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Contributors

The Good Fight • Decades before “Democracy Dies in Darkness,” Jim Ridgeway knew that journalism can’t stay on the sidelines.

School’s Out • Why Black parents aren’t joining the rush to send their kids back to class

Total Recall • California Republicans’ hopes are riding on the “superhero pirate” leading a mutiny against the governor.

Asset Bubble • The superrich have been immune to the economic shocks of the pandemic.

Black Land Matters • After a century of dispossession, young Black farmers are restoring their rightful place in American agriculture.

This Land Is Not Your Land • A brief history of the US government appropriating farmland from people of color

The “Machine That Eats Up Black Farmland” • After decades of discriminating against Black farmers and ignoring complaints, the USDA is promising to do better. Again.

Stars and Strife • How two feuding tea party leaders helped lay the groundwork for the Insurrection

Moving the Needle • Inside a grassroots campaign that protected San Francisco’s Latino community—and the entire city—from a deadly virus

The Truth About Reconciliation • Can America heal itself? The reckoning after the Greensboro Massacre provides some lessons.

Biden’s Muse • Can America’s problems be fixed by a president who loves Jon Meacham?

Taxpayer Dollars • How the American “taxpayer” was racialized

Watching the Watchers • Let’s stop freaking out over kids’ pandemic screen time.

A Fair Slice • Can co-ops save restaurants?