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An Island Amid Mississippi’s Covid Madness

An Island Amid Mississippi’s Covid Madness An Island Amid Mississippi’s Covid Madness

Scenes from a pandemic: 15

Jul 8, 2020 / Makani Themba

The Limits of Trans Representation as We Know It

The Limits of Trans Representation as We Know It The Limits of Trans Representation as We Know It

We talked to director Sam Feder about Disclosure, which explores Hollywood’s history of gender nonconformity on screen.

Jul 7, 2020 / Q&A / Tal Milovina

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The US Government Kills Black People with Impunity Both at Home and Abroad The US Government Kills Black People with Impunity Both at Home and Abroad

It’s time to reckon with the anti-black brutality that defines American policy from Minneapolis to Somalia.

Jun 16, 2020 / Robtel Neajai Pailey and Amy Niang

The Pandemic Is a Threat. The President Is Worse.

The Pandemic Is a Threat. The President Is Worse. The Pandemic Is a Threat. The President Is Worse.

Going to demonstrations isn’t risk-free, but we have a duty to resist.

Jun 4, 2020 / Gregg Gonsalves

Will Covid-19 Be a Turning Point in the Fight Against Racial Disparities in Health Care?

Will Covid-19 Be a Turning Point in the Fight Against Racial Disparities in Health Care? Will Covid-19 Be a Turning Point in the Fight Against Racial Disparities in Health Care?

Public health experts hope that the vast scale of the crisis will prompt meaningful political action to counter health inequities, which have been persistent in America for well ov...

Jun 1, 2020 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter

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Letters From the June 1/8, 2020, Issue Letters From the June 1/8, 2020, Issue

What’s the matter with San Fran?… Unspoken rules… The source of our disagreement…

May 19, 2020 / Our Readers, Noam Chomsky, and Susie Linfield

The Making of the Radical Republicans

The Making of the Radical Republicans The Making of the Radical Republicans

How did the struggle for emancipation become a mass politics?

May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

‘Tin Soldiers and Nixon’s Coming’

‘Tin Soldiers and Nixon’s Coming’ ‘Tin Soldiers and Nixon’s Coming’

The shootings at Kent State and Jackson State at 50.

May 4, 2020 / Robert Cohen and Michael Koncewicz

Kent State: 50 Years After the Shootings

Kent State: 50 Years After the Shootings Kent State: 50 Years After the Shootings

The radical notion that repression breeds resistance was borne out at Kent State in the years after the killings.

May 4, 2020 / Thomas M. Grace

Remembering the Jackson State Tragedy

Remembering the Jackson State Tragedy Remembering the Jackson State Tragedy

The violence wasn’t caused by anti-war student protest; it was another chapter in the long history of state violence against African Americans.

May 4, 2020 / Nancy K. Bristow

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