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June 19, 2021
The Specter of Critical Race Theory Is Rotting Republicans’ Brains

Transforming the academic study of structural racism into a vague grab bag of villainy has been useful fodder for moral panic while the GOP figures out how to attack Joe Biden.

by Alex Shephard
 
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The Summit for Vaccine Internationalism offers a space for governments of developing countries to broker their own multilateral solutions. Richer countries have largely failed them.

by Kate Aronoff
 

This week, Israel bombed the Palestinian territory. Next month, the Israeli Supreme Court will adjudicate the threatened evictions in East Jerusalem that sparked May’s violence.

by Dalia Hatuqa
 

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The famed economist’s theories were embraced by Beltway power brokers in both parties. Finally, a Democratic president is turning the page on a legacy of ruin.

by Zachary D. Carter
 

The party once freely condemned the would-be insurrectionists who attempted to waylay democracy. You’d hardly know it now.

by Matt Ford
 

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