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Any True Recovery Must Include US Workers Any True Recovery Must Include US Workers

The pandemic has exacerbated the cruel inequities of the US economy.

Oct 27, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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Nuclear Weapons Have Always Been Immoral. Now They’re Illegal. Nuclear Weapons Have Always Been Immoral. Now They’re Illegal.

The UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has reached the 50 ratifications needed to become international law.

Oct 27, 2020 / Ray Acheson

Wake Up and Smell the Cheetos

Wake Up and Smell the Cheetos Wake Up and Smell the Cheetos

Public intervention. Phone booth, Rivington and Allen Streets, NYC 2020.

Oct 27, 2020 / OppArt / Maia Lorian

Two students and a parent, all wearing masks, check into NYU dorms.

International Students Don’t Want to Study in the US Anymore International Students Don’t Want to Study in the US Anymore

And with constant changes in immigration policy keeping them in a state of anxiety during the pandemic, who can blame them?

Oct 27, 2020 / StudentNation / Jimin Kang

Amy Coney Barrett

Republicans Have Confirmed Amy Coney Barrett—and Officially Captured the Supreme Court Republicans Have Confirmed Amy Coney Barrett—and Officially Captured the Supreme Court

There’s no longer any way for Democrats to stop her from ascending to the court, but they can stop her bad decisions from ruining millions of lives. They just need to get tough.

Oct 26, 2020 / Elie Mystal

What Amy Coney Barrett Means for the Future of Voting Rights

What Amy Coney Barrett Means for the Future of Voting Rights What Amy Coney Barrett Means for the Future of Voting Rights

Unless we act, I fear a return to Jim Crow regime under which my grandparents and tens of millions of Black people suffered is inevitable.

Oct 26, 2020 / Mondaire Jones

Standing on the White House balcony, Donald Trump removes his mask.

Trump’s Message of Covid-19 Happy Talk Amounts to Surrender Trump’s Message of Covid-19 Happy Talk Amounts to Surrender

Practicing the power of positive thinking and flirting with herd immunity, Trump is endangering his own reelection bid at the cost of countless lives.

Oct 26, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Vote for What You Believe In

Vote for What You Believe In Vote for What You Believe In

Words of optimism.

Oct 26, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

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The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers

Fewer and fewer reporters cover the local institutions whose decisions most directly affect their neighbors’ lives.

Oct 26, 2020 / Gwen Florio

Lack of Paid Leave Makes Our Economy So Fragile: A Q&A With Heather Boushey

Lack of Paid Leave Makes Our Economy So Fragile: A Q&A With Heather Boushey Lack of Paid Leave Makes Our Economy So Fragile: A Q&A With Heather Boushey

The economist predicted that America would be hit harder than our peers by the Covid pandemic because we don’t have national paid leave.

Oct 26, 2020 / Bryce Covert

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