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The Past 2 Years Have Left Portland Reeling. What Kind of Recovery Comes Next?

The Past 2 Years Have Left Portland Reeling. What Kind of Recovery Comes Next? The Past 2 Years Have Left Portland Reeling. What Kind of Recovery Comes Next?

Will efforts to rehabilitate Portland’s brand eclipse the tentative steps taken toward real reform?

Oct 5, 2021 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter

The Expansive Feminism of Jacqueline Rose

The Expansive Feminism of Jacqueline Rose The Expansive Feminism of Jacqueline Rose

Rose’s latest book, On Violence and On Violence Against Women, is a rigorous and capacious study of contemporary gender politics and solidarity.

Oct 5, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Cora Currier

Anthony Veasna So’s Portraits of Diaspora

Anthony Veasna So’s Portraits of Diaspora Anthony Veasna So’s Portraits of Diaspora

His posthumous collection Afterparties is part of a new wave of writing on the cultural memory and historical traumas of Southeast Asian immigrants. 

Oct 5, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Larissa Pham

Eric Williams and the Tangled History of Capitalism and Slavery

Eric Williams and the Tangled History of Capitalism and Slavery Eric Williams and the Tangled History of Capitalism and Slavery

The historian and politician helped transform how several generations understood 18th- and 19th-century history.

Oct 5, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Gerald Horne

President Joe Biden and Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Why the Media Is (Mostly) Screwing Up What’s Happening With Democrats Why the Media Is (Mostly) Screwing Up What’s Happening With Democrats

Progressives are the pragmatists; Conservadems are blocking Joe Biden’s agenda. That’s it. That’s the story.

Oct 4, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Steven Donziger faces sentencing in Chevron case

Is Chevron’s Vendetta Against Steven Donziger Finally Backfiring? Is Chevron’s Vendetta Against Steven Donziger Finally Backfiring?

A judge sentenced the human rights lawyer to six months in prison—but the calls for environmental justice are only growing.

Oct 4, 2021 / James North

Waiting Periods and Background Checks

Waiting Periods and Background Checks Waiting Periods and Background Checks

Rational gun laws can prevent irrational actions.

Oct 4, 2021 / OppArt / David Plunkert

Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards

Watch the 2021 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards  Watch the 2021 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards 

On October 6 at 4 pm ET, join NBC News’ Al Roker and Savannah Sellers as they host this awards special celebrating the best in climate journalism.

Oct 4, 2021 / The Nation and Covering Climate Now

Taliban Patrol Truck

Our Foreign Policy Elite Has Learned Nothing From Afghanistan Our Foreign Policy Elite Has Learned Nothing From Afghanistan

The War on Terror’s promoters and apologists are determined to blame Biden for finally bringing one bloody chapter to an end.

Oct 4, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich

Grace Cho’s Memoir of Food and Empire

Grace Cho’s Memoir of Food and Empire Grace Cho’s Memoir of Food and Empire

Intertwining a personal story of Korean food ways and a family history caught in the midst of violence, Tastes Like War tests the limits, and shows the power, of memoir.

Oct 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim

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