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What Happened to Newspaper Book Reviewing?

What Happened to Newspaper Book Reviewing? What Happened to Newspaper Book Reviewing?

As a mode of recommendation, the newspaper fiction review has less to recommend it than ever before.

Jul 27, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Frank Guan

Poor Peoples Campaign

Democrats Are Losing the Working Class, but You Shouldn’t Blame the Left Democrats Are Losing the Working Class, but You Shouldn’t Blame the Left

The reason people are disenchanted is that this economy doesn’t work for them.

Jul 26, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Mandela Barnes at 48th Annual Juneteenth Day Festival 2019

Progressives Unite Behind Mandela Barnes in the Wisconsin Senate Race Progressives Unite Behind Mandela Barnes in the Wisconsin Senate Race

A week after Bernie Sanders backed the Senate candidate, Barnes wins a big endorsement from progressive rival Tom Nelson.

Jul 26, 2022 / John Nichols

Battle Lines

Battle Lines Battle Lines

War crimes in Ukraine.

Jul 26, 2022 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

Protesters in Boston hold cardboard signs in support of abortion, one reads

“Roe” Is the Past, Human Rights Are the Future “Roe” Is the Past, Human Rights Are the Future

Roe v. Wade didn’t guarantee unfettered abortion access in the United States. It’s past time human rights were placed at the center of our demands.

Jul 26, 2022 / Akila Radhakrishnan

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Distorting the Holocaust to Boost the International Arms Trade Distorting the Holocaust to Boost the International Arms Trade

If whitewashing Bulgaria’s history during the Second World War helps an Israeli arms company get a contract, who could possibly object?

Jul 26, 2022 / Raz Segal and Amos Goldberg

Student Protest Roe

What’s At Stake for Young Voters What’s At Stake for Young Voters

Young people coast to coast detail the most critical issues in the 2022 midterms, from student debt to abortion to climate change.

Jul 26, 2022 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Joe Biden, left, fist bumps with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Royal Palace.

Mohammed bin Salman Mohammed bin Salman

He ordered the murder, our own report said, But we remain true to the oil he commands: Joe Biden decided to fist bump the man, As if a clenched fist hides the blood on one’s hands.

Jul 26, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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Letters From the August 8/15, 2022, Issue Letters From the August 8/15, 2022, Issue

Whole Earth generation… Maier and McCarthyism…

Jul 26, 2022 / Our Readers

Easy Money: How Counties Are Funneling Covid Relief Funds Into New Jails

Easy Money: How Counties Are Funneling Covid Relief Funds Into New Jails Easy Money: How Counties Are Funneling Covid Relief Funds Into New Jails

Counties aren’t supposed to use Covid funds to build jails and prisons—but that hasn’t stopped some of them from trying to do it anyway.

Jul 26, 2022 / Feature / Lauren Gill

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