27 June 2020
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The Left’s Resurgence Is For Real
Jamaal Bowman and other progressive and socialist challengers had a very good night, while Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez cruised to victory—proving that the left wing is a force to be reckoned with.
BY MILES KAMPF-LASSIN
First You Bomb and Starve a Country. Then You’re Praised for Sending in Aid.
The perverse diplomatic charade of Saudi Arabia starting a fire then getting credit for providing fire blankets.
BY SARAH LAZARE
Derek Chauvin and Amy Cooper Are One and The Same
Bogus allegations waged by white women are just as dangerous as police brutality—and come from the same callous privilege.
BY CHANDRA THOMAS WHITFIELD
The Long List of Names That Came Before Breonna Taylor and George Floyd
Samuel Williams. Tyisha Miller. Amadou Diallo. Eric Garner. I’ve reported their names for decades. This time feels different.
BY SALIM MUWAKKIL
It’s Not Just Covid That Has Hondurans Starving. It’s Also U.S. Policy.
“If we don’t die of Covid, we will die of hunger,” says Honduran activist Albertina López Melgar.
BY MEGHAN KRAUSCH
In U.S. Counties Where Lynchings Were Prevalent, Police Are More Likely to Shoot Black People
Areas with higher numbers of lynchings from 1877 to 1950 have more officer-involved shootings of Black Americans today.
BY JHACOVA WILLIAMS AND CARL ROMER
WORKING IN THESE TIMES
AFL-CIO Leader Richard Trumka Defends Police Unions by Comparing Them to Employers
Trumka's somewhat baffling defense of police unions would seem to imply that they're an opponent to be bargained against.
BY HAMILTON NOLAN
RURAL AMERICA IN THESE TIMES
Bringing Back the Buffalo Was Always Important to the Rosebud Sioux. The Pandemic Made It Urgent
Once numbering in the tens of millions, buffalo carved ecological niches continent-wide for innumerable other plants and animals.
BY STEPHANIE WOODARD
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