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Governor Tim Walz gets a huge hug from students at Webster Elementary in Minneapolis, after he signed into law a bill that guarantees free school meals for every student in Minnesota's public schools.

The Harris-Walz Vision for Public Schools The Harris-Walz Vision for Public Schools

Their agenda breaks with decades of Democratic thinking about education.

Aug 28, 2024 / Jennifer C. Berkshire

Kamala Harris giving a speech and smiling

The Kamala Surprise, Plus the Crisis of the Constitution The Kamala Surprise, Plus the Crisis of the Constitution

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Harold Meyerson on the campaign and Erwin Chemerinsky on the case for a new Constitution.

Aug 28, 2024 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Natasha Trethewey’s Life in Poetry and Prose

Natasha Trethewey’s Life in Poetry and Prose Natasha Trethewey’s Life in Poetry and Prose

A work of biography, an essay on literature and memory and the South, a prose poem full of lyrical dexterity, Trethewey's latest book is like all of her others: a master study of ...

Aug 28, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Edna Bonhomme

Kamala Harris speaks during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on August 22, 2024.

After Chicago: The Challenge Facing Harris After Chicago: The Challenge Facing Harris

August 28, 2024 After Chicago: The Challenge Facing Harris Will she demonstrate clearly why she’s the true champion of working people? Robert L. Borosage Share Copy Link Facebook X…

Aug 28, 2024 / Robert L. Borosage

The Genius of Garth Greenwell

The Genius of Garth Greenwell The Genius of Garth Greenwell

Set abroad or at home, in unfamiliar worlds an ocean away or in an intensive care unit in Iowa, Greenwell's novels are songs of the self and of the United States as a whole.

Aug 28, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold

Oprah Winfrey departs after speaking on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 21 in Chicag

Black Women Are the Past, Present, and Future of the Democratic Party Black Women Are the Past, Present, and Future of the Democratic Party

This moment in history is almost too complex to be appreciated.

Aug 27, 2024 / Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman and Jennifer Taylor-Skinner

The Death Toll in Gaza Reaches Over 40,000

The Death Toll in Gaza Reaches Over 40,000 The Death Toll in Gaza Reaches Over 40,000

Israel’s war on Gaza has resulted in over 40,000 deaths, including nearly 16,500 children, with more than 94,743 people injured, over 10,000 people missing, and millions displaced....

Aug 27, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Buffy (Darren Robinson) of the Fat Boys in Chicago, 1985.

Questlove’s Personal History of Hip-Hop Questlove’s Personal History of Hip-Hop

An elegiac retelling of rap's origins, Hip-Hop Is History also ends with a sense of hope.

Aug 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen

Rachel Kushner’s  Brilliant Avant-Garde Spy Thriller

Rachel Kushner’s Brilliant Avant-Garde Spy Thriller Rachel Kushner’s Brilliant Avant-Garde Spy Thriller

In Creation Lake, Kushner transforms the genre's familiar plot twists and turns into a study of the many fictions we tell one another.

Aug 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Nicolás Medina Mora

Former US president Donald Trump speaks to members of the media after testifying in his civil fraud trial at the New York State Supreme Court in New York City on November 6, 2023.

Trump Sues the Justice Department for $100 Million Trump Sues the Justice Department for $100 Million

Déjà vu all over again.

Aug 27, 2024 / James D. Zirin

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