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Liz Shuler, the head of the AFL-CIO, thinks it’s OK to open a conference alongside the would-be architects of labor’s destruction.
Jul 20, 2022 / Jonathan Rosenblum
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How a nativist interpretation of the religion seized our institutions.
Jul 20, 2022 / Piotr H. Kosicki
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Jul 19, 2022 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
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Our country is in the midst of a legitimacy crisis, with the Supreme Court at the heart of it. Here’s how we can fix it.
Jul 19, 2022 / Representative Ilhan Omar
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Jul 19, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Zoya Qureshi
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Can we rebuild trust in government institutions, or are we headed for a far grimmer America in the near future?
Jul 19, 2022 / Karen J. Greenberg
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In their attack on libraries, megapublishers roll a Trojan horse into the courts.
Jul 18, 2022 / Maria Bustillos
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As of July 11, there have been 330 mass shootings in the USA this year.
Jul 18, 2022 / OppArt / Becky Edmunds