Plus, why corporate words on climate change are hollow, and more...
 
Tuesday
April 13, 2021
Biden’s Homeland Security Is Just as Bad as Trump’s
The administration’s policies on the border wall, asylum, and deportation are hardly a break from the last president’s.
By Jacob Silverman
 
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Recent reporting suggests that lawmakers across the country are ending a long-standing legal protection for police officers, but that isn’t quite true.
By Matt Ford
 
Microsoft, Walmart, and other corporations have signed an open letter to the Biden administration asking for sharper emissions cuts. Don’t take them seriously.
By Kate Aronoff
 

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Or not too much, anyway
By Alex Shephard
 
Sure, it has its drawbacks, but forcing politicians to stand on the Senate floor for hours at a time, monologuing, might be the only way to pass desperately needed voting rights legislation.
By Walter Shapiro
 

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The administration is punting on DAPL, raising questions about its commitment to tribal consultation and the climate crisis.
By Nick Martin
 
Amid the waning of the humanities, Said turned out to be one of the last literary scholars with a public presence.
By Udi Greenberg
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