Society

Black Lives Matter Protest

Reckoning With a Year of Shared Isolation, Pandemic, and Protest Reckoning With a Year of Shared Isolation, Pandemic, and Protest

The pandemic has energized collective action on both the left and right.

Feb 26, 2021 / Jeet Heer

Blizzard Conditions

United States of Trauma United States of Trauma

Depletion allowance. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of  February 22.

Feb 26, 2021 / Steve Brodner

Cutting Down Our Future

Cutting Down Our Future Cutting Down Our Future

No infinite growth on a finite planet.

Feb 26, 2021 / OppArt / Michele Guieu

Why Xavier Becerra Is a Smart Pick to Run HHS

Why Xavier Becerra Is a Smart Pick to Run HHS Why Xavier Becerra Is a Smart Pick to Run HHS

As California’s attorney general, he fought to strengthen his state’s social safety net—which we must do nationally if we are to improve public health and lick the coronavirus.

Feb 26, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

Truck w/ LED STOP DEPORTATION messages

It’s Still Time to Abolish ICE It’s Still Time to Abolish ICE

There has never been a better moment to move past enforcement-focused immigration strategies.

Feb 26, 2021 / César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández

NCAA Basketball Coronavirus

Welcome to the Real March Madness Welcome to the Real March Madness

So called amateur athletes are being treated like professionals in every way except getting paid.

Feb 25, 2021 / Dave Zirin

Trump Opened the American Pandora’s Box

Trump Opened the American Pandora’s Box Trump Opened the American Pandora’s Box

The ex-president empowers historic hatred.

Feb 25, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

We Must Change the Way We Measure Economic Health

We Must Change the Way We Measure Economic Health We Must Change the Way We Measure Economic Health

Our primary focus should be on improving the lives of our most marginalized—and without an arbitrary price tag.

Feb 25, 2021 / Jhumpa Bhattacharya and Andrea Flynn

Mexico marijuana legalization

Mexico Could Soon Become the Largest Legal Marijuana Market in the World Mexico Could Soon Become the Largest Legal Marijuana Market in the World

But activists say the law fails to address the widespread pain that decades of militarized enforcement have caused.

Feb 25, 2021 / Photo Essay / Maya Averbuch

Mark Zuckerberg Facebook

Facebook Remains a Threat to Democracy Facebook Remains a Threat to Democracy

Resisting a push for regulation and protective of right-wing extremism, the social media giant is making fake concessions that only increase its power.

Feb 24, 2021 / Jeet Heer

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