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Tove Ditlevsen’s Unsentimental Education

Tove Ditlevsen’s Unsentimental Education Tove Ditlevsen’s Unsentimental Education

The Danish novelist and poet was a rare writer—one who shunned sentiment but not empathy in her stories.

Jul 13, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Lily Meyer

Mitch McConnell

The Republicans’ Agenda, Hidden in Plain Sight The Republicans’ Agenda, Hidden in Plain Sight

You can read the party’s priorities in the actions of the Supreme Court.

Jul 12, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Mo Farah standing with his arms crossed

Mo Farah Reveals That He Is a Survivor of Human Trafficking Mo Farah Reveals That He Is a Survivor of Human Trafficking

The legendary long-distance runner should be celebrated for his courage.

Jul 12, 2022 / Dave Zirin

Deadly InHuman Trafficking

Deadly InHuman Trafficking Deadly InHuman Trafficking

On June 26, 53 migrants (aged 13–53 years old) were found dead inside an abandoned trailer in Texas, in the nation’s deadliest smuggling attempt.

Jul 12, 2022 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

View of downtown Buffalo with City Hall reflecting in Lake Erie

Buffalo Community Activists Show How to Fight Gerrymandering Buffalo Community Activists Show How to Fight Gerrymandering

From the folks who backed India Walton, a community-led approach to redistricting.

Jul 12, 2022 / Geoff Kelly

The Thin Wall Separating Church and State Comes Tumbling Down

The Thin Wall Separating Church and State Comes Tumbling Down The Thin Wall Separating Church and State Comes Tumbling Down

What the Supreme Court did in its latest term puts us on a dangerous path that history taught us to avoid.

Jul 12, 2022 / Hector Villagra

Trump Was the “Central Figure” Who Set the Coup in Motion

Trump Was the “Central Figure” Who Set the Coup in Motion Trump Was the “Central Figure” Who Set the Coup in Motion

When Jamie Raskin says that Tuesday’s hearing will reveal evidence of wrongdoing by Trump that “cannot really be compared to anything else a president has done,” trust him.

Jul 12, 2022 / John Nichols

Harvard University

Dear Harvard, It’s Time to Reject Fossil Fuel Money Dear Harvard, It’s Time to Reject Fossil Fuel Money

The university’s recently announced Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability will need to ban oil and gas companies from funding its research.

Jul 12, 2022 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

Nation Poetry

We Are All God’s Poems We Are All God’s Poems

We all want to be joined in holy metonymy. You are a part of me, we want God to say, that stands for the whole of me. Instead of immanent, just say man. Instead of wishbone, just…

Jul 12, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Amit Majmudar

The Gilded Age of Magazines

The Gilded Age of Magazines The Gilded Age of Magazines

The decline and fall of the glossy.

Jul 12, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Lozano

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