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Let’s Talk About How the Media Covers Gaza

Let’s Talk About How the Media Covers Gaza Let’s Talk About How the Media Covers Gaza

A conversation with Gaza-based journalist Maram Humaid about the media’s love of misery, disdain for nuance, and distrust of local sources.

Dec 29, 2021 / Q&A / Mohammed El-Kurd

Reverend Jacqui Lewis

The Fierce Love of the Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis The Fierce Love of the Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis

Middle Collegiate Church burned down, but its senior minister says the global response showed how “the theory of fierce love is actually practiced in real life.”

Dec 29, 2021 / Q&A / Laura Flanders

Black father and son

Where Are Black Parents’ Voices on Critical Race Theory? Where Are Black Parents’ Voices on Critical Race Theory?

Black parents overwhelmingly support teaching about race and racism in school. Why aren’t we hearing from them?

Dec 29, 2021 / Column / Kali Holloway

For Afghanistan, 2021 Brought an End to One Horror—and the Beginning of Another

For Afghanistan, 2021 Brought an End to One Horror—and the Beginning of Another For Afghanistan, 2021 Brought an End to One Horror—and the Beginning of Another

Since the West abandoned Afghanistan, the violence of the occupation has ended but hunger and the cruelties of the Taliban have taken its place.

Dec 29, 2021 / Ali M. Latifi

The Ardor of “Licorice Pizza”

The Ardor of “Licorice Pizza” The Ardor of “Licorice Pizza”

Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film is his most personal work yet.

Dec 29, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Vikram Murthi

Parents of Daunte Wright

Daunte Wright’s Family Gets Accountability, if Not Justice Daunte Wright’s Family Gets Accountability, if Not Justice

The jury’s Christmas Eve verdict that veteran office Kim Potter was guilty of manslaughter is “a critical step on the road to justice.”

Dec 28, 2021 / Ibrahim Hirsi

Intelligence, Artificial and Otherwise: Our Ruling Class

Intelligence, Artificial and Otherwise: Our Ruling Class Intelligence, Artificial and Otherwise: Our Ruling Class

With Henry Kissinger and Eric Schmidt at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Dec 28, 2021 / Doug Henwood

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How Canceling Student Loan Debt Would Be Strategically Smart for Biden How Canceling Student Loan Debt Would Be Strategically Smart for Biden

The country desperately needs relief, and the president needs a political win.

Dec 28, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Plague Doctors’ Bacchanal

Plague Doctors’ Bacchanal Plague Doctors’ Bacchanal

Another year of the Covid pandemic.

Dec 28, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Kornbluth

Inflation democrats

Why Democrats Started Fixating on Inflation Why Democrats Started Fixating on Inflation

Anticipating an impact on their electoral fortunes, Democrats are hoping to get ahead on a pressing question.

Dec 28, 2021 / Column / Aída Chávez

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