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Scholar Robin D.G. Kelley on How Today’s Abolitionist Movement Can Fundamentally Change the CountryJeremy ScahillAn extended conversation with Kelley on the concept of racial capitalism and the current movement for police abolition.
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The Airline Industry Blocked Disclosure of Trade Data, Helping Conceal the Airlift of N95 Masks From the U.S. to ChinaLee FangThe full scale and scope of what happened — including types of masks shipped, prices, and destinations for the shipments — are still shrouded in mystery.
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Controversial Data-Mining Firm Palantir Vanishes From Biden Adviser’s Biography After She Joins CampaignMurtaza HussainWithin a few days of joining the Biden campaign, the biography of former top intelligence official Avril Haines no longer listed her work for Palantir.
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I Am a Book Critic. Here’s What Is Wrong With “Black Lists” — and What Is Good.Rich BenjaminWe are in the era of Black Lives Matter, but anti-racism books should not hold value only in relation to troubled times.
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How the NYPD Weaponized a Curfew Against Protesters and ResidentsRyan DevereauxFor six days, the city was plunged into a state of exception, giving law enforcement carte blanche to attack New Yorkers and interrogate demonstrators.
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A North Carolina City Bans Protests, Protecting Confederate MonumentAída ChávezThe Alamance County Sheriff’s Office threatened to arrest all protesters in the city of Graham, where a statue of Confederate soldier stands.
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Scientists Pin Blame for Some Coronavirus Deaths on Air Pollution, PFAS, and Other ChemicalsSharon LernerScientists say that low levels of industrial chemicals like PFAS, BPA, and phthalates are linked with conditions that make Covid-19 worse.
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In Buried Report, U.S. Government Admits Major Failures in Confronting Domestic TerrorismEric LichtblauThe analysis offers an unusually self-critical view of gaps and weaknesses in the government’s response to homegrown terror threats.
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Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Rights but Leaves the Door Open to New ChallengesJordan SmithChief Justice John Roberts delivered the fifth vote to overturn a Louisiana law, but his opinion still raised concerns among reproductive rights advocates.
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J Street Is Facing New Pressure to Back Conditioning Aid to IsraelRyan Grim, Maryam SalehIf J Street puts its lobbying operation to work, a majority of the Democratic caucus could support conditioning aid in response to Israeli annexation.
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K-Pop Fans Are Getting Involved in U.S. Politics. Are They Activists?Mariam ElbaWhile well-organized, K-pop fans are hardly a monolith. As they take action for BLM, the fandom itself is dealing with issues of harassment and racism.
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The Trump Administration Is Waiving the Public’s Right to Affordable Coronavirus TreatmentsSharon LernerAmid record unemployment, HHS is doling out more than $1 billion in coronavirus contracts that omit price-gouging safeguards.
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Chechnya Is Trying to Exterminate Gay People. Our Silence Only Emboldens Vladimir Putin and Ramzan Kadyrov.Mehdi HasanA new film, “Welcome to Chechnya,” documents the torture, disappearances, and extrajudicial killings of gay men in the Russian republic.
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Confederacy Inc.: Donald Trump, Racist Police, and the Whitewashing of HistoryInterceptedHistorians Nick Estes and Simon Balto are this week’s guests.
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