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This California Law Offers Biden a Tool in the Fight for Environmental Justice

This California Law Offers Biden a Tool in the Fight for Environmental Justice This California Law Offers Biden a Tool in the Fight for Environmental Justice

With a community-based approach, AB 617 could help guide Biden’s EPA in leveraging the 1970 Clean Air Act to fight for racial justice.

Dec 24, 2020 / Benjamin Ryan

Jon Batiste plays a rainbow-colored piano outdoors as people in surgical masks walk by

Modern Hollywood Discovers Its Jazz ‘Soul’ Modern Hollywood Discovers Its Jazz ‘Soul’

Pixar’s Christmas release is the best jazz film in a long time. But then, there isn’t a lot of competition.

Dec 24, 2020 / Ethan Iverson

John Locke and America’s Cult of Private Property

John Locke and America’s Cult of Private Property John Locke and America’s Cult of Private Property

Californians both voted to protect their private property rights and for Biden by a nearly two-to-one margin. How do those two things square?

Dec 24, 2020 / Rachael Scarborough King

Manuel's Tavern

A Campaign Under Quarantine A Campaign Under Quarantine

In Georgia, the last stand of the 2020 election finds both political organizing and reporting hampered by lockdown.

Dec 23, 2020 / Timothy Pratt

Donald Trump sits at his desk in the Oval Office, making a pouting face

Trump’s Chaos Makes Christmas Come Early for Nancy Pelosi Trump’s Chaos Makes Christmas Come Early for Nancy Pelosi

His final month in office is a roller coaster as he threatens a coup, issues vile pardons, and disrupts the stimulus deal.

Dec 23, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter

A constant fight for freedom, equality, and unity, to change America’s culture of racism.

Dec 23, 2020 / OppArt / Angelique Scott

Ebenezer McConnell

Ebenezer McConnell Ebenezer McConnell

On the chance that the heartless majority leader is not confronted by spirits on Christmas Eve, the voters of Georgia should be prepared to intervene on January 5.

Dec 23, 2020 / John Nichols

Smoking Meat, Hoping to Survive

Smoking Meat, Hoping to Survive Smoking Meat, Hoping to Survive

For a neighborhood BBQ joint, the struggle is real.

Dec 23, 2020 / Kevin Alexander Gray

Paul Farmer on How We Tell the Story of a Pandemic

Paul Farmer on How We Tell the Story of a Pandemic Paul Farmer on How We Tell the Story of a Pandemic

A conversation with Dr. Farmer about his new book on the 2014 Ebola crisis, clinical nihilism, and public health’s failure of imagination.

Dec 23, 2020 / Q&A / Connor Goodwin

How the Movement for Black Lives Helped Defeat Trump in Arizona

How the Movement for Black Lives Helped Defeat Trump in Arizona How the Movement for Black Lives Helped Defeat Trump in Arizona

While some Democrats have taken to blaming racial-justice activism for their party’s poor showing in down-ballot races, Arizona activist Lola N’Sangou tells a very different story.

Dec 23, 2020 / Q&A / Jessica Suriano

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