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The Making of Tom Stoppard

The Making of Tom Stoppard The Making of Tom Stoppard

How mistaken identity and acts of reinvention define the life and work of the British playwright.

Dec 13, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold

How the Taxi Workers Won

How the Taxi Workers Won How the Taxi Workers Won

The 45 days of fierce protest, shrewd organizing, and ferocious solidarity that ended the debt nightmare that had engulfed the taxi industry.

Dec 13, 2021 / Feature / Molly Crabapple

Mosul US Airstike

Here’s How We End America’s Forever Wars Here’s How We End America’s Forever Wars

It’s time to acknowledge in the most concrete ways imaginable that the post-9/11 war on terror warrants a final sunset.

Dec 13, 2021 / Karen J. Greenberg

The Supreme Court’s Texas Abortion Ruling Isn’t the Victory Many Want It to Be

The Supreme Court’s Texas Abortion Ruling Isn’t the Victory Many Want It to Be The Supreme Court’s Texas Abortion Ruling Isn’t the Victory Many Want It to Be

Sonia Sotomayor said it best: “The Court should have put an end to this madness months ago.… It failed to do so [earlier], and it fails again today.”

Dec 10, 2021 / Elie Mystal

In Like Flynn

In Like Flynn In Like Flynn

Tread on me. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of December 6.

Dec 10, 2021 / Steve Brodner

Patri Friedman, charter cities

Hey Kid, Wanna Buy a City? Hey Kid, Wanna Buy a City?

Elite economists have been promoting a model of governance resembling nothing so much as a game of Monopoly.

Dec 10, 2021 / Olúfémi O. Táíwò

“People Are at a Breaking Point” After Transfers From Rikers

“People Are at a Breaking Point” After Transfers From Rikers “People Are at a Breaking Point” After Transfers From Rikers

Multiple women at Bedford told The Nation that the situation there has gotten worse since the transfers from Rikers, including an increase in Covid cases and prolonged lock-ins.

Dec 10, 2021 / Victoria Law

Deforestation Deep Cut

Deforestation Deep Cut Deforestation Deep Cut

Do trees have a standing?

Dec 10, 2021 / OppArt / Sue Coe

Mark Essick

Systemic Sadism at the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office Systemic Sadism at the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office

As the trial begins today of one officer accused of beating a man to death for the “crime” of driving his own car, a new PBS documentary flips the script on a department lionized b...

Dec 10, 2021 / Tom Gogola

The Confrontation in Ukraine Is Political Theater Aimed at a Domestic Audience

The Confrontation in Ukraine Is Political Theater Aimed at a Domestic Audience The Confrontation in Ukraine Is Political Theater Aimed at a Domestic Audience

But the danger of accidentally triggering a real conflagration remains terrifyingly high.

Dec 10, 2021 / Nicolai N. Petro

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