Wednesday
December 23, 2020

“Defund the police” is not an austerity measure. It’s a demand that we put police department budgets to better use.

By Melissa Gira Grant

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	Meritocracy on Trial It undermines equality and the common good.By Win McCormack

	The Lethal Inequality on American Farms During the pandemic, a broken system for migrant laborers turned even more deadly. By Jonah Goldman Kay

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	The Green Fantasy and Messy Reality of Nuclear Power Biden is flirting with the idea of rejuvenating the industry to help decarbonize the economy—and there are skeptics in spades.By Mike Pearl

	Monopolization Is Killing Art The pandemic has only accelerated a years-long trend of cultural homogenization—and it is bound to get worse. By Josephine Livingstone

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