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The Stories We Tell About Class

The Stories We Tell About Class The Stories We Tell About Class

A conversation with Eula Biss about the nature of work, leisure, consumption, and her new book Having and Being Had.

Sep 16, 2020 / Q&A / Tal Milovina

California’s Desert Ecosystems Will Never Recover

California’s Desert Ecosystems Will Never Recover California’s Desert Ecosystems Will Never Recover

Fire in the Anthropocene has become the environmental equivalent of nuclear war.

Sep 16, 2020 / Feature / Mike Davis

Mural

‘We Are Civilization’s Anchor. We Are the Compass for Humanity and Conscience.’ ‘We Are Civilization’s Anchor. We Are the Compass for Humanity and Conscience.’

In the midst of death, thinking about life, art, the water’s edge, and Paul Robeson.

Sep 16, 2020 / Aja Beech

Philadelphia Police Block Traffic

A Movement for Housing Justice Is Camped Out on Philly Streets A Movement for Housing Justice Is Camped Out on Philly Streets

Activists gather to protect encampments and demand that the city transfer buildings to a community land trust.

Sep 16, 2020 / Chris Gelardi

Jails Are Designed to Keep Inmates Hidden

Jails Are Designed to Keep Inmates Hidden Jails Are Designed to Keep Inmates Hidden

A photographic record of the Tombs, one of New York City’s most notorious detention complexes.

Sep 16, 2020 / Hannah La Follette Ryan

Jon Ossoff speaks to the media, surrounded by a supportive crowd.

Why Are Democratic Super PACs Wasting Millions? Why Are Democratic Super PACs Wasting Millions?

There’s minimal oversight and accountability, inadequate use of data, and their leaders have little insight into the communities they’re targeting.

Sep 15, 2020 / Steve Phillips

Poll workers

It’s Going to Be a Long November It’s Going to Be a Long November

A game plan for every election outcome this year. 

Sep 15, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A crowd cheers, a woman with a

Trump’s Nevada Rally Is a Mockery to Millions Trump’s Nevada Rally Is a Mockery to Millions

It flies in the face of CDC guidelines and insults all Americans who have sacrificed to slow the pandemic’s spread.

Sep 15, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

The Police Are Lying in LA and the Media Is Falling for It—Again

The Police Are Lying in LA and the Media Is Falling for It—Again The Police Are Lying in LA and the Media Is Falling for It—Again

In the wake of the brutal shooting of two police officers, the sheriff's department is trying to fabricate a case against Black Lives Matter, and journalists are playing along.

Sep 15, 2020 / Elie Mystal

Lesbos Fire

Refugees Face Fire and Terror in Greece Refugees Face Fire and Terror in Greece

Burned out of their homes, they now confront tear gas from police, beatings by fascists, and threats of imprisonment by the government.

Sep 15, 2020 / Jesse Rosenfeld

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