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June 11, 2021
The Madness of Naomi Wolf
The “Beauty Myth” author has gone from being a feminist icon to an anti-vaxxer banned by Twitter. But she’s always struggled with the truth.
 
by Liza Featherstone
 
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Wage increases and other rising expenses are being “passed on” to the consumer, we’re told. But we’re looking in all the wrong places for the true costs of how we live. 
 
by Jacob Silverman
 
Party leaders should act like they believe their own rhetoric on Republican extremism. 
 
by Alex Pareene
 

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Yes, getting 70 percent of all Americans vaccinated is a worthy goal. But what matters even more is that enough people in enough places are vaccinated.

by Melody Schreiber
 
The upper body of Congress has become a colossal wreck where democracy goes to die. 
 
by Michael Tomasky
 

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