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Friday
March 5, 2021

My Pandemic Year Behind the Checkout Counter

On working amid paranoid customers, hungry shoplifters, sick co-workers, and people who just need a bathroom

By Ann Larson

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	Does Biden Want Less War or Just War With More Rules? The administration has promised to revise the post-9/11 legal basis for permanent war. It’s not enough.By Jacob Silverman

	The Tribal Coalition Fighting to Save Monarch Butterflies Habitat loss and climate change are decimating the species. What can the U.S. learn from Oklahoma tribes’ efforts to restore their migratory path?By Nick Martin

	Just Rewrite the Senate Rules Already Stunts like forcing legislation to be read aloud would be trivially easy to get rid of, if anyone wanted to.By Alex Pareene

	The NatSec Bros Who Want to Save Congress From QAnon Two new tough-guy Democrats hope to topple Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene. But they come with questions.By Jacob Silverman

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	The Manifest Destiny Marauders Who Gave the “Filibuster” Its Name Long before Southern Democrats filibustered Civil Rights legislation, “filibusteros” were conquering slave territories for the United States.By John Patrick Leary

	How Real Is Nomadland? Chloé Zhao’s film risks romanticizing a harsh life in the gig economy.By Lidija Haas

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