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There Is Something Very Wrong With a Society That Scapegoats Its Teachers

There Is Something Very Wrong With a Society That Scapegoats Its Teachers There Is Something Very Wrong With a Society That Scapegoats Its Teachers

It’s no accident that teachers are being attacked for everything from teaching about racism to asking for adequate Covid protections.

Jan 11, 2022 / StudentNation / Liat Olenick

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Letters From the January 17/24, 2022, Issue Letters From the January 17/24, 2022, Issue

Josephine Baker's French exile… Climate wars… A report worth reading… Build Back Better, please…

Jan 11, 2022 / Our Readers

About 2021

About 2021 About 2021

Disasters happened all year long. Whatever could go wrong went wrong. So, ’21, it’s simply true: We’re glad to see the back of you.

Jan 11, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin

What Should the Left Do About China?

What Should the Left Do About China? What Should the Left Do About China?

Progressive thinkers are developing a foreign policy approach that opposes military confrontation while acknowledging Beijing’s oppressive policies.

Jan 11, 2022 / Feature / David Klion

Rise of the Far-Right Ultras

Rise of the Far-Right Ultras Rise of the Far-Right Ultras

In Far-Right Vanguard, John Huntington shows just how porous the dividing line has been between the far right and mainstream conservatism.

Jan 11, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

When Sidney Poitier Picked Up the Gun

When Sidney Poitier Picked Up the Gun When Sidney Poitier Picked Up the Gun

Notes on a couple of native sons.

Jan 10, 2022 / Gene Seymour

Why Doesn’t the Supreme Court Want Workers to Be As Safe From Covid as They Are?

Why Doesn’t the Supreme Court Want Workers to Be As Safe From Covid as They Are? Why Doesn’t the Supreme Court Want Workers to Be As Safe From Covid as They Are?

The court’s conservative justices are opposed to vaccine “mandates” not because they’re anti-vax but because they’re anti-labor.

Jan 10, 2022 / Elie Mystal

Japan Liberal Democrat Election

Japanese Women Are Fighting Back Against Pervasive Sexism Japanese Women Are Fighting Back Against Pervasive Sexism

The pay gap between men and women in Japan is nearly 25 percent.

Jan 10, 2022 / Christine Levy

December 2022

December 2022 December 2022

End of year, day by day.

Jan 10, 2022 / OppArt / India Tresselt

Schumer, Biden, and Pelosi

Attention, Democrats: The Constitution Trumps the Filibuster Attention, Democrats: The Constitution Trumps the Filibuster

In the case of voting rights legislation, the filibuster is not applicable, or even relevant.

Jan 10, 2022 / Herman Schwartz

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