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“Return to Normal” Has Pushed Schools to a Crisis Point “Return to Normal” Has Pushed Schools to a Crisis Point

How do you run a school without enough staff?

Feb 15, 2022 / StudentNation / Belle Chesler

What We Can Learn From Harm Reduction’s Defeats

What We Can Learn From Harm Reduction’s Defeats What We Can Learn From Harm Reduction’s Defeats

The history of the movement, as told in Maia Szalavitz’s recent book, is one of unlikely success. But what can we learn from embattled experiments like prescribed heroin? 

Feb 15, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard

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What Might the World Look Like in 2025? What Might the World Look Like in 2025?

A dispatch from the future.

Feb 15, 2022 / John Feffer

The Root Cause of Voter Suppression

The Root Cause of Voter Suppression The Root Cause of Voter Suppression

How SCOTUS’s brazen decision subverts democracy for all.

Feb 14, 2022 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

We Are Your Future. We Don’t Want Your War.

We Are Your Future. We Don’t Want Your War. We Are Your Future. We Don’t Want Your War.

Russian and Ukrainian youth discuss their fears, concerns, and predictions regarding the potential Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent war.

Feb 14, 2022 / StudentNation / Finley Muratova

Afghan family prepares tea

Biden Is Fine With Mass Civilian Death Biden Is Fine With Mass Civilian Death

The hoarding of Afghanistan’s foreign reserves is a striking example of the administration’s capacity for brutality.

Feb 14, 2022 / Chris Gelardi

Bad Valentine

Bad Valentine Bad Valentine

America’s love affair with guns.

Feb 14, 2022 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

A Black man in a suit sits at a table with a thick booklet in front of a crowd.

America’s Mayors Should Take Marion Barry as a Model. Seriously. America’s Mayors Should Take Marion Barry as a Model. Seriously.

The former D.C. mayor’s pioneering efforts to provide jobs, affordable housing, and food security deserve to be remembered long after the jokes about his drug use have grown stale.

Feb 14, 2022 / Christina M. Greer

The Immortal Influence of Greg Tate

The Immortal Influence of Greg Tate The Immortal Influence of Greg Tate

His writing will be a touchstone for generations of critics to come.

Feb 14, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse

Dying on Tulsa Time

Dying on Tulsa Time Dying on Tulsa Time

Gavin Newsom’s pledge to shut down San Quentin’s death row brings capital punishment outliers into harsh relief.

Feb 14, 2022 / Tom Gogola

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