Society

Democrats Can Win in Ohio. Will They Choose the Right Strategy?

Democrats Can Win in Ohio. Will They Choose the Right Strategy? Democrats Can Win in Ohio. Will They Choose the Right Strategy?

They must recreate the multiracial coalition that succeeded last year in Georgia and Arizona—and twice won the Buckeye State for Obama.

Mar 4, 2021 / Steve Phillips

Pele documentary

How Pelé Sold Out How Pelé Sold Out

A new Netflix documentary revisits the soccer star’s illustrious World Cup career during a pivotal period in Brazilian history.

Mar 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Miguel Salazar

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The Pandemic Has Laid Bare the Cruel Burdens Placed on Single Mothers The Pandemic Has Laid Bare the Cruel Burdens Placed on Single Mothers

Any recovery from the pandemic must help single mothers escape poverty and gain the support they need.

Mar 4, 2021 / Aja Beech

Covid Memorial

Covid at 1 Year and Counting: The American Book of the Dead Covid at 1 Year and Counting: The American Book of the Dead

Beware the light at the end of the tunnel…

Mar 4, 2021 / Mike Davis for The Nation

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Kelly Loeffler Just Lost Her WNBA Team to a Player She Refused to Meet Kelly Loeffler Just Lost Her WNBA Team to a Player She Refused to Meet

A massive story just went down in Atlanta, if we take the time to acknowledge it.

Mar 3, 2021 / Dave Zirin

Oakland

Trump Made His ‘American Carnage’ Fever Dream True Trump Made His ‘American Carnage’ Fever Dream True

In the US, 500,000 people are dead, but the toll is higher and Covid is but one measure of public health.

Mar 3, 2021 / Matt Nelson

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I Would Not, Could Not, Read Those Books to Kids! I Would Not, Could Not, Read Those Books to Kids!

Dr. Seuss Enterprises was absolutely right to ditch six racist Seuss books—and no, that's not cancel culture in action.

Mar 3, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Woke

Woke Woke

Fighting for justice.

Mar 3, 2021 / OppArt / Mac McGill

texas planned parenthood

Planned Parenthood Returns to Rural Texas Planned Parenthood Returns to Rural Texas

The provider reopened a clinic in deep-red Lubbock—a rebuke to the dismantling of the state’s reproductive health care safety net over the past decade.

Mar 2, 2021 / Kaysie Ellingson, Sophie Novack, and The Texas Observer

The US Reaches 500,000 Deaths From the Coronavirus

The US Reaches 500,000 Deaths From the Coronavirus The US Reaches 500,000 Deaths From the Coronavirus

The pandemic is disproportionately impacting communities of color.

Mar 2, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

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