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Food Prices Are Up. A “Bean New Deal” May Be the Answer.

Food Prices Are Up. A “Bean New Deal” May Be the Answer. Food Prices Are Up. A “Bean New Deal” May Be the Answer.

With prices for poultry and beef continuing to rise, the government should ease spending on meat and pay farmers to plant beans.

Jun 29, 2022 / Matthew Miles Goodrich

Protest after the Dobbs decision

48 Hours on the Abortion Hotline After “Roe” Fell 48 Hours on the Abortion Hotline After “Roe” Fell

By Friday afternoon, nine states were enforcing total bans on abortion. The volunteers who connect people seeking abortion to resources heard a wave of desperation from callers.

Jun 29, 2022 / Amy Littlefield

It Should Become Standard for Women to Freeze Their Eggs

It Should Become Standard for Women to Freeze Their Eggs It Should Become Standard for Women to Freeze Their Eggs

Along with IVF, it’s a revolutionary procedure that allows women to control their own destiny. No wonder the right hates it.

Jun 29, 2022 / Column / Alexis Grenell

Toe to Toe With “Moby-Dick”

Toe to Toe With “Moby-Dick” Toe to Toe With “Moby-Dick”

Pierre Senges’s avant-garde retelling of Melville's great work asks us what the limits of the novel are. 

Jun 29, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ryan Ruby

Cassidy Hutchinson, a top former aide to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, is sworn in as she testifies

It Was a Coup, and Trump Fully Intended to Lead It It Was a Coup, and Trump Fully Intended to Lead It

At a surprise January 6 hearing on Tuesday, a former White House aide linked Trump to the whole of the conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election.

Jun 28, 2022 / John Nichols

A protester holds up a poster of Brittney Griner, which reads Free Brittney Griner.

The Growing Grassroots Movement to Free Brittney Griner The Growing Grassroots Movement to Free Brittney Griner

Amid protests and calls for government action, the Biden administration remains silent.

Jun 28, 2022 / Sophie Hurwitz

A crowd of people hold signs protesting the Supreme Court's decision to take away abortion rights.

After “Dobbs,” the Path Forward Is Not Through the Courts After “Dobbs,” the Path Forward Is Not Through the Courts

I’m a lawyer and the executive director of the ACLU. We can only do so much without a new political movement for abortion rights.

Jun 28, 2022 / Anthony D. Romero

Frederick Law Olmsted

Can’t Stand All the Political Heat? Escape to the Park. Can’t Stand All the Political Heat? Escape to the Park.

Many cities have Frederick Law Olmsted to thank for these spaces.

Jun 28, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Brains

The Brains The Brains

Red flag.

Jun 28, 2022 / OppArt / Mike Peterson

The Theocrats on the Supreme Court Strike Again

The Theocrats on the Supreme Court Strike Again The Theocrats on the Supreme Court Strike Again

With the praying football coach decision, the court’s conservatives upended a key precedent and knocked another hole in the wall separating church and state.

Jun 28, 2022 / Elie Mystal

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