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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

Peace in Ukraine Procession

Peace in Ukraine Procession Peace in Ukraine Procession

Street action, New York City, July 23, 2022.

Aug 11, 2022 / OppArt / George de Castro-Day

Senator Chuck Schumer speaks outside the U.S. Capitol about the Inflation Reduction Act. He stands in front of the Capitol building and in front of a green sign that reads

Does the Climate Bill Throw Environmental Justice Under the Bus? Does the Climate Bill Throw Environmental Justice Under the Bus?

And three more questions about the biggest climate legislation in US history.

Aug 11, 2022 / Mark Hertsgaard

A volunteer cuts out stickers outside of a satellite polling station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

What’s Missing From Voting Data? Race. What’s Missing From Voting Data? Race.

Despite a mountain of evidence affirming the centrality of race in US politics, it is essentially ignored in almost all electoral analysis.

Aug 11, 2022 / Steve Phillips

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