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Chinatown Tenants Challenge Evictions
Chinatown has emerged as a battleground in the continuing war over gentrification in New York City. In the latest…
De Blasio Gets an Earful at Queens Town Hall
Amid protests and a police presence that turned Astoria’s P.S. 70 into a fortress, locals pressed Mayor Bill de…
Busting America’s Welfare Myth
Conservative mythmaking has largely shaped and directed our national dialogue on welfare and government assistance for the past fifty…
Trump Nominating Torture Proponents to Key Posts
It should come as no surprise to anyone that Donald Trump is pro-torture. He said on the campaign trail…
Sufjan Stevens’ Big, Messy Universe
The fate of Earth seems to hang in the balance these days. Misery and mystery surround us, not to…
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Something Unsettling in the Air: On the Enduring Importance of Arthur Miller
Seventy years after his initial Broadway success with All My Sons and 12 years after his death, Arthur Miller…
Naomi Klein: Overcoming the Trumpian Nightmare
Activist and bestselling author Naomi Klein discusses her new book, No is Not Enough, the roots of the Trump…
In Rare Act of Democracy, UN Moves to Ban the Bomb
On July 7, 2017, at a UN Conference mandated by the UN General Assembly to negotiate a treaty to…