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The Broken College Ranking System

The Broken College Ranking System The Broken College Ranking System

A fairer rankings system would highlight universities like Georgia State and CUNY, whose mission is to help students from poor families enter the middle class, rather than fixating...

Aug 15, 2022 / Books & the Arts / David Kirp

Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building

The Twilight Years of American Hegemony The Twilight Years of American Hegemony

What could better fit an America in decline than a president in decline, the more radically so the better?

Aug 15, 2022 / Tom Engelhardt

Mandela Barnes

Wisconsin Primary Results Are Full of Good News for Mandela Barnes Wisconsin Primary Results Are Full of Good News for Mandela Barnes

Ron Johnson’s Democratic challenger shows strength where the incumbent US senator shows vulnerability.

Aug 12, 2022 / John Nichols

Julius Eastman’s Great Expectations

Julius Eastman’s Great Expectations Julius Eastman’s Great Expectations

The neglected music of a revolutionary 20th-century composer continues to shock and awe.

Aug 12, 2022 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu

Heat Wave!

Heat Wave! Heat Wave!

Rising global temperatures are making heat waves more common, severe, and lengthy.

Aug 12, 2022 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

The cover of Madeleine Ostrander's book, left, and Madeline Ostrander, right.

The Climate Crisis Is Changing Our Concept of Home The Climate Crisis Is Changing Our Concept of Home

Climate journalist and author Madeline Ostrander on finding stability on a burning planet.

Aug 12, 2022 / Q&A / Danielle Renwick

AIPAC vs. Democracy

AIPAC vs. Democracy AIPAC vs. Democracy

AIPAC has endorsed 109 January 6 insurrectionists. The organization clearly doesn’t care if candidates don’t care about fair elections.

Aug 12, 2022 / Ruth Messinger and Mik Moore

An LA Sanitation Bureau crew cleans up a homeless encampment

California Needs to Think Outside the Box on Homelessness California Needs to Think Outside the Box on Homelessness

Restricting encampments doesn’t get at the root of the problem.

Aug 12, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky

Rep. Ilhan Omar waves to passersby during a voter engagement event in Minneapolis.

Ilhan Omar Survives a Nail-Biter. Why Was the Vote So Close? Ilhan Omar Survives a Nail-Biter. Why Was the Vote So Close?

It was supposed to be a blowout, but Don Samuels lost the Democratic primary by just 2 percentage points.

Aug 11, 2022 / Maya Rao

President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin

To Move Back From the Brink, Restart Nuclear Talks To Move Back From the Brink, Restart Nuclear Talks

It is high time that the US pursued disarmament diplomacy. 

Aug 11, 2022 / Daryl G. Kimball

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