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Vape Bans Won't Make You Safer
HALF-TRUTHS DON'T HELP

Vape Bans Won't Make You Safer

thenation.com Health 5 days ago

Harm reduction advocates oppose vaping bans of all kinds, arguing that vaping is the most effective way to permanently ease smokers off cigarettes.

Why Racists — And Liberals — Keep Writing For Quillette
MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD

Why Racists — And Liberals — Keep Writing For Quillette

thenation.com Media Race 3 weeks ago

The online magazine of the "intellectual dark web" is repackaging discredited race science.

Revolution And #Resistance: On The Major Blind Spots In Lauren Duca's Debut Book
DUCK AND COVER

Revolution And #Resistance: On The Major Blind Spots In Lauren Duca's Debut Book

thenation.com Books Long Reads 1 month ago

She wants to lead a youth movement, but her first book says more about a media ecosystem that helped produce her than radical action.

What Even Is Spotify?
DON'T CROSS THE STREAMER

What Even Is Spotify?

2 diggs thenation.com Business Music 3 months ago
Is it a streaming giant? Ad-tech broker? Social network? A new book pulls the curtain behind the mysterious company.
The Politics of Going to the Bathroom
NUMBER 1) THIS IS TERRIBLE; NUMBER 2) ...

The Politics of Going to the Bathroom

3 diggs thenation.com Health Human Nature 7 months ago

Access to adequate restrooms is a fundamental necessity for everyone, but it's harder to come by the less structural power you have.

How Private Equity Is Turning Public Prisons Into Big Profits
MAKING A PRETTY PENNY FROM PRISONS

How Private Equity Is Turning Public Prisons Into Big Profits

2 diggs thenation.com Business Crime 8 months ago

In recent years, corporations have privatized almost every part of the public prison system. Now, PE firms are swooping in, seeking lavish returns for investors.

Why Are 'The New York Times' and 'The Washington Post' Producing Ads for Big Oil?
PIVOT TO PROPAGANDA

Why Are 'The New York Times' and 'The Washington Post' Producing Ads for Big Oil?

thenation.com Climate Change 8 months ago

Call it greenwashing with a twist — the twist being that the fossil-fuel companies' claims of good corporate citizenship are now being supported by respected news organizations.

Climate Change Is Here — And It Looks Like Starvation
AN UNDERREPORTED CRISIS

Climate Change Is Here — And It Looks Like Starvation

18 diggs thenation.com Climate Change 10 months ago

But don't expect the hear about it on the nightly news.

Place Publique: The 'Orphans' of the French Left
A BIT LIKE AOC FOR THE EU

Place Publique: The 'Orphans' of the French Left

thenation.com Climate Change 10 months ago

A new direct democracy movement hopes to reconstitute France's left parties around a European Green New Deal — but voters are still skeptical.

In the Shadow Of The CMS
WHAT YOU DON'T SEE IS WHAT YOU GET

In the Shadow Of The CMS

7 diggs thenation.com Internet Long Reads 11 months ago

How content-management systems will shape the future of media businesses big and small.

Yanis Varoufakis's Internationalist Odyssey
'YANIS IS A VERY TALENTED TROLL'

Yanis Varoufakis's Internationalist Odyssey

1 digg thenation.com Politics World 1 year ago

The former Greek finance minister is on a quest to unite the global left.

Travel Boycotts Won't Fix Myanmar
'THERE'S NO SIMPLE SOLUTION'

Travel Boycotts Won't Fix Myanmar

thenation.com Business Crime 1 year ago

The country's treatment of its Rohingya minority is vexing tourists, but not enough to stop the violence.

The Pentagon's Massive Accounting Fraud Exposed
THEY REALLY DID A NUMBER ON CONGRESS

The Pentagon's Massive Accounting Fraud Exposed

31 diggs thenation.com Money 1 year ago

How US military spending keeps rising even as the Pentagon flunks its audit.

The Nuns Are Back on the Bus
'WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP THIS'

The Nuns Are Back on the Bus

7 diggs thenation.com Economics Money 1 year ago

Why 10 Catholic sisters are on a road trip to spread the gospel of tax reform.

Can You Copyright a Quilt?
'WE'RE LIVING HISTORY'

Can You Copyright a Quilt?

thenation.com Art Culture 1 year ago

Long after their iconic American quilts caught the art world's attention, the Gee's Bend artisans are taking control of their legacy.

Ad Hoc Nation
THE WAY WE USED TO WORK

Ad Hoc Nation

4 diggs thenation.com Economics Money 1 year ago

What happened to the steady job? Gig-economy start-ups like to imply that it has outlived its usefulness. Americans are supposed to have rejected it, leaving behind the ornery supervisors, fixed schedules, and rigid corporate culture that come with dependable employment.

How Latin Got Woke
IT'S NOT SET IN STONE

How Latin Got Woke

8 diggs thenation.com Histories Language 1 year ago

Latin has long been the domain of dead white men. Today, a new cadre of scholars is trying to take it back.

Is the 'Swedish Model' of Social Democracy Endangered?
YAH

Is the 'Swedish Model' of Social Democracy Endangered?

1 digg thenation.com Economics Money 1 year ago

The rise of the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats is stunning — but the Social Democrats have been losing ground for decades.

Universal Broadband Won't Save Us
A NARROW FIX

Universal Broadband Won't Save Us

4 diggs thenation.com Money 1 year ago

Broadband for all is a necessary policy. Just don't expect it to end poverty.

The Family-Separation Crisis Is Not Over
'I BECAME CRAZY'

The Family-Separation Crisis Is Not Over

1 digg thenation.com 1 year ago

One father deported to Honduras struggles to describe the pain of remaining separated from his son.

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