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Participants in a “Freedom Friday March” in Washington, DC.

The Party of Lincoln Is Now the Party of Jim Crow The Party of Lincoln Is Now the Party of Jim Crow

Not a single House Republican voted for the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

Aug 26, 2021 / John Nichols

She Never Told Her Love', 1857, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 18 x 232cm (7 1/16 x 9 1/8in), Photographs, Henry Peach Robinson (British, Ludlow, Shropshire 1830-1901 Tunbridge Wells, Kent), Consumed by the passion of unrequited love, a young w

Jackie Wang’s Dream Poetics Jackie Wang’s Dream Poetics

Her poetry and essays explore the personal, aesthetic, and political possibilities of dreaming.

Aug 26, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Thea Ballard

Australia Fires

The Real Existential Threat Is Our Overheating Planet The Real Existential Threat Is Our Overheating Planet

By 2049, China will be too busy dealing with climate disasters to launch a war with the United States.

Aug 26, 2021 / Michael T. Klare

Florida voters - voting rights

It’s Time for Biden to Lead on Voting Rights It’s Time for Biden to Lead on Voting Rights

He must use his power and influence to get voting rights laws to his desk. And that means working with senators to prevent the filibuster from standing in their way.

Aug 26, 2021 / Ben Jealous

Migration

Migration Migration

Reflecting on the stories of migrants.

Aug 25, 2021 / OppArt / Henry Mendez Chavajay

Jeff Bezos

Tax Billionaires’ Pandemic Profits Tax Billionaires’ Pandemic Profits

In one proposal, Democrats can fund the Biden agenda and fight back against widening inequality.

Aug 25, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Syrian children draw from a water container at a refugee camp in the village of Kafr Aruq.

The Middle East Is Draining Its Water Supply The Middle East Is Draining Its Water Supply

Drought and government action threaten the dozens of civilizations that have been nourished by these waters for millennia.

Aug 25, 2021 / James Zogby

Protest for Afghanistan in India

“Hear Our Cries”: What Terrifies an Afghan Women’s Rights Activist “Hear Our Cries”: What Terrifies an Afghan Women’s Rights Activist

K, an anonymous advocate for Afghan women, speaks out while hiding from the Taliban in Kabul.

Aug 25, 2021 / Q&A / Mona Tajali

mock drug injection site

We Should Hand Out Free Heroin to Drug Users We Should Hand Out Free Heroin to Drug Users

The idea that abstinence works is more about our fear of drugs than it is about science.

Aug 25, 2021 / P.E. Moskowitz

How Capitalism Has Made the World Sick

How Capitalism Has Made the World Sick How Capitalism Has Made the World Sick

Rupa Marya and Raj Patel’s Inflamed argues that the human cost of our economic system is a key to understanding the health of the world.

Aug 25, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Jones

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