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USA Homegrown Terrorism

USA Homegrown Terrorism USA Homegrown Terrorism

No other country makes buying assault weapons so easy.

Aug 9, 2019 / OppArt / Edel Rodriguez

Toni Morrison’s Cosmos

Toni Morrison’s Cosmos Toni Morrison’s Cosmos

Like a new planet, she shifted the flow of gravity in American culture.

Aug 8, 2019 / Jesse McCarthy

Why Do We Hate Immigrants?

Why Do We Hate Immigrants? Why Do We Hate Immigrants?

Whether we are indigenous to this land, whether we came in the hull of a slave ship or landed at Ellis Island, our government’s brutal response to the migrant crisis is an affront ...

Aug 8, 2019 / Kevin Powell

Gillibrand, Harris, Castro, and Booker after the second Democratic debate in Detroit

The Democratic Debates Don’t Need to Be This Awful The Democratic Debates Don’t Need to Be This Awful

Progressive Democrats can and should demand deeper and sharper lines of questioning and more diverse moderators.

Aug 8, 2019 / John Nichols

Puzzle No. 3506

Puzzle No. 3506 Puzzle No. 3506

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Nobel-winning author is yellowish, and sadly blue on the inside (4,6)  6 50 percent failure dogs onboard computer (…

Aug 8, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Jia Tolentino On Wringing Joy Out of Our Nightmare World

Jia Tolentino On Wringing Joy Out of Our Nightmare World Jia Tolentino On Wringing Joy Out of Our Nightmare World

The New Yorker staff writer talks to us about all the cultural obsessions and crises she chronicles in her debut nonfiction collection Trick Mirror.  

Aug 8, 2019 / Quinn Moreland

New Belgium Brewing

Fighting Capitalism With Capitalism Fighting Capitalism With Capitalism

What if employee-owned businesses were the key to a healthier, more humane economy?

Aug 8, 2019 / Nathan Schneider

Endangering America for the Gun Lobby

Endangering America for the Gun Lobby Endangering America for the Gun Lobby

Terrorism is mounting, yet the GOP blocks sensible gun restrictions.

Aug 8, 2019 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Baltimore Houses

Who Broke Baltimore? We Did. Who Broke Baltimore? We Did.

Baltimore’s decline isn’t an accident. It took decades of government intervention and hundreds of millions of dollars.

Aug 8, 2019 / Emily Lieb

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It’s Time to Repeal—and Replace—the Second Amendment It’s Time to Repeal—and Replace—the Second Amendment

The meaning of the amendment has been so badly mangled that our only choice is to start over with something that allows for real gun control.

Aug 7, 2019 / Elie Mystal

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