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Roadside cow, Highway 1, Louisiana, 1998

Below the Belt

From emails sent in June to Michigan state legislator Lisa Brown after she spoke out against a bill restricting access to abortion. Brown ended her comments by saying, “Mr. Speaker,…

In Search of the Right to Vote

by Victoria Bassetti,

From Electoral Dysfunction, released in September by the New Press, in conjunction with a PBS documentary of the same name. The right of voting for representatives is the primary…

The Austerity Myth

by Jeff Madrick,

As economic adversity continues to spread, from Athens to Madrid, London to the Beltway, austerity has become a most dangerous idea. What now dominates the world is the popular theory…

The Maintenance Crew

by Thomas Frank,

Remember the moment when “the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal”? It was late in the spring of 2008, and that was one…

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Art by Arthur E. Giron,

Findings

by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

Poor Americans die five years younger than the rich and are likelier to say that parents should stay together for the sake of the children. Black Americans, unlike white Americans,…

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Roadside cow, Highway 1, Louisiana, 1998

Below the Belt

In Search of the Right to Vote

The Austerity Myth

The Maintenance Crew

Untitled

Findings

Untitled

Untitled

Untitled

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