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Biden Should Think Big in the Middle East

Biden Should Think Big in the Middle East Biden Should Think Big in the Middle East

We must address the interconnected conflicts there as the equivalent of a regional/world war. That requires an international conference under UN auspices.

Jan 12, 2021 / James Zogby

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We Need a Reckoning With Trump’s Enablers We Need a Reckoning With Trump’s Enablers

Those who for years turned a blind eye to his repeated assaults on democracy share moral culpability with Trump for what unfolded in the Capitol.

Jan 12, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

Housing Is a Right. During a Pandemic, It’s Also a Fight.

Housing Is a Right. During a Pandemic, It’s Also a Fight. Housing Is a Right. During a Pandemic, It’s Also a Fight.

In California’s agricultural heartland, farmworkers are fighting back against expensive rents, substandard housing, and economic disenfranchisement.

Jan 12, 2021 / David Bacon

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The World’s Greatest Democracy The World’s Greatest Democracy

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Jan 12, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow

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Letters From the January 25/February 1, 2021, Issue Letters From the January 25/February 1, 2021, Issue

Better to tax… Nuclear options… Power gridlock… An ailing system… The progressive future…

Jan 12, 2021 / Our Readers

Silver Lining

Silver Lining Silver Lining

The market is hitting record highs, even as the virus surges and millions go hungry. —The Washington Post Though others have suffered, the Wall Street guys got The bull-market prof…

Jan 12, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin

In the Epoch of Bronze

In the Epoch of Bronze In the Epoch of Bronze

We make the time pass. See, the devices laid out on the long tables, such ingenuity. This is the wave offering, this the heave offering. Waves of earth passing over you, into histo…

Jan 12, 2021 / Books & the Arts / G.C. Waldrep

The Hidden Workers of Silicon Valley

The Hidden Workers of Silicon Valley The Hidden Workers of Silicon Valley

Moira Weigel and Ben Tarnoff’s Voices From the Valley examines how the tech world has redefined our understanding work. 

Jan 12, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Clio Chang

Life Preserver

Life Preserver Life Preserver

It’s not pointless to love, finally. Just like training snakes, it calls for a refined technique and losing our shame of performing in front of the world in loincloths. And nerves…

Jan 12, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Javier Velaza

Joe Biden

Biden Should Do What Trump Never Could: End America’s Forever Wars Biden Should Do What Trump Never Could: End America’s Forever Wars

As we near 20 years of the War on Terror, it’s time for Biden to make good on his promise to end America’s failed military crusades.

Jan 11, 2021 / Nick Turse

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