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In COVID Era, Artists Are Generating Hope and Illustrating Pandemic Inequities

As the pandemic enters its sixth month, artists throughout the U.S. are finding ways to document the moment.
by
Eleanor J. Bader,
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August 31, 2020
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Culture & Media

Marvel’s “Punisher” Was a Hate Symbol Long Before Police Co-opted His Character

The Punisher has long been embraced as a classic superhero, but his comics spread reactionary ideology.
by
Gregorio León,
Truthout
August 8, 2020
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A member of the far-right militia, Boogaloo Bois, walks next to protestors demonstrating outside Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Metro Division 2 just outside of downtown Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 29, 2020.
News Analysis
Culture & Media

Far Right Reading List Shows Link Between Its Literature and Real-World Violence

The “America First” reading list is nothing if not a virtual how-to manual for white resentment and violence.
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Joseph Keady,
Truthout
July 5, 2020
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Interview
Culture & Media

Cancelation of Cop Shows Signals a Cultural Shift in Glorifying Police Violence

Rashad Robinson, president of Color of Change, discusses how these shows do not show the realities of racist policing.
by
Amy Goodman &
Nermeen Shaikh,
Democracy Now!
June 18, 2020
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Demonstrators hold signs demanding their church to reopen, protest during a rally to reopen California and against stay-at-home directives on May 1, 2020, in San Diego, California.
Op-Ed
Culture & Media

Religious Fundamentalism Impairs COVID-19 Response Across Nations

Whether in the U.S. or Iran, fundamentalist religion often made for bad public policy during the first wave of COVID-19.
by
Juan Cole,
TomDispatch
May 19, 2020
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An activist writes messages on her vehicle as she participates in a May Day protest during the coronavirus pandemic, May 1, 2020, Washington, D.C.
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Henry A. Giroux: It Is Impossible to Be Radical Without Being Optimistic

Henry A. Giroux examines the COVID-19 crisis as part of a more comprehensive crisis of politics and morality.
by
Pablo Rivera Vargas &
Ezequiel Passeron,
Faro Digital
May 7, 2020
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University of California, Irvine (UCI) nurses hold a candlelight vigil during the shift-change outside UCI Medical Center in Orange on April 20, 2020, to protest the lack of personal protective equipment for health care workers treating COVID-19 patients. The vigil also honored health care workers who have contracted COVID-19.
Interview
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Judith Butler: Mourning Is a Political Act Amid the Pandemic and Its Disparities

This is the time to question the conditions that have structured the magnitude and disparities of this epidemic.
by
George Yancy,
Truthout
April 30, 2020
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In Her Own Words: Fiona Apple on New Album “Fetch the Bolt Cutters” & Acknowledging Indigenous Lands
Interview
Culture & Media

Fiona Apple on Her New Album and Acknowledging Indigenous Lands

The album includes an acknowledgment that it was “Made on unceded Tongva, Mescalero Apache, and Suma territories.”
by
Amy Goodman,
Democracy Now!
April 28, 2020
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Volunteers hand out food and other goods to hundreds of people during the COVID-19 crisis in Everett, Massachusetts, on March 20, 2020.
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To Survive Systemic Failure Induced by COVID-19, We Need Mutual Aid

Mutual aid efforts catalyzed by the pandemic show us the ways we can challenge the systems that have failed us.
by
Robert R. Raymond,
Truthout
April 4, 2020
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Dr. Venture fills in on a photo editing shift.
Op-Ed
Culture & Media

We’ve Worked From Home for 18 Years. Here Are Our Secrets.

Many cannot work from home during this crisis, but for the millions who are doing so, here are our tips and tricks.
by
Truthout Staff,
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March 18, 2020
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