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Jose Alfredo stands between an American flag and a Cuban flag

Can Biden Finish What Obama Started With Cuba? Can Biden Finish What Obama Started With Cuba?

Here’s a smart blueprint for returning to normalized relations.

Dec 21, 2020 / Peter Kornbluh

Avril Haines

The CIA Is Running Death Squads in Afghanistan The CIA Is Running Death Squads in Afghanistan

Reports of atrocities supported by the American intelligence agency underscore the need to end America’s longest war.

Dec 21, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Family Separations

Family Separations Family Separations

The parents of over 600 children, separated at the border by the US government, have not been located.

Dec 21, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

The Frenzied Paris of Virginie Despentes

The Frenzied Paris of Virginie Despentes The Frenzied Paris of Virginie Despentes

Her trilogy of novels, Vernon Subutex, tell the story of a city and its inhabitants’ capacity for radical change.

Dec 21, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jacqueline Feldman

A group of people wearing face masks stand on a busy street.

Iran Is Nearing Collapse Under the Strain of Covid-19 Iran Is Nearing Collapse Under the Strain of Covid-19

Tens of millions are reeling under an unholy trinity of pandemic, US sanctions, and government misrule.

Dec 21, 2020 / Ahmad Jalalpour

Centrist Dems Are Wrong About November’s Losses

Centrist Dems Are Wrong About November’s Losses Centrist Dems Are Wrong About November’s Losses

It wasn’t because voters were turned off by leftist sloganeering but because Dems failed to inspire their own base—and the data prove it.

Dec 21, 2020 / Steve Phillips

Julian Assange waves slightly with his face up close against the window of a prison van

If Assange’s Fate Were Up To a Jury, He, Too, Might Have Walked Free If Assange’s Fate Were Up To a Jury, He, Too, Might Have Walked Free

Like William Penn and John Peter Zenger, the Wikileaks founder is fighting for our freedom.

Dec 21, 2020 / Charles Glass

A Covid Christmas in Palestine

A Covid Christmas in Palestine A Covid Christmas in Palestine

Palestinians have been living under lockdown and curfew for decades. The coronavirus has only added to their troubles.

Dec 21, 2020 / Feature / Joseph Gedeon

Borough of Manhattan Community College

Why CUNY Faculty and Staff May Go on Strike Why CUNY Faculty and Staff May Go on Strike

Breakneck speedups are forcing its workers to do more with less than ever before.

Dec 21, 2020 / R.H. Lossin

Trump’s Party Circus

Trump’s Party Circus Trump’s Party Circus

The GOP undermines democracy.

Dec 19, 2020 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

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