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    Nov 12

    Sooner or later, the next recession will come—and with it, a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the US economy. Today we published a series of pieces about how the left can avoid squandering the next crisis. Edited & introduced by

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  2. 9 hours ago

    A downturn will (eventually) come—and with it, a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the US economy.

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  3. 21 hours ago

    “Art has allowed me to be a very complicated being where I can talk about fossil fuels, and masturbation, and climate, and gender justice." —

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  4. 23 hours ago

    It may still be unclear which Democrat is best positioned to beat Donald Trump, but we know one thing: The answer is not Joe Biden.

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  5. Nov 16

    We need fearless independent journalism now more than ever—and if you subscribe, we'll throw in full access to our archives dating back to 1865.

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  6. Nov 16

    In 2012, the Chicago Teachers Union rewrote the playbook for a successful strike. Now, in 2019, they've done it again.

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  7. Nov 16

    An asylum officer says the Trump administration's asylum policy "violates international law."

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  8. Nov 16

    “Why don’t they let us die in the sea, without pain? It’s better for us than to leave us here to die,” said a detained refugee in Libya about the EU.

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  9. Nov 16

    "No one works well eight hours a day. No one ought to work more than four hours." —Kurt Vonnegut

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  10. Nov 16

    The Chicago Teachers Union has voted to ratify its hard-won new contract, sealing the deal on a significant victory.

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  11. Nov 16

    The framers were thinking of a person like Trump when they wrote the Constitution.

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  12. Nov 16

    A reader asks what she should do with a friend whose husband joined a racist political party. Read answer, but what would you tell her?

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  13. Nov 16

    The Chicago Teachers Strike Was a Lesson in 21st Century Organizing

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  14. Nov 16

    Matthew Lopez is not afraid to be political, not when just to live one’s life openly can still be a rebellious act.

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  15. Nov 16

    What the state no longer provides, individuals and families must—and those providers tend to be women.

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  16. Nov 16

    Unburden yourself in Carmen Maria Machado's Dream House.

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  17. Nov 16

    The next crash will be a chance to address the greatest existential threat that humanity has ever known: climate change.

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  18. Nov 16

    Late capitalism makes it difficult to live joyfully and ethically, but is here to help. Submit a question for The Nation's advice column:

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  19. Nov 16

    The high quality and sheer enjoyability of the music on Sound Portraits provide ample satisfactions.

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  20. Nov 15

    A 12-step code to help schools combat Chinese government surveillance has been sent to about 150 schools. So far none have signed on.

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  21. Nov 15

    Single black women aged 36–49, on average, have a net worth of $5, while single white women in the same age group have a net worth of nearly $42,000.

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