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Omicron Threat Looms

Omicron Threat Looms Omicron Threat Looms

Pandemic deaths surpass 800,000 in the USA and 5.40 million worldwide, with a new surge projected for January.

Jan 3, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Magic Mountain

Magic Mountain Magic Mountain

Shredder events.

Jan 1, 2021 / Steve Brodner

Breakfast Table With Jewish Newsletters

Breakfast Table With Jewish Newsletters Breakfast Table With Jewish Newsletters

An argument with myself.

Jan 1, 2021 / Wallace Shawn

argentina celebration

Argentina’s Decades-Long Fight to Legalize Abortion Ends in Victory Argentina’s Decades-Long Fight to Legalize Abortion Ends in Victory

The campaign to legalize abortion began sometime in the late 1970s, when the “grandmothers” of the green wave were living in exile across Europe.

Jan 1, 2021 / Cecilia Nowell

The Groundbreaking Honesty of Joe Sacco’s Comics Journalism

The Groundbreaking Honesty of Joe Sacco’s Comics Journalism The Groundbreaking Honesty of Joe Sacco’s Comics Journalism

His decades-long project of reportage in graphic form works like oral history—bearing witness to the historical traumas of his subjects.

Dec 28, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jillian Steinhauer

Teetering on the Edge: A Postcard From London

Teetering on the Edge: A Postcard From London Teetering on the Edge: A Postcard From London

The city bids goodbye to 2020 with Brexit brinkmanship and a return to lockdown.

Dec 28, 2020 / D.D. Guttenplan

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

Jose Alfredo stands between an American flag and a Cuban flag

Can Biden Finish What Obama Started With Cuba? Can Biden Finish What Obama Started With Cuba?

Here’s a smart blueprint for returning to normalized relations.

Dec 21, 2020 / Peter Kornbluh

Avril Haines

The CIA Is Running Death Squads in Afghanistan The CIA Is Running Death Squads in Afghanistan

Reports of atrocities supported by the American intelligence agency underscore the need to end America’s longest war.

Dec 21, 2020 / Jeet Heer

A group of people wearing face masks stand on a busy street.

Iran Is Nearing Collapse Under the Strain of Covid-19 Iran Is Nearing Collapse Under the Strain of Covid-19

Tens of millions are reeling under an unholy trinity of pandemic, US sanctions, and government misrule.

Dec 21, 2020 / Ahmad Jalalpour

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