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Elgin Baylor NBA

Appreciating the Legend of Elgin Baylor Appreciating the Legend of Elgin Baylor

Baylor changed the way the game was played, on and off the court.

Mar 24, 2021 / Dave Zirin

‘Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon’ and Other Evasions

‘Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon’ and Other Evasions ‘Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon’ and Other Evasions

Fukushima, Covid, rampant suicide—we’re asked to overcome, to forget, but healing requires confrontation.

Mar 24, 2021 / Lisa Torio

Thomas Blom Hansen

The Modi Government Is a Regime of Low-Intensity Terror The Modi Government Is a Regime of Low-Intensity Terror

Stanford University anthropologist Thomas Blom Hansen discusses the rise of anger, brutality, and violence in Indian public life.

Mar 24, 2021 / Q&A / Ullekh N.P.

Joe Biden

Washington’s Delusion of Endless World Dominion Washington’s Delusion of Endless World Dominion

Sooner or later, the US will have to accept and adapt to the geopolitical reality that undergirds the latest shift in global power.

Mar 24, 2021 / Alfred McCoy

What Janet Yellen Can Do at Treasury

What Janet Yellen Can Do at Treasury What Janet Yellen Can Do at Treasury

After the ravages of the pandemic, the American economy needs more than stabilizing—it needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. Will Yellen be up to the task?

Mar 24, 2021 / Feature / Joan Walsh

Black Immigrants Matter

Black Immigrants Matter Black Immigrants Matter

In immigration, as in policing, every arm of the US incarceration and deportation machine brings down a hefty amount of its weight onto the backs of Black people.

Mar 24, 2021 / Feature / Jack Herrera

Kazuo Ishiguro at the End of the End of History

Kazuo Ishiguro at the End of the End of History Kazuo Ishiguro at the End of the End of History

In his new novel Klara and the Sun, the British novelist offers us a narrative as much about our own world as about any imagined future.

Mar 24, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Katie Fitzpatrick

Lady Bird Johnson

Lady Bird Johnson’s Influence in the LBJ Administration Was Minimized for Far Too Long Lady Bird Johnson’s Influence in the LBJ Administration Was Minimized for Far Too Long

Ignoring women’s contributions isn’t just an issue of fairness. The problem is that we simply get our history wrong.

Mar 23, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Most Harmful Trump-Era EEOC Rule Faces a Congressional Challenge

The Most Harmful Trump-Era EEOC Rule Faces a Congressional Challenge The Most Harmful Trump-Era EEOC Rule Faces a Congressional Challenge

The rule made it more difficult for victims of discrimination to pursue justice and weakened the commission’s ability to root out discrimination.

Mar 23, 2021 / Bryce Covert

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How the Violence Against Women Act Failed Women How the Violence Against Women Act Failed Women

The provision of the 1994 Crime Bill sponsored by then-Senator Joe Biden has contributed to mass incarceration and state violence.

Mar 23, 2021 / Abigail Higgins and Olúfémi O. Táíwò

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