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Monday
April 19, 2021
The Long Fight to Cancel Student Loans
How student debtors took a radical idea to the mainstream
By Ryann Liebenthal
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Republicans Have Ruined Sports for Republicans
The favorability of the MLB, NBA, and NFL has sharply dropped on the right, thanks to culture warriors like Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson.
By Alex Shephard
Set Us Free From Outdoor Mask Mandates!
The science says it’s safe to start letting go of some of the strictures we’ve followed during the dark days of the pandemic.
By Natalie Shure
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Elon Musk Wants to Move Fast and Break Space
SpaceX’s Starlink project would add thousands of satellites to a very crowded sky.
By Jacob Silverman
Another Reason to Nationalize Big Oil
When BP or another company “goes green” and sells oil wells, other companies just keep pumping them.
By Kate Aronoff
When Richard Wright Broke With the Communists
His posthumously released novel, “The Man Who Lived Underground,” was written during a crisis of political faith.
By Colin Asher
The Book That Stopped an Outbreak of Nuclear War
A new history of the Cuban missile crisis emphasizes how close the world came to destruction—and how severe a threat the weapons still pose.
By Andre Pagliarini
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