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Letters From the January 14-21, 2019, Issue Letters From the January 14-21, 2019, Issue

Beyond family… Fox lite… One more lesson… No nukes are good nukes… Laying waste…

Dec 20, 2018 / Our Readers

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The State Where Black Women Are Twice as Likely to Die of Cervical Cancer as White Women The State Where Black Women Are Twice as Likely to Die of Cervical Cancer as White Women

Alabama’s painful racial legacy lives on in health-care inequality. 

Dec 17, 2018 / Michelle Chen

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Jazmine Headley’s Arrest Exposes the Punitive Design of Public Assistance Jazmine Headley’s Arrest Exposes the Punitive Design of Public Assistance

Welfare offices are the public face of a system designed to control, surveil, and penalize low-income women.

Dec 14, 2018 / Mariana Chilton

Affordable Housing

The US Housing Market is Deeply Unfair. Here’s How You Can Help. The US Housing Market is Deeply Unfair. Here’s How You Can Help.

In 99.6 percent of US counties, a full-time minimum-wage worker cannot afford an average one-bedroom apartment.

Dec 14, 2018 / Emmeline Clein

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Why Fixing Potholes Is Key to This Mayor’s Radical Political Agenda Why Fixing Potholes Is Key to This Mayor’s Radical Political Agenda

A conversation with Chokwe Antar Lumumba about poverty, race, and building a “dignity economy.”

Dec 13, 2018 / Greg Kaufmann

Yellow Vest Peaceful Protest

The Yellow Vest Revolt The Yellow Vest Revolt

The French uprising was never just about a fuel tax.

Dec 13, 2018 / Cole Stangler

Honduran Refugees in Guatemala

If Trump Wants to Curb Migration, He Shouldn’t Cut Foreign Aid If Trump Wants to Curb Migration, He Shouldn’t Cut Foreign Aid

Dita has been deported three times back to El Salvador. Now a USAID-funded organization gives her hope that she can thrive in her own country.

Dec 12, 2018 / Eileen Grench

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The Ideas Primary The Ideas Primary

US presidential contests may seem never-ending, but if the debate is about policy—instead of personality—is that such a bad thing?

Dec 10, 2018 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage

Your Ex Sucks, but Capitalism Sucks More

Your Ex Sucks, but Capitalism Sucks More Your Ex Sucks, but Capitalism Sucks More

Another reader asks about her trash-talking 10-year-old son.

Dec 7, 2018 / Liza Featherstone

People's Vote Sadiq Khan

Britain May Be Headed for a Constitutional Crisis Over Brexit Britain May Be Headed for a Constitutional Crisis Over Brexit

The issue has jammed up the nation’s politics, consumed it—and broken it. Does Labour have a solution?

Dec 6, 2018 / Rachel Shabi

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