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There Is No Vaccine for Global Warming There Is No Vaccine for Global Warming

In the past year, carbon emissions dropped significantly as the Covid-19 pandemic kept us all home. How we move forward will determine the fate of the planet.

Mar 23, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt

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I Am Not Ready to Reenter White Society I Am Not Ready to Reenter White Society

As the pandemic wanes, and I have to leave the safety of my whiteness-free castle, I know that racism is going to come roaring back into my daily life.

Mar 23, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Who’s Having a ‘Bad Day’?

Who’s Having a ‘Bad Day’? Who’s Having a ‘Bad Day’?

The outrage over hate crimes excused.

Mar 23, 2021 / OppArt / Jesse Duquette

Ambassador Rahm Emanuel? No, No, a Thousand Times No!

Ambassador Rahm Emanuel? No, No, a Thousand Times No! Ambassador Rahm Emanuel? No, No, a Thousand Times No!

His Chicago record is disqualifying, as is his history of dogmatic advocacy for neoliberal trade policies that harm workers and human rights.

Mar 23, 2021 / John Nichols

Netanyahu Is Letting Israel’s Fascists Enter by the Front Door

Netanyahu Is Letting Israel’s Fascists Enter by the Front Door Netanyahu Is Letting Israel’s Fascists Enter by the Front Door

A follower of Meir Kahane may join the government this week. And the Biden administration has had nothing to say about it.

Mar 23, 2021 / James Zogby

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Vilifying China Puts a Bull’s-Eye on the Backs of Asian Americans Vilifying China Puts a Bull’s-Eye on the Backs of Asian Americans

Biden may reject Trump’s hateful language, but he is continuing his predecessor’s dangerous “tough on China” approach.

Mar 23, 2021 / Mae Ngai

On Voting Rights, Ted Cruz Tells the Truth for Once

On Voting Rights, Ted Cruz Tells the Truth for Once On Voting Rights, Ted Cruz Tells the Truth for Once

Expanded voter access benefits Democrats. So Cruz is telling GOP leaders they must stop it.

Mar 23, 2021 / Joan Walsh

What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions

What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions

The water defenders recognized the fight was less a contest of right versus left than right versus wrong.

Mar 23, 2021 / Robin Broad and John Cavanagh

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Letters From the March 5/12, 2021, Issue Letters From the March 5/12, 2021, Issue

Along the Texas border… Leveling up… In the vicinity of bigotry (web only)…

Mar 23, 2021 / Our Readers and Jeet Heer

Ami Ayalon’s Political Journey

Ami Ayalon’s Political Journey Ami Ayalon’s Political Journey

In Friendly Fire, the former Shin Bet director offers two narratives—one of the story that Israel tells the world, the other of the story Israel tries not to tell the world.

Mar 23, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Raja Shehadeh

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