, election officials faced an unprecedented level of harassment. After the Republicans' poor performance, antidemocratic conspiracies will only become more ...

Nov 16, 2022 / StudentNation / Zurie Pope

People seated around a horseshoe shaped table watch an on-screen address from Ukraine's president

The “International Community” Is an Ineffectual Fantasy The “International Community” Is an Ineffectual Fantasy

World leaders invoke it. We're lead to believe it will act on our behalf. Does it even exist?

Nov 16, 2022 / Rajan Menon

The full moon rises over the cooling towers of the Trillo Nuclear Power Plant in Guadalajara, Spain.

Should Governments Reinvest in Nuclear Power to Fight Climate Change? Should Governments Reinvest in Nuclear Power to Fight Climate Change?

Jessica Lovering argues that nothing scales up like nuclear, while Paul Hockenos says it is just too expensive and slow to deploy.

Nov 16, 2022 / The Debate / Jessica Lovering and Paul Hockenos

Michelle de Kretser’s Unsettled Australia

Michelle de Kretser’s Unsettled Australia Michelle de Kretser’s Unsettled Australia

Her novels examine how migration and globalization have changed the country's identity and relation to the rest of the world.

Nov 16, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Nawal Arjini

Trump point behind a lectern that says Trump.

Donald Trump Knows How to Win the Republican Presidential Nomination Donald Trump Knows How to Win the Republican Presidential Nomination

The defeated former president is running again in 2024 and—despite what some pundits say—he’s the favorite to win the GOP nomination.

Nov 16, 2022 / John Nichols

Sharon Lewis, a Pueblo of Acoma Native

Why Democrats Lose When They Ignore the Native Vote Why Democrats Lose When They Ignore the Native Vote

Indigenous organizers and activists say that the party can't afford to overlook them any longer

Nov 15, 2022 / Simon Moya-Smith

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