Features
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Uranium Mine and Mill Workers are Dying, and Nobody Will Take Responsibility
In the Southwest, poisoned uranium workers are still seeking justice MORE
By Joseph Sorrentino
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We're Rethinking Prisons. Is It Time to Rethink Sex Offender Registries?
Criminal justice reform is in the air. But not for everyone. MORE
By Erica R. Meiners
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We Found the Coolest Populist in America, and He's Running for U.S. Senate
John Fetterman, mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, wants to fight for “legacy communities” and the soul of the Democratic Party MORE
By Kate Aronoff
Act Locally
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The Novel Defense That Climate Change Activists Are Using in Court
Not guilty on grounds of planetary necessity MORE
By Justyna Bicz
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With the Threat of Climate Collapse, Is It Time to Embrace Survivalism?
Why it might be worth prepping for a post-doomsday scenario MORE
By Molly M. Ginty
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How to Pass Gun Control in the Sixth-Most-Gun-Owning State in America
A Missoula ordinance could provide a model for life-saving legislation in states where guns ‘are a religion’ MORE
By Gabriel Furshong
Culture
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Exit Signs
How Not To Write About Gun Culture
Iain Overton’s book on gun culture completely misfires MORE
By Chris Lehmann
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Since the 43 Students Went Missing, 130 Bodies Have Been Found Outside Iguala, Mexico
The students’ bodies haven’t been found, except for one bone fragment. But rural Mexicans are seeking answers in a larger epidemic of disappearances—and unearthing graves. MORE
By Chantal Flores
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books
The Limits of New Dealism and Why We Need a New Progressive Theory of Political Economy
Historian Jefferson Cowie argues that the New Deal may have been a freak occurrence MORE
By Rich Yeselson
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From the Old Country
The Bittersweetness of Tidying Up
Getting rid of old baggage, political as well as material MORE
By Jane Miller
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Óscar Martínez's New Book Vividly Demonstrates Why People Are Fleeing Central America
In ‘a History of Violence,’ the reporter and award-winning author of ‘The Beast’ looks at endemic drug violence MORE
By Ilan Stavans
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Take Two
'London Has Fallen' and the 9/11-ization of Entertainment
The sequel to ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ shows our ever-more-extravagant taste for destruction MORE
By Michael Atkinson
Columnists
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Back Talk
Without Black Lives Matter, Would Flint's Water Crisis Have Made Headlines?
The mainstream media learns what ‘environmental racism’ means. MORE
By Susan J. Douglas
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Views
The Racist Agenda Behind the Now-Dead 'Friedrichs' Supreme Court Case
A negative ruling would have led to a closing of the on-ramp to the middle class for women and people of color. MORE
By Naomi Walker