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Culture War in the K-12 Classroom

Culture War in the K-12 Classroom Culture War in the K-12 Classroom

The Trump-era GOP’s insatiable appetite for red-meat issues has led to a wholesale attack on public education.

Jun 22, 2021 / Feature / Jennifer C. Berkshire

The Dangers of Working While Black on Wall Street

The Dangers of Working While Black on Wall Street The Dangers of Working While Black on Wall Street

Financial institutions say they’re committed to racial justice, but complaints of racism often backfire against those who raise them.

Jun 21, 2021 / Feature / Susan Antilla

Court appointments

Will Democratic Court Nominations Live Up to Biden’s Promises? Will Democratic Court Nominations Live Up to Biden’s Promises?

In spite of signs of increased diversity, some Democrats have insisted on sticking to a pro-corporate agenda.

Jun 16, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Andrew Cuomo

Mediocre Men Have Failed New York Mediocre Men Have Failed New York

Why women are primed to step in and govern.

Jun 16, 2021 / Column / Alexis Grenell

Biden Has an Opportunity to Begin Rebuilding the US’s Fractured Relationship With Russia

Biden Has an Opportunity to Begin Rebuilding the US’s Fractured Relationship With Russia Biden Has an Opportunity to Begin Rebuilding the US’s Fractured Relationship With Russia

Relations between the United States and Russia have reached a particularly perilous moment.

Jun 15, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Senator Mitch McConnell

McConnell Explains How He’ll Steal Another Supreme Court Pick From Another Democratic President McConnell Explains How He’ll Steal Another Supreme Court Pick From Another Democratic President

The Republican signals that if his party retakes the Senate, he’ll block Biden’s high court nominees in 2024—and very probably in 2023.

Jun 15, 2021 / John Nichols

I Am a Man

The Right’s War on History and Truth The Right’s War on History and Truth

The United States may be on the verge of an even greater historical cover-up than that of the Tulsa massacre.

Jun 15, 2021 / Ben Jealous

Miguel Cardona

What’s Joe Biden’s Plan for Education? What’s Joe Biden’s Plan for Education?

Rather than forge a new path, so far Biden has simply dusted off the tired playbook employed by centrist administrations from George H.W. Bush to Barack Obama.

Jun 15, 2021 / Jennifer C. Berkshire and Jack Schneider

Media Executives Meet With Attorney General Merrick Garland At The Dept. Of Justice

Congress Can’t Ignore the Trump DOJ’s Apparent Abuse of Power Congress Can’t Ignore the Trump DOJ’s Apparent Abuse of Power

Secretly collecting communications data from reporters, members of Congress, and even his own White House counsel seems like more evidence of Trump’s lawlessness.

Jun 14, 2021 / Joan Walsh

How Unite Here Turned the West’s Biggest Red State Blue

How Unite Here Turned the West’s Biggest Red State Blue How Unite Here Turned the West’s Biggest Red State Blue

Arizona was pivotal in the 2020 presidential election. Its shift was no accident.

Jun 14, 2021 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

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