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The Unemployed Epidemiologist Who Predicted the Pandemic

The Unemployed Epidemiologist Who Predicted the Pandemic The Unemployed Epidemiologist Who Predicted the Pandemic

For years, Rob Wallace warned that industrial agriculture could cause deadly outbreaks at a global scale. It made him an exile in his field.

Aug 30, 2021 / Feature / Eamon Whalen

Harry Reid

The Centrist Who Taught the Left The Centrist Who Taught the Left

How Senator Harry Reid became the most influential mentor to the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.

Aug 24, 2021 / Feature / Eoin Higgins

The former Kamloops Indian Residential School in Kamloops, Canada.

Truth and Justification: On the Cruelties Against Indigenous People Truth and Justification: On the Cruelties Against Indigenous People

Five centuries on, the Doctrine of Christian Discovery is still being used—underpinning all Indian land law in this nation and across much of the globe.

Aug 23, 2021 / Gaeñ hia uh

Return to School

Are Bans Against School Mask Mandates Against the Law? Are Bans Against School Mask Mandates Against the Law?

The Biden administration may use disability rights legislation to require masks in schools.

Aug 23, 2021 / StudentNation / David M. Perry

Bernie Sanders’s Third Campaign

Bernie Sanders’s Third Campaign Bernie Sanders’s Third Campaign

As chair of the Senate Budget Committee, Sanders’s big-government message has found its moment.

Aug 23, 2021 / Feature / John Nichols

Have Democrats Become the Party of the Rich?

Have Democrats Become the Party of the Rich? Have Democrats Become the Party of the Rich?

If you’re waiting for Democrats to talk as frankly about wealth as they do about race, don’t hold your breath.

Aug 20, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich

Activists Rally Against Evictions In New York City

How the Eviction Moratorium Got Through How the Eviction Moratorium Got Through

As the deadline neared, the White House floundered and progressives took action.

Aug 19, 2021 / Column / Aída Chávez

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming.

If Liz Cheney’s Assigning Blame for an “Epic Failure” in Afghanistan, She Can Start With Her Father If Liz Cheney’s Assigning Blame for an “Epic Failure” in Afghanistan, She Can Start With Her Father

Dick Cheney created the mess Joe Biden is cleaning up.

Aug 17, 2021 / John Nichols

US First Lady Laura Bush visits Afghanistan

White Feminists Wanted to Invade White Feminists Wanted to Invade

Afghan women never asked for US air strikes.

Aug 17, 2021 / Rafia Zakaria

Charles Koch

The Radical Capitalist Behind the Critical Race Theory Furor The Radical Capitalist Behind the Critical Race Theory Furor

How a dark-money mogul bankrolled an astroturf backlash.

Aug 13, 2021 / Column / Jasmine Banks

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