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Activists Rally Against Evictions In New York City

How the Eviction Moratorium Got Through How the Eviction Moratorium Got Through

As the deadline neared, the White House floundered and progressives took action.

Aug 19, 2021 / Column / Aída Chávez

A Black man wearing a mask with Colin Kaepernick kneeling and the words #BlackLivesMatter

5 Years After Colin Kaepernick Refused to Stand, We Still Get the Story Wrong 5 Years After Colin Kaepernick Refused to Stand, We Still Get the Story Wrong

More important than the man who took the knee is the movement he helped launch.

Aug 19, 2021 / Dave Zirin

30 Years Ago, the Tanks Rolled Into Moscow—but We Refused to Be Silent

30 Years Ago, the Tanks Rolled Into Moscow—but We Refused to Be Silent 30 Years Ago, the Tanks Rolled Into Moscow—but We Refused to Be Silent

During the failed 1991 coup against Gorbachev, the democratic press rose up with a unity and determination that is hard to imagine today.

Aug 19, 2021 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

Documents of the Revolution: Unpublished Che Guevara Letters

Documents of the Revolution: Unpublished Che Guevara Letters Documents of the Revolution: Unpublished Che Guevara Letters

The singular Cuban revolutionary’s correspondence reveals his struggles to merge ideology with praxis.

Aug 18, 2021 / Che Guevara

Attorneys with Justice X will hold a news conference to announce lawsuits against the LAPD over its alleged targeted attacks against journalists and activists

Why Transphobia Is at the Heart of the White Power Movement Why Transphobia Is at the Heart of the White Power Movement

Gender nonconformity threatens a worldview that is fixated on immutable and antiquated gender roles.

Aug 18, 2021 / Talia Lavin

The New Variant

The New Variant The New Variant

The Covid pandemic continues to disproportionately affect communities of color.

Aug 18, 2021 / OppArt / Mac McGill

Pakistan-Afghanistan Conflict

There Goes the Neighborhood: Pakistan Is Uneasy Over the Taliban’s Return There Goes the Neighborhood: Pakistan Is Uneasy Over the Taliban’s Return

Despite their differing responses to the Taliban victory, Pakistanis are united in believing they are not to blame.

Aug 18, 2021 / Column / Hasan Ali

Students protest the rising costs of student loans for higher education in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California.

What Is College Really Worth? What Is College Really Worth?

As the price of college goes up and the value of a degree goes down, are students being given a fair deal?

Aug 18, 2021 / StudentNation / Rebecca Gordon

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Sandi Tan’s Magical Americana Sandi Tan’s Magical Americana

Her new novel, Lurkers, captures the defiant and surreal exuberance that has defined her work across fiction and film.

Aug 18, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Liu

Young people alcohol

How the Pandemic Changed Young People’s Relationship to Substances How the Pandemic Changed Young People’s Relationship to Substances

During a year of isolation, many young adults increased their consumption of alcohol and other drugs. 

Aug 18, 2021 / StudentNation / Teresa Xie

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