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Tokyo 2020 Olympics Coronavirus

The Tokyo Olympics Are In Peril The Tokyo Olympics Are In Peril

Staging the Olympics amid a state of emergency and a coronavirus upsurge has led top officials to question whether they should happen at all.

Jun 8, 2021 / Dave Zirin

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Get Back To Work Get Back To Work

The boss is always right.

Jun 8, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow

Hollow Thoughts and Prayers

Hollow Thoughts and Prayers Hollow Thoughts and Prayers

Government inaction as mass shootings mount.

Jun 7, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

When Sensitivity Becomes Censorship

When Sensitivity Becomes Censorship When Sensitivity Becomes Censorship

A restrictionist mentality is taking over certain segments of the left.

Jun 7, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema

Sinema’s Position on the Filibuster Echoes Goldwater’s Case Against Civil Rights Sinema’s Position on the Filibuster Echoes Goldwater’s Case Against Civil Rights

Her claim that the Senate must change “behavior,” not “rules,” calls to mind her Arizona predecessor’s argument that fighting racism required changing “hearts,” not laws.

Jun 4, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Echo Chambers

Echo Chambers Echo Chambers

Fossil Fools. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of May 31.

Jun 4, 2021 / Steve Brodner

Boris Johnson

Covid-19 Is a Boon for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Buds Covid-19 Is a Boon for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Buds

The British government’s latest “test to travel” scheme is providing yet another opportunity for Conservative officials’ friends—like Randox founder Peter FitzGerald—to profit from...

Jun 4, 2021 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Nancy Pelosi

Democrats Should Just Create More Federal Holidays Democrats Should Just Create More Federal Holidays

Arguing that Americans work too much is a winning political message.

Jun 4, 2021 / Ed Burmila

Andy Biggs press conf

The Miseducation of White Children The Miseducation of White Children

The attacks on critical race theory are just another attempt to prevent this country from reckoning with its racist past and present—by keeping white kids ignorant.

Jun 3, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Police D.C.

The Misplaced Hope of Understanding Police From the Inside The Misplaced Hope of Understanding Police From the Inside

Law professor Rosa Brooks became a volunteer cop to show how policing might be fixed. But are the police beyond reform?

Jun 3, 2021 / Katie Way

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