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April 21, 2021

The Right-Wing Media’s Shameful Defense of Derek Chauvin

Tucker Carlson wants his viewers to believe that the convicted killer is the real victim.

By Alex Shephard

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The Impossibility of Ethical Recreation on Stolen Land

A rock climber bolting over ancient petroglyphs in Utah has sparked a broader debate about how tourists interact with “public land” in America.

By Nick Martin

Walter Mondale’s Visionary Liberalism Is Still Echoing Today

He pushed for universal daycare and battled the filibuster. And yet he spent most of his presidential campaign pretending to be more of a centrist than he actually was.

By Walter Shapiro

Mark Bittman’s Beef with Capitalism

On junk food, cash crops, Oatly, and how to fix what’s broken in our food system

The Politics of Everything hosted by Laura Marsh and Alex Pareene

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The Republicans’ Unhinged, Baseless Attacks on Biden’s DOJ Nominees

Vanita Gupta and Kristen Clarke are eminently qualified for senior positions in the Justice Department. So why are Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton painting these two nonwhite women as radicals?

By Ankush Khardori

Microsoft and Big Tech Can’t Distance Themselves From the Police Violence They Fuel

Tech companies praised the Derek Chauvin conviction, but their products underwrite the kind of impunity and overstep they claim to oppose.

By Jacob Silverman

Walter Mondale Wasn’t Scared of Raising Taxes. Is Biden?

The former vice president told the hard truth to the American people. No Democrat has dared do so since.

By Timothy Noah

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