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April 17, 2021
How Bill Gates Impeded Global Access to Covid Vaccines
Through his hallowed foundation, the world’s de facto public health czar has been a stalwart defender of monopoly medicine.
By Alexander Zaitchik
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Andrew Yang, Celebrity Politician
The front-runner to become the next mayor of New York has a lot of big ideas. Few of them have much to do with running New York.
By Alex Pareene
Death to America’s Manicured Lawns
Nevada’s legislature is considering banning decorative grass. But really we should be banning most lawns in the country.
By Nick Martin
Whither the Religious Left?
Left-leaning people of faith will never be reliable allies of the Democratic Party, nor will the party reliably offer them a comfortable home. But their fortunes are linked.
By Matthew Sitman
The Lost Worlds of Edward Said
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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