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Pramila Jayapal Has Made Her Case to Be Pelosi’s Successor

Pramila Jayapal Has Made Her Case to Be Pelosi’s Successor Pramila Jayapal Has Made Her Case to Be Pelosi’s Successor

The chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus could be in line to step into the Democratic leader’s shoes.

Nov 26, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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When Real Life Feels More Like Science Fiction When Real Life Feels More Like Science Fiction

As almost happened in The War of the Worlds, we could kiss this planet goodbye—and if that’s not science fiction transformed into fact of the first order, what is?

Nov 26, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt

Dennis Cooper In A Loft In Soho, New York City.

Dennis Cooper’s Love Story of a Lifetime Dennis Cooper’s Love Story of a Lifetime

His new book, I Wished, asks: What can a novel do in the service of remembering a lost love?

Nov 26, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Kate Wolf

FL: Bari Weiss in Conversation with Alana Newhouse during the Miami Book Fair presented by Miami Dade College, Wolfson campus - Day Two

Who Is the University of Austin For? Who Is the University of Austin For?

The project’s uphill battle points to a deeper contradiction within what might be called neo-neoconservatism.

Nov 26, 2021 / Books & the Arts / David Klion

November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Violence against women is prevalent in public and private spaces around the world.

Nov 25, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Covid Year 2: About Suffering the Old Masters Were Never Wrong

Covid Year 2: About Suffering the Old Masters Were Never Wrong Covid Year 2: About Suffering the Old Masters Were Never Wrong

Deciding this is the new normal is a choice—about whose lives really matter, and how many deaths we can tolerate.

Nov 25, 2021 / Gregg Gonsalves

BLM Protest

How I Fight Racism in the World and Within Me How I Fight Racism in the World and Within Me

After George Floyd was killed, I questioned ways I’d been toning down my Blackness.

Nov 25, 2021 / StudentNation / Eli Elvin

F-35 Lockheed Martin

We’re Spending Money on War When We Could Be Building Roads We’re Spending Money on War When We Could Be Building Roads

Our problem in this country isn’t lack of funds, no matter what the Republicans, Manchin, and Sinema may claim.

Nov 25, 2021 / Andrea Mazzarino

’Tis the Season for DeJoy’s Removal

’Tis the Season for DeJoy’s Removal ’Tis the Season for DeJoy’s Removal

Firing Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is essential to ending the crisis at the USPS. But the agency needs more than a “return to quiet competence.”

Nov 25, 2021 / John Nichols

Unite-the-Right Rally Trial

Those Whiny Nazis Are Now Broke Nazis, Too Those Whiny Nazis Are Now Broke Nazis, Too

A victory for plaintiffs in Charlottesville is a warning to other blockheads looking to import white supremacist violence to diverse cities: It will cost you.

Nov 24, 2021 / Joan Walsh

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