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‘Why Tell Me That We’re Safer Here?’

‘Why Tell Me That We’re Safer Here?’ ‘Why Tell Me That We’re Safer Here?’

Understanding community cultural perceptions of risk—the stories people tell themselves—is critical to understanding the Covid-19 pandemic.

Oct 28, 2020 / Molly Bolick

A truck full of cotton is dropped off next to a ginning depot.

We Need to Think About Xinjiang in Internationalist Terms We Need to Think About Xinjiang in Internationalist Terms

Challenging the right wing’s cold war agenda means highlighting the Uighur re-education camps’ links to counterterrorism and global capital.

Oct 28, 2020 / A. Liu

The Unraveling of Thailand’s National Myth

The Unraveling of Thailand’s National Myth The Unraveling of Thailand’s National Myth

Young Thais are finding power in each other—and their demands could transform Southeast Asia.

Oct 28, 2020 / Wilfred Chan

Brett Kavanaugh and Donald Trump

Brett Kavanaugh Prepares to Upend Election Rules to Benefit Donald Trump Brett Kavanaugh Prepares to Upend Election Rules to Benefit Donald Trump

In a footnote to a concurrence that restricted vote counting in Wisconsin, the justice included an ominous reference to Bush v. Gore.

Oct 27, 2020 / John Nichols and Joan Walsh

sign reads

Any True Recovery Must Include US Workers Any True Recovery Must Include US Workers

The pandemic has exacerbated the cruel inequities of the US economy.

Oct 27, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Woman in a knit cap holding a sign that reads

Nuclear Weapons Have Always Been Immoral. Now They’re Illegal. Nuclear Weapons Have Always Been Immoral. Now They’re Illegal.

The UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has reached the 50 ratifications needed to become international law.

Oct 27, 2020 / Ray Acheson

Wake Up and Smell the Cheetos

Wake Up and Smell the Cheetos Wake Up and Smell the Cheetos

Public intervention. Phone booth, Rivington and Allen Streets, NYC 2020.

Oct 27, 2020 / OppArt / Maia Lorian

Man walks into polling place marked with American flags.

Want to Win Rural Voters? Fight Big Ag. Want to Win Rural Voters? Fight Big Ag.

Too many Democrats are missing on an issue fundamental to farmers: the consolidation of the agriculture sector.

Oct 27, 2020 / Brian Barth

A Soundscape of Pure Empathy

A Soundscape of Pure Empathy A Soundscape of Pure Empathy

Kelly Lee Owens’s quietly complex electronic music is defined by its spirit of care.

Oct 27, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Julyssa Lopez

Two students and a parent, all wearing masks, check into NYU dorms.

International Students Don’t Want to Study in the US Anymore International Students Don’t Want to Study in the US Anymore

And with constant changes in immigration policy keeping them in a state of anxiety during the pandemic, who can blame them?

Oct 27, 2020 / StudentNation / Jimin Kang

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