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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin

The Pentagon Inflates the Chinese Nuclear Threat in a Push for New Intercontinental Missiles The Pentagon Inflates the Chinese Nuclear Threat in a Push for New Intercontinental Missiles

Every US military service is seeking more money than before, and each one is touting the importance of their weapons in overcoming the Chinese military threat.

May 19, 2021 / Michael T. Klare

Masaomi Yasunaga’s Fused Pots

Encounters With the Unknown Encounters With the Unknown

Returning to New York’s galleries in search of surprise.

May 19, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Why Critics Need to Let Their Guard Down

Why Critics Need to Let Their Guard Down Why Critics Need to Let Their Guard Down

A conversation with Larissa Pham about desire, the politics of vulnerability, and practicing a more generous form of criticism.

May 19, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Chalay Chalermkraivuth

Google

We’re Suing Google. Here’s Why. We’re Suing Google. Here’s Why.

Together with The Progressive and Genius Media Group, Inc., we’re fighting back against the tech giant’s predatory pricing and monopoly practices that put independent journalism at...

May 19, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Amazon union

Was the Failed Union Drive in Bessemer a Net Positive for the Labor Movement? Was the Failed Union Drive in Bessemer a Net Positive for the Labor Movement?

Will it demonstrate the need for labor law reform—or will it scare workers away from organizing?

May 19, 2021 / The Debate / Alex Han and Adam Ryan

Rep. Kevin McCarthy

Kevin McCarthy Sinks Even Lower Kevin McCarthy Sinks Even Lower

He sells out a GOP House ally by opposing a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 insurrection. Is he afraid of what it will find?

May 18, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Democrats Can Claim the ‘Family Values’ Mantle With Paid Leave and Affordable Child Care

Democrats Can Claim the ‘Family Values’ Mantle With Paid Leave and Affordable Child Care Democrats Can Claim the ‘Family Values’ Mantle With Paid Leave and Affordable Child Care

The United States is the only industrialized nation that doesn’t guarantee paid family leave.

May 18, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Amy Coney Barrett smiling

The Supreme Court May Have Just Signed Roe v. Wade’s Death Warrant The Supreme Court May Have Just Signed Roe v. Wade’s Death Warrant

The newly ultraconservative court has agreed to hear a direct challenge to the landmark 1973 abortion case—a move that can mean nothing good.

May 18, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Steven Donziger

Steven Donziger Wants to Convince ‘a Different Jury’ Steven Donziger Wants to Convince ‘a Different Jury’

Denied legal judgment by his peers, the lawyer who took on Chevron wants the world to know about his persecution.

May 18, 2021 / James North

Israeli / Palestinian Conflict

Israeli / Palestinian Conflict Israeli / Palestinian Conflict

Israel’s imbalance of power.

May 18, 2021 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

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