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Aug 25, 2023 • 28min

Kehsi Iman Wilson on Americans with Disabilities Act

The ADA demands all kinds of attention, every day—not a once a year pat on the back about "how far we’ve come."
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Aug 18, 2023 • 28min

Baher Azmy on Abu Ghraib Torture Lawsuit, Thomas Germain on Online History Destruction

Unlike elite media’s misty memories, the lawsuit is a stubborn indication that those responsible for Abu Ghraib haven't been called to account.
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Aug 11, 2023 • 28min

Shankar Narayan on Facial Misrecognition, Braxton Brewington on Student Debt Abolition

Facial recognition, a technology that has been proven wrong, has been deemed harmful, in principle and in practice, for years now.
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Aug 4, 2023 • 28min

Teddy Ostrow on UPS/Teamsters Agreement, Matthew Cunningham-Cook on GOP Climate Sabotage

Elite media are deeply accustomed to calling any union action a harm, and any company acknowledgment of workers’ value a concession.
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Jul 28, 2023 • 28min

Melissa Crow on Asylum Restrictions, Dave Zirin on NYT’s Vanishing Sports Section

Advocates have long declared that Biden’s asylum restrictions are not just harmful but unlawful. And a federal judge has just agreed.
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Jul 21, 2023 • 28min

Kevin Minofu on Say Her Name

Say Her Name is about adding Black women to our understanding of police violence—to help make our response more meaningful and impactful.
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Jul 14, 2023 • 28min

Arlene Martínez on Corporate Subsidies, Florín Nájera-Uresti on Journalism Preservation

White supremacy and economic policy are completely different stories for the press, but not for the people.
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Jul 7, 2023 • 28min

Emily Sanders on How Not to Interview an Oil CEO, Kaufman & Bozuwa on Fighting Climate Disrupters

There is no way to fight climate disruption without fighting climate disrupters.
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Jun 30, 2023 • 28min

Taryn Abbassian and Others on Dobbs One Year Later

The impacts of the Dobbs ruling are still reverberating, as is the organized pushback that we can learn about and support.
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Jun 23, 2023 • 28min

Nancy Altman on GOP Social Security Attack, Daniel Ellsberg Revisited

When Daniel Ellsberg died, media burnished their own reputation as truth-tellers while somehow dishonoring the practice of truth-telling.

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