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Harvard Divest protest

How Students Pressured Harvard to Divest From Fossil Fuels– and Won How Students Pressured Harvard to Divest From Fossil Fuels– and Won

Climate activists at other institutions can learn from Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard after their victory at the world’s richest university.

Sep 14, 2021 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

U.S. Senate Continues Debate On Infrastructure Bill

Cutting the $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan Would Be Political Malpractice Cutting the $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan Would Be Political Malpractice

Joe Manchin’s lobbyist-influenced advice threatens to ruin Democratic chances in 2022.

Sep 13, 2021 / John Nichols

First Texas Came for Abortion. Now It’s Going After Voting Rights.

First Texas Came for Abortion. Now It’s Going After Voting Rights. First Texas Came for Abortion. Now It’s Going After Voting Rights.

Just a week after Texas’s abortion ban went into effect, Governor Greg Abbot signed a draconian voter suppression bill into law.

Sep 13, 2021 / Elie Mystal

George W. Bush

George W. Bush Still Owes the World an Apology George W. Bush Still Owes the World an Apology

In his speech marking the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Bush made no attempt at taking responsibility for the tragedies that followed that awful day.

Sep 13, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Fighting the New Jim Crow

Fighting the New Jim Crow Fighting the New Jim Crow

Republicans push to roll back voting rights.

Sep 13, 2021 / OppArt / Sue Coe

David Gilbert

David Gilbert Should Be Free David Gilbert Should Be Free

Given his perfect 40-year record, denial by the Parole Board would signal that prison is just about punishment and revenge.

Sep 13, 2021 / John Mage

Attica Prison Riot

Honoring Attica After Half a Century Honoring Attica After Half a Century

It’s time to demand law enforcement accountability for the death of unarmed citizens not just on America’s streets but also in our prisons.

Sep 13, 2021 / Heather Ann Thompson

I Lost My Home to the Climate Crisis. You Could Too.

I Lost My Home to the Climate Crisis. You Could Too. I Lost My Home to the Climate Crisis. You Could Too.

Greenville offers a glimpse of our future under climate change.

Sep 13, 2021 / Jane Braxton Little

Adalbert Stifter’s View of Oberplan

Adalbert Stifter’s Disappearing World Adalbert Stifter’s Disappearing World

His uncanny writing bears witness to the early stages of capitalism offering a glimpse of the natural world before modernity.

Sep 13, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Ratik Asokan

Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks

Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks

The September 11 terrorist attacks against the United States by Al Qaeda resulted in 2,977 fatalities, over 25,000 injuries.

Sep 11, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

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