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Fenway Park Covid

We’re at the Beginning of the End of Covid-19. Now What? We’re at the Beginning of the End of Covid-19. Now What?

There may be light at the end of the tunnel, but foot by foot we keep extending that tunnel in front of us, giving the virus new hosts and new territory to spread into.

Apr 8, 2021 / Gregg Gonsalves

Protest Fossil Fuel

Harvard’s Fossil Fuel Investments Aren’t Just Immoral — They’re Illegal, Too Harvard’s Fossil Fuel Investments Aren’t Just Immoral — They’re Illegal, Too

If it’s wrong to destroy our futures, then it’s wrong for our universities to invest in that destruction.

Apr 8, 2021 / StudentNation / Morgan Whitten and Alex Marquardt

Barry Fleming

The Lawyer Behind Georgia’s New Anti-Voting Law The Lawyer Behind Georgia’s New Anti-Voting Law

Representative Barry Fleming, chairman of the Georgia legislature’s Special Committee on Election Integrity, has a history of restricting voting across the state.

Apr 8, 2021 / Timothy Pratt

Clouds

Should Governments Consider Engineering the Atmosphere? Should Governments Consider Engineering the Atmosphere?

Two writers debate whether solar geoengineering would help or harm the effort to avoid the worst effects of climate change.

Apr 8, 2021 / The Debate / Oliver Morton and Amy Westervelt

Jayapal taxes

Progressive Democrats Face Resistance on Infrastructure Progressive Democrats Face Resistance on Infrastructure

The party is split between a stubborn establishment and what some activists see as its overly conciliatory left flank.

Apr 7, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Justin Fairfax, Democrat of Virginia

Yes, Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Justin Fairfax Just Compared Himself to Emmett Till  Yes, Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Justin Fairfax Just Compared Himself to Emmett Till 

He blamed front-runner Terry McAuliffe for treating him like Till and George Floyd when he faced women’s claims of sexual assault in 2019.

Apr 7, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Equality

Equality Equality

Framed.

Apr 7, 2021 / OppArt / Ann Telnaes

Bernie chair memes

One Year Ago When Bernie’s Campaign Ended, We Lost a Common Love One Year Ago When Bernie’s Campaign Ended, We Lost a Common Love

Of all the losses over the past year, Bernie’s campaign—the love at its core—is one we don’t talk about.

Apr 7, 2021 / Lillian Osborne

New Jersey National Guard

The US Military Is an Extremism Incubator The US Military Is an Extremism Incubator

Many of the January 6 insurrectionists once fought for their country. That shouldn’t come as a surprise.

Apr 7, 2021 / Nan Levinson

Celine and Julie Go Boating

The Triumph of ‘Céline and Julie Go Boating’ The Triumph of ‘Céline and Julie Go Boating’

Why Jacques Rivette’s 1974 film of female friendship and surrealism remains a masterpiece.

Apr 7, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Kristen Yoonsoo Kim

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