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Amy Wilentz: Turmoil in Haiti

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Katha Pollitt: Republicans and no-fault divorce

3

Brenda Stevenson on The Enslaved Black Family

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Christina Gerhardt: Disappearing Islands

5

Adam Shatz on Writing and Political Commitment

6

Adam Hochschild on Anti-Woke History

7

Hollywood Writers on Strike: Josh Gondelman

8

Eric Foner: Joe Biden, the GOP, and 'Freedom'

9

Haitians Fight Back: Amy Wilentz

10

John Nichols on the Politics of Abortion Rights

11

Afghan Girls in Exile: Shabana Basij-Rasikh

12

Trump's 34 Felonies: Will they help or hurt him? Chris Lehmann comments.

13

Minor League Baseball Players Get Organized: Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier

14

Christian Appy on Vietnam War Protest in 1969

15

Gregg Gonsalves: Masks, Covid. and Fauci

16

John Powers: Complaining about the Oscars

17

Kimberlé Crenshaw on the Battle over Black Studies

18

The End of the Covid Emergency: Gregg Gonsalves

19

Gary Younge on "The Crown" on Netflix

20

Fintan O'Toole's 'Personal History' of Ireland

21

Remembering Victor Navasky: 'A Matter of Opinion'

22

Sasha Abramsky: Universal Basic Income in L.A.

23

Rick Wartzman on Walmart

24

Katha Pollitt on "She Said"

25

Andrew Bacevich: America's 'Very Long War'

26

"Bad Mexicans": Kelly Lytle Hernandez

27

Bob Dylan's Christmas Album: Sean Wilentz

28

The U. of Cal. Strike heads for Mediation: Nelson Lichtenstein

29

Nelson Lichtenstein: The U of Cal Grad Students' Strike

30

Erwin Chemerinsky on Originalism

31

Latina Women Fighting Air Pollution in LA: Eliza Moreno

32

The Vote in L.A.: Gustavo Arellano

33

The Black Landowners of Piney Ridge: Cameron Oglesby

34

We Remember Mike Davis

35

Adam Hochschild: Repression in the US in WWI

36

Greil Marcus on Bob Dylan, from "Blowin' in the Wind" to "Murder Most Foul"

37

Dahlia Lithwick:Women Lawyers Who Challenged Trump

38

David Nasaw on Ken Burns's "Holocaust"

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The Brooks Brothers Riot: Chris Lehmann

40

Amy Wilentz on Jared's Book

41

Remembering Barbara Ehrenreich: "Nickel and Dimed" in 2002

42

The Senate in the Bunker on Jan. 6: Senator Patrick Leahy

43

Dirty Work--and the People who Do It: Eyal Press

44

The Disaster in Haiti: Amy Wilentz

45

The Hidden History of Orange County: Gustavo Arellano

46

Eric Foner on the Right to Vote

47

J. Hoberman on Film in the Age of Reagan

48

Amy Wilentz on Ivana

49

Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua: 'It's Not Too Late to Fight Climate Change'

50

Sarah Posner on Christian Nationalists and the Supreme Court

51

How Can the Ukraine War End? Anatol Lieven

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Joan Walsh on the Battle over Sex Ed

53

Peter Dreier: Democrats and Progressive Prosecutors

54

Sex, Politics, and Southern Baptists: Sarah Posner

55

Kelly Lytle Hernandez: "Bad Mexicans"

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Amy Wilentz: Reparations for Haiti in the New York Times

57

Lynn Garafola on 'La Nijinska'

58

Chesa Boudin: The Fight for Progressive Prosecutors

59

Eric Foner: 1776 and 2022

60

Katha Pollitt: What Abortion Opponents Really Believe

61

Margo Jefferson: "Constructing a Nervous System"

62

The Grit and Grace of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson: Michele Goodwin

63

What if Everybody Voted? E.J. Dionne and Miles Rapoport

64

'Pick up the Pen, Joe': Astra Taylor on the April 4 Day of Action to Abolish Student Debt

65

Antidepressants: the Dangers (and the benefits): P. E. Moskowitz

66

The Politics of Comics, 1940-2020: J. Hoberman

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What the Democrats have done right: Michael Kazin

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A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution: Elie Mystal

69

Remembering Paul Farmer: Amy Wilentz

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Hunter S. Thompson: Peter Richardson

71

Haiti: The Path to Elections—Amy Wilentz

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The Right to Sex: Katha Pollitt

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Slaveholders in Congress: Eric Foner

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Ellen Schrecker on the ’60s

75

America's Real Atom Spies: Dave Lindorff

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Protecting Democracy AfterJan. 6: John Nichols

77

Remembering Joan Didion

78

From Kwajalein to Madagascar: Tom Lutz on 'The Kindness of Strangers"

79

Eric Foner and Henry Louis Gates on W.E.B. DuBois' 'Black Reconstruction'

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Mutual aid, racial justice, and the pandemic: Kristina Wong

81

Gary Younge on Josephine Baker

82

Racism in Housing: Historian Eric Foner

83

Father Greg Boyle of Homeboy Industries on 'Extravagant Tenderness'

84

Rebecca Solnit on politics and pleasure in the life and work of George Orwell

85

John Coltrane, 'A Love Supreme,' and Black America: Adam Shatz

86

The Kaepernick Effect: Dave Zirin

87

Richard Wright and Black America: Adam Shatz

88

Personal Stories from the Pandemic: Ray Suarez on the "Going for Broke" Podcast

89

LAPD Harassment of Black Lives Matter: Melina Abdullah

90

A Comic Novel about the Emmett Till Lynching: John Powers on Percival Everett's 'The Trees'

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Dirty Work--and the People Who Do It: Eyal Press

92

Occupy Wall Street, 10 Years Later: Ruth Milkman and Stephanie Luce

93

Campus Politics in "The Chair" with Sandra Oh: Amy Wilentz

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Uncovering the Secret History of the Tulsa Massacre: Eric Foner

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A Black American in Paris in the '50s: Adam Shatz

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Black politics and history: Eric Foner

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Dick Gregory, Comedian and Activist: John Powers

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The Life, and Death, of Ethel Rosenberg: Anne Sebba

99

Art Spiegelman: 'Street Cop'

100

'Summer of Soul': John Powers

101

A Comic Novel about Ethel Rosenberg? Francine Prose on "The Vixen"

102

A Path Forward for Haiti: Amy Wilentz

103

L.A.'s Boyle Heights: A Bastion of Progressive Democracy--George Sanchez

104

Triumphs and Disasters of the Sixties: David and Margaret Talbot

105

It's Time for A New Federal Writers Project: David Kipen

106

Jimmy Carter: The Outlier - Kai Bird

107

The Earthquake in Israeli Politics: Amy Wilentz

108

Advice for Men from best-seller Jordan Peterson: Katha Pollitt

109

"Exterminate all the Brutes": Robin D.G. Kelley

110

'The Underground Railroad' and History: Eric Foner

111

Edward Said and Palestine: Adam Shatz

112

Art and Ideas in the Cold War: Louis Menand

113

Our Dr. Seuss Problem: Katha Pollitt

114

Bill Gates's Philanthropy: Tim Schwab Investigates

115

Earth Day Action and Our Climate Crisis: Mark Hertsgaard

116

Hunter Biden's Memoir: Tell-All, or Whitewash? Amy Wilentz

117

How to End our Forever Wars: 3 Key Steps--Karen Greenberg

118

Joan Walsh: Should Breyer Retire?

119

Ron Johnson, the GOP's Top Conspiracy Theorist: John Nichols

120

Black Lives Matter vs. the LAPD: Carol Sobel

121

Michelle Obama's 'Becoming': Where Are the Politics? Amy Wilentz

122

Protest in Port-au-Prince: Amy Wilentz on Haiti and Joe Biden

123

Will Smith's "Amend" Series on the 14th Amendment: Eric Foner

124

The $15 Minimum Wage and Restoring American Manufacturing: Alan Minsky

125

Turning Texas Blue in 2022: Steve Phillips

126

Remembering Rennie Davis 1940-2021

127

Gary Younge: Obama and "A Promised Land"

128

John Nichols: Biden Week One

129

The Trump Mob Storming the Capitol: What Was the Plan? Gary Younge

130

Joe Biden and Black America: Barbara Ransby

131

The PGA Cancels Trump: Robert Lipsyte

132

In Biden's First 100 Days, We Need Debt Relief--Astra Taylor

133

Eric Foner: The Attack on the Capitol, and the Victories in Georgia

134

Politics in 2020: From Bernie to Black Lives Matter to Biden's victory: John Nichols

135

Ivana, Jared, Don Junior and Eric in 2020: Amy Wilentz

136

John le Carré on the Cold War, and After: John Powers

137

Will Trump Pardon Ivanka, Jared, Don Jr. and Eric? Amy Wilentz

138

The Supreme Court and Trump's Bid to Exclude the Undocumented from Congressional Reapportionment: David Cole

139

Amy Wilentz: What's next for Ivanka, Jared, Don Jr., Eric--and Lara?

140

Sorkin's "Chicago 7": Great Courtroom Drama, or Boomer Porn? J. Hoberman

141

How Black Lives Matter won at the Polls: Jody Armour

142

Why did Trump do so well? Joan Walsh

143

Disupted Elections, Past -- and Present? Eric Foner

144

Sherrod Brown: How Biden Can Win the Working Class

145

'Trial of the Chicago 7': Rennie Davis on the Movie and the Real History

146

Black Cellphone Videos and Protest Journalism: Allissa Richardson

147

The Democrats' Voter Protection Efforts: Ari Berman

148

Remember #FreeMelania? Katha Pollitt on "Melania and Me"

149

The Hurricane that Hit the Bahamas--and What it Means for the Rest of Us: Sonia Shah

150

Refugees: After WWII, and Today: David Nasaw

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Politics on TV in 1968: Joan Walsh on Harry Belafonte and the Tonight Show

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Is racism in Britain 'better' than in the US? Gary Younge

153

From Investment Banker to Lifelong Organizer: Pramila Jayapal

154

Katie Porter: Protecting the Postal Service, Dealing with Student Loan Debt

155

Our Criminal Justice System Needs Radical Change: Jody Armour

156

Trump, Biden, and 'Populism': Tom Frank

157

Justice and the Police: David Cole

158

Trump's Unfortunate Childhood: Amy Wilentz on Mary Trump's bestseller

159

Roy Cohn and Donald Trump: Ivy Meeropol's "Bully. Coward. Victim." on HBO

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Trump’s Border Patrol in the Streets of Portland: Zoë Carpenter

161

The Coming Eviction Crisis: Meagan Day

162

Sandra Bland Died 5 Years Ago: Debbie Nathan on One Black Life that Mattered

163

Ivanka wears a mask, while Don Jr.'s girfriend tests positive: Amy Wilentz

164

Disarm the Police: D.D. Guttenplan

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Black Lives Matter Protests are Everywhere: Zoe Carpenter

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Instead of the Police: Mia Birdsong

167

The Best Thing about the Protests: they are NOT about Trump. Dahlia Lithwick

168

Ivanka and That Bible: Amy Wilentz

169

The George Floyd killing: John Nichols with Keith Ellison

170

Jared Kushner's Failed PPE Project: Amy Wilentz on the Trump kids

171

Thinking Big about Politics in the Age of the Virus: Christopher Shay

172

Virus-Time TV: John Powers on the Czech spy thriller 'The Seekers'

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Organizing Right-Wing Women: Katha Pollitt on Phyllis Schafly

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Jared Kushner and the virus: secrecy yes, mask no: Amy Wilentz reports

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Virus-Time TV picks: John Powers

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Katrina vanden Heuvel: Solidarity in the Face of the Pandemic

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Barbara Ehrenreich: Living on Low-Wage Work

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Jared's New Job: on the Coronavirus Task Force: Amy Wilentz

179

"The Other Americans"- Laila Lalami talks about her novel

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Becoming a Feminist: Rebecca Solnit

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Katha Pollitt: Stay at home--and read the classics

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Black Lives Matter in the Age of Coronavirus: Melina Abdullah

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Elections and the Coronavirus: John Nichols

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The Kushners and the Coronavirus: Amy Wilentz

185

America's Forgotten Radical, Rose Pastor Stokes: Adam Hochschild

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What Big Data Says about Beating Trump: Steve Phillips

187

The Political Earthquake of Super Tuesday: Joan Walsh

188

Bernie Sanders and His Movement: D.D. Guttenplan with The Nation's Endorsement

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Rick Perlstein: Gut-check on Bernie

190

Sports and the Cold War: Robert Edelman

191

John Sayles on 'Yellow Earth': When Fracking Came to the Dakotas

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Bernie has already won—the ideas primary: Bob Borosage

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How the Dems can win in rural America: Jane Kleeb

194

Don Junior Writes a Best-Seller: Amy Wilentz

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The Oscars and the women who direct films: John Powers

196

Iowa is Only One Example of What May Go Wrong on Nov. 3: Rick Hasen

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Border Patrol Explorers: Morley Musick

198

The Superbowl and Donald Trump: Robert Lipsyte

199

The Pentagon Prepares for Climate Change: Michael Klare

200

How America Squandered its Cold War Victory: Andrew Bacevich

201

Talking with Poor People about Poverty: Mia Birdsong

202

Democratic Socialism American Style: Kate Aronoff and Michael Kazin

203

Henry Louis Gates: American Slavery and American Families

204

Joe McCarthy and Donald Trump: Jelani Cobb

205

"We have to change the calculus of what is possible": Naomi Klein on the Green New Deal

206

The Nation's Progressive Honor Roll for 2019: John Nichols

207

India is on Fire with Protest: Arundhati Roy

208

Why Trump Picked Kavanaugh: Ruth Marcus

209

Katha Pollitt: The Problem with Fetal Personhood

210

Americans on Strike: Bryce Covert

211

Trump's Pardons for War Crimes: Jeet Heer

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Deporting 'Undesirables': Now, and a Hundred Years Ago: Adam Hochschild

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Scorsese's 'The Irishman'—and Jimmy Hoffa: John Powers

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Rick Perlstein: Nixon's Impeachment--and Trump's

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Eric Foner: The Legacy of Slavery in the Era of Trump

216

Joe Biden: An Anti-Endorsement--D.D. Guttenplan

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Thom Hartmann: What To Do About the Supreme Court

218

The Socialism We Need: Paul Adler

219

John le Carré's 'Brexit Book': John Powers

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Haiti on the Brink: Amy Wilentz

221

Senate Republicans: What would it take to get 20 to vote to convict Trump? Elie Mystal

222

Japan is Really Different: Pico Iyer

223

Ilhan Omar: A Report from Minneapolis--David Perry

224

The Political Promise of the Abortion Pill: Katha Pollitt

225

The Enigma of Clarence Thomas: Corey Robin

226

Ivanka and Impeachment: Amy Wilentz

227

Republicans and Impeachment--Lessons from the Nixon years: Jeet Heer

228

Among The Women of ISIS: Azadeh Moaveni

229

Afghanistan Votes--but When will the War End? Andrew Bacevich

230

The Roots of the Right to Vote: Eric Foner

231

What the Workers Want in the GM Strike: Jane McAlevey

232

Trump--The Signal and the Noise: Sasha Abramsky

233

Edward Snowden: The Early Days of Internet Freedom

234

Almost All the Bad Things Trump Did This Summer: Katha Pollitt

235

Why All Those Republicans are Quitting Congress: John Nichols

236

Will Indivisible Endorse one of the Democrats in the Primary? Joan Walsh

237

Who is "Un-American?" David Maraniss on HUAC

238

From Reagan to Trump in the Movies: J. Hoberman

239

White Nationalism and the White House, from Obama to Trump: John Nichols

240

Jeffrey Epstein and His Friends: Katha Pollitt

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Take It to the Streets, Again! Katha Pollitt

242

Could the Green New Deal Be This Generation's Moon Shot? D.D. Guttenplan

243

Was Al Franken Railroaded? Jeet Heer

244

Remembering Paul Krassner

245

Mars Travel and Zillionaires: Katha Pollitt

246

Jared's Mideast Peace "Plan": Amy Wilentz

247

Gay Liberation Since Stonewall: Martin Duberman on What We Have Lost

248

Joe Biden and his "Friends": Jeet Heer

249

Remembering Our Unending Mideast Wars: Andrew Bacevich

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Bernie and Socialism: John Nichols

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The GOP Attacks Voting Rights in Florida: Sasha Abramsky

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Rashida Tlaib with John Nichols: "Why can't we move this?"

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Katha Pollitt: Abortion and Men

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Why Hasn't Joe Biden Signed the Indivisible Pledge to Support the Democratic Winner? Ezra Levin

255

Extraditing Julian Assange: for Rape in Sweden, yes; for Espionage in the US, No: Bruce Shaprio

256

The Politics of Climate Change: Alyssa Battistoni

257

Paying for Medicare for All: Robert Pollin

258

Justin Amash, Republican, and Ilhan Omar, Democrat: John Nichols

259

1,000 Redactions from the Mueller Report: Karen Greenberg

260

'The Other Americans': Laila Lalami on her New Novel

261

Bowe Bergdahl and the Disasters of the Afghan War: Michael Ames

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The Other Notre Dame Cathedral in Ruins: Haiti's--Amy Wilentz

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Climate and Commerce: Ben Ehrenreich

264

Carey McWilliams: American prophet and editor of The Nation

265

Impeachment: Congress's Duty is Clear: Joshua Holland

266

Eric Hobsbawm, Marxist Historian: Richard J. Evans

267

Our Toxic Plastics Boom: Zoe Carpenter

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Stephen Miller: What Happened? Laurie Winer

269

Jared Kusher: No Indictment--Amy Wilentz

270

Reconstruction after the Civil War: The World's First Interracial Democracy--Eric Foner

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The Trouble with Beto: Harold Meyerson

272

Trump's Border Wall: The Symbol and the Myth--Greg Grandin

273

What Would It Be Like If Trump Got His Way with His Opponents? Adam Hochschild

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The Mississippi Reproductive Freedom Fund: Rebecca Grant

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Work Requirements for Medicaid: Bryce Covert

276

Where Women are Winning--and Losing: Katha Pollitt

277

Southern Democrats, Past and Future: Michael Kazin

278

Impeach Trump? Sean Wilentz: Lessons from the Clinton Impeachment

279

Harm Reduction and the Opioid Epidemic: Maia Szalavitz

280

The Movement Politics We Need: Michael Walzer

281

Elizabeth Warren's Battles, Past and Future: George Zornick

282

Taking Trump and his 'National Emergency' to Court: Dahlia Lithwick

283

California vs. Trump: Manuel Pastor

284

Peace in Afghanistan? Antony Loewenstein

285

Bernie's Foreign Policy: David Klion

286

The Cruelty of Trump's Attack on Temporary Protected Status: Sasha Abramsky

287

Trump, climate change, and species extinction: Elizabeth Kolbert

288

Politics after the Shutdown: Harold Meyerson

289

How the Progressive Caucus will Fight Trump: Joan Walsh

290

Was the Constitution a pro-slavery document? Sean Wilentz

291

What the Teachers Strike Won in LA: Sarah Jaffe

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The LA Teachers Strike--What Teachers Want: Pedro Noguera

293

The Left needs more than good ideas: Kate Aronoff

294

Working at an Amazon Warehouse Over the Holidays: Alex Press

295

Russian social-media involvement in US politics was small and amateurish: Aaron Maté

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Barbara Ehrenreich: ‘Killing ourselves to live longer.’

297

Remembering Amos Oz: a 2004 Interview on Israelis and Palestinians

298

Is Trump Crazy? Amy Wilentz

299

Climate Change is Not Just an Environmental Issue: Bill McKibben

300

Is Obamcare Unconstitutional? Erwin Chemerinsky

301

Yanis Varoufakis, Bernie Sanders, and the Progressive International

302

Cooking the Books at the Pentagon: Dave Lindorff

303

Revolution in Armenia: Marc Cooper

304

Frederick Douglass—and Us: Eric Foner

305

White Women and Trump: Lessons from the Midterms—Katha Pollitt

306

The Climate Report's Dark Warning: Tom Athanasiou

307

The Real Midterm Victories: Kai Wright

308

The Art of Organizing and Resistance: L.A. Kauffman

309

Sanctuary Cities and Resistance: Fugitive Slaves in the 1850s and ICE Raids Today: Andrew Delbanco

310

Matt Whitaker and the Constitution: Erwin Chemerinsky

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With the Caravan: Laura Carlsen

312

The Historic Feminist Wave in the Midterms: Joan Walsh

313

Brazil's Bolsonaro: "Worse Than Trump": Andy Robinson

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Vote Suppression in 2018: Ari Berman

315

The Election in the Midwest: Gary Younge in Racine

316

In 1968, Should We Have Supported Hubert Humphrey? Michael Kazin

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Donald Trump's Debasement of Our Democracy: Jill Lepore

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The Campaign for Georgia's First Black Governor, and First Female: Joan Walsh

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How Democrats are Changing Arizona: Sasha Abramsky

320

Donald Trump's Tax Crimes: David Cay Johnston

321

Impeach Kavanaugh? John Nichols

322

The Rise of A New Radical Majority: D.D. Guttenplan

323

The Fight for $15: Michelle Chen

324

Restoring Voting Rights for Ex-Felons in Florida: Sasha Abramsky

325

Universal Basic Income, or Federal Job Guarantee? Bryce Covert

326

Trump and Palestine, 25 Years After Oslo: Mouin Rabbani

327

The Recovery from the Financial Crisis was a Disaster all over again: Harold Meyerson

328

The Inequality Industry: Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

329

What Democrats Need to Know about Moderate Republicans: Steve Phillips

330

Climate Politics, California v. Trump: Is Jerry Brown Doing Enough? Mark Hertsgaard

331

Brett Kavanaugh Must Answer These Questions: David Cole

332

The Politics of Motherhood: Katha Pollitt

333

Unions and Politics--in November, and After: Lee Saunders

334

Donald Trump’s 1968—and Ours: Todd Gitlin

335

Aretha and Obama: Farah Griffin

336

Anna Deavere Smith: The School-to-Prison Pipeline

337

Women in Prison: Novelist Rachel Kushner

338

Trump's Threat to the Economy: Nomi Prins

339

Can the Democrats Stop Kavanaugh? Harold Meyerson

340

Left Politics Can Win in the Red States: Mike Lux

341

Jonathan Gold's Writing about Immigrants and Food in the Age of Trump: Harold Meyerson

342

Jimmy Carter: Success and Failure--Michael Kazin

343

Some questions for Brett Kavanaugh: David Cole

344

The Fight to Block Brett Kavanaugh: John Nichols

345

The Supreme Court and Corporate 'Rights': Adam Winkler

346

Would Pence Be Worse? Jane Mayer

347

America After Trump: E.J. Dionne

348

Bullshit Jobs--and Meaningful Ones: David Graeber

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From Obama to Trump--How it Happened: Thomas Frank

350

Drone Warriors and Us: Eyal Press

351

Haiti in June: Amy Wilentz

352

Donald Trump and Our Endless Wars: Andrew Bacevich

353

World Cup Politics: Right-Wing Populist Nationalism, or Celebration of Diversity? Bob Edelman

354

Family Separation at the Border Is Cruel and Unconstitutional: Ahilan Arulanantham

355

Democrats' Chances in November are Looking Good: Harold Meyerson

356

Donald Trump and Refugee Lives: Viet Thanh Nguyen

357

Homeless In Amerca: What Happened? Bryce Covert

358

America's Empire of Nothing: Tom Engelhardt

359

Donald Trump and Syrian Refugees: Wendy Pearlman

360

Trump vs. Europe: Yanis Varoufakis

361

Remembering Paris in May '68: Arthur Goldhammer

362

Women in Prison: Rachel Kushner on 'The Mars Room'

363

The Legacy of Lynching: Patricia Williams on the New Memorial in Montgomery

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Populist Democrats are on the Move in Texas: D.D. Guttenplan

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Eric Foner: Columbia 1968—Lessons for Today's Social Justice Movements

366

The Contradictions of James Comey: Elizabeth Drew

367

The Two Koreas vs. Donald Trump: Bruce Cumings

368

Texas and Trump: Lawrence Wright

369

'The Handmaid's Tale' Returns to TV: Margaret Atwood

370

Gary Younge: Return to Muncie—A Trump Town

371

The Future of Guns in Trump's America: Adam Hochschild

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The FBI Raid on Michael Cohen’s Office: An ‘Attack on Our Country’? David Cole

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Stormy and Melania: Katha Pollitt

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4: How Big Wireless muddied the waters on cell phone safety research: Mark Hertsgaard

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3: How women will turn the House from red to blue: Stephanie Schriock of Emily's List

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2: Why does Trump want to defund libraries? Sue Halpern

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1: It's Time to Break Up Facebook: Micah Sifrey

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Why does Trump want to defund libraries? Sue Halpern

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It's Time to Break Up Facebook: Micah Sifry

380

How Trump Radicalized the Parkland Kids in Their Fight Against Guns: George Zornick, plus Micah Sifry on Facebook and Sue Halpern on Trump vs. Libraries

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Should Ivanka be Indicted? Amy Wilentz

382

Anna Deavere Smith: The School-to-Prison Pipeline

383

Hey, Democrats Are Actually Running to Win! Joan Walsh on the Democrats’ new strategy, Amy Wilentz on Ivanka, and Anna Deavere Smith on the school-to-prison pipeline.

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Katha Pollitt: What the Russiagate Skeptics Get Wrong

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The Man Who Stopped the My Lai Massacre: Helicopter Pilot Hugh Thompson

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Robert Reich: Trump vs. the Common Good—plus Katha Pollitt on Russiagate Skeptics, and Remembering the My Lai Massacre

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A Foreign Policy for the Left: Michael Walzer

388

Gary Younge: How the Parkland Kids are Changing the Fight for Gun Control

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Chris Hayes: What Trump Means When He Says He’s “Strong on Crime” plus Gary Younge on Kids and Guns and Michael Walzer on Foreign Policy for the Left

390

The Case that Could Hobble Unions—and What Unions Need to Do Next: Jane McAlevey

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The Children's Hour: Stories about Ivanka, Jared, and Don Jr.—Amy Wilentz

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How the Parkland Kids Are Beating the Gun Industry: George Zornick, plus Jane McAlevey on Unions and Amy Wilentz on Ivanka, Jared, and Don Jr .

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Unmasking ‘Cozy Bear’—and What's Next in the Russiagate Indictments: Bob Dreyfuss

394

Why Wages Have Stagnated—and What We Can Do About It: Bryce Covert

395

It's Time to Break Up Amazon—Stacy Mitchell; plus Bryce Covert on low wage workers and Bob Dreyfuss on the Russiagate indictments

396

Warren Buffett's Secret: Monopoly Power: David Dayen

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Trump and That White Working Class Woman: Katha Pollitt

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Elizabeth Warren on Monopoly Power: George Zornick reports; plus David Dayen on Warren Buffett and Katha Pollitt on Trump and women

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Norwegians—and Trump: Ann Jones

400

Here Comes the Next Financial Crisis: Nomi Prins

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Is it ‘Treason’ Not to Clap for the President? Joan Walsh, plus Nomi Prins on Financial Deregulation and Ann Jones on Norwegians

402

The Trouble With Forensics: Meehan Crist and Tim Requarth

403

The Trouble with Teleprompter Trump's State of the Union: Harold Meyerson; plus Meehan Crist and Tim Requarth on Phony Forensics

404

Women Show How to Run—And Win—Against Trump’s GOP: John Nichols, plus Alfred McCoy on Fortress America and the Rev. William Barber on White Nationalism

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Fortress America Is Crumbling: Alfred McCoy

406

White Nationalism, Patriotism, and Donald Trump: The Rev. William Barber

407

Secrets of the Trump-Russia Dossier: Bob Dreyfuss

408

Donald Trump, the "Wounded Monster": David Bromwich

409

How Trump Brought Feminism Back With a Vengeance: Katha Pollitt; plus Bob Dreyfuss on Russiagate and David Bromwich on Trump’s Ruling Passions

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California Fights Back Against Trump: Harold Meyerson

411

Father Greg Boyle: The Former Gang Members of LA's Homeboy Industries

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Oprah for President? John Nichols; plus Harold Meyerson on Trump vs. California and Father Greg Boyle on Working with Ex-Gang Members

413

The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America: Nancy MacLean

414

Fred Trump and the KKK of the 1920s: Linda Gordon, plus Nancy MacLean on the Roots of the Radical Right

415

The Resistance in 2017: John Nichols with Our Progressive Honor Roll

416

From Bill O’Reilly to Al Franken: Katha Pollitt on #MeToo in 2017; plus John Nichols on The Resistance in 2017 and Howell Raines on Alabama's Amazing Year

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Alabama's Remarkable Political Year: Howell Raines

418

Ivana’s Memoir “Raising Trump”: “A sort of ‘Real Housewives of Trump Tower’”

419

“Whiteness Is All They’ve Got”: Gary Younge on Trump’s Working Class Supporters; Plus D.D. Guttenplan on Jackson, Miss., and Amy Wilentz on Ivana

420

“The Most Radical City on the Planet”: Chokwe Lumumba's Jackson, Mississippi

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The Fight for Net Neutrality: John Nichols

422

Victory in Alabama: How Doug Jones Won—Howell Raines. Plus Joan Walsh on #MeToo after Al Franken and John Nichols on Net Neutrality

423

The #MeToo Movement After Al Franken: Joan Walsh

424

Why Robert Mueller Is Going After Deutsche Bank Records of Trump's Associates: Bob Dreyfuss

425

How the Democrats Can Defeat Roy Moore in Alabama: Howell Raines on Doug Jones, plus Bob Dreyfuss on Russigate and Gary Young on American Nazis

426

Two Ways to Interview a Nazi: Gary Younge

427

The Trouble with Anti-Trump Republicans: Rick Perlstein

428

What Will It Take for the GOP to Pass its Terrible Tax Bill? George Zornick on Senate politics, plus Joan Walsh on sexual harassment in Washington and Rick Perlstein on Republicans against Trump

429

Sexual Harassment in Washington: Joan Walsh

430

The 2016 Election Was Bad, But 1968 Was Worse: Lawrence O’Donnell

431

The Resistance to Trump, Year One: David Cole; plus Lawrence O’Donnell on 1968 and Steven Hahn on ‘Hillbilly Elegy’

432

The Trouble with ‘Hillbilly Elegy’: Steven Hahn

433

Can the Democrats Beat Roy Moore in Alabama? Howell Raines; plus Adam Shatz on Trump and the Bomb, and Corey Robin on Trump's Reactionary Mind

434

Trump and the Bomb: Adam Shatz

435

The Reactionary Mind of Donald Trump: Corey Robin

436

How the GOP Tax Bill May Fail: George Zornick

437

The Trouble with Tipping: Danny Meyer

438

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Russia, Trump, and the Democrats; plus George Zornick on the GOP Tax Bill and Danny Meyer on the Trouble with Tipping

439

Michelle Goldberg: Republicans and Trump, After the Indictments; plus Bob Dreyfuss on Mueller at Work, and Tony Schwartz on Trump

440

The Manafort Indictments are Only the Beginning: Bob Dreyfuss

441

Tony Schwartz: Trump’s Psychology—and Our Future

442

The Trouble with Cheap Food: Raj Patel

443

Is Trump Crazy? Would Pence be Worse? Jane Mayer on Pence, and Amy Wilentz on Trump; plus Raj Patel on Cheap Food

444

Is Trump Crazy? Amy Wilentz on ‘The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump’

445

The Future of Food: Zoë Carpenter

446

How Much Time Could Women Reclaim If They Didn't Have to Deal With Men’s Bullshit? Joan Walsh on Harvey Weinstein—plus John Nichols on Trump's Generals and Zoë Carpenter on the Future of Food

447

Will the Generals Save Us from Trump? John Nichols

448

The fraud investigation into Ivanka and Don Jr. and their Trump Soho project: Amy Wilentz

449

Ai Weiwei on Refugees: They Are Part of Us—plus David Dayen on JPMorgan Chase and Amy Wilentz on Ivanka, Jared, and Don Jr.

450

Talking with Hillary about What Happened: Joan Walsh

451

Ari Berman: Gerrymandering Goes to the Supreme Court

452

Say It Again: Donald Trump Did Not Win the Popular Vote—E.J. Dionne; plus Ari Berman on Gerrymandering and Joan Walsh with Hillary

453

Katha Pollitt: What Hillary Gets Right in 'What Happened'

454

Trump Is Inviting America Into the Torture Chamber: Sasha Abramsky

455

The Trouble with Hillary's 'What Happened': D .D. Guttenplan on Why the Clinton Divide Matters

456

Trump Is Inviting America Into the Torture Chamber—Sasha Abramsky; Plus, Katha Pollitt and D.D. Guttenplan on Hillary’s Memoir.

457

Trump’s Campaign Chief Paul Manafort Faces Indictment—plus Hillary’s Book and Ken Burns’s Vietnam Doc

458

In ‘What Happened,’ Hillary Fails to Grasp Populist Discontent: Sarah Leonard

459

Hurricane politics and climate change in the Age of Trump: Mark Hertsgaard and John Nichols; plus Alfred McCoy on Cyberwar with China

460

Hurricanes, Toxics, and Trump's EPA: John Nichols

461

The Pentagon's Plans for War with China—and Why We Might Lose: Alfred McCoy

462

Robert Mueller’s Brilliant Move Against Trump: Elizabeth Holtzman

463

Behind Trump’s Heartless Attack on the Dreamers: John Nichols, plus Elizabeth Holtzman on Robert Mueller and Joan Walsh on Mike Pence

464

Houston vs Climate Change: Roane Carey; plus Erwin Chemerinsky on Trump & Arpaio, and Bob Dreyfuss on Seth Rich

465

Bannon’s Exit: All Power to Jared? Amy Wilentz & John Nichols; plus Joshua Holland on Russia & Democracy

466

White Nationalists in Charlottesville & DC: Eric Foner; plus Bob Dreyfuss on Manafort and Robert Lipsyte on Trump and Golf

467

How the Trump Presidency Ends: Frank Rich Compares the President’s Situation to Watergate

468

Surviving the Trump Years: Katha Pollitt’s Guide for the Anxious and the Depressed

469

Is Trump Desperate Enough to Pardon Himself? Plus Healthcare in the Senate and Happiness in Denmark

470

Trump's Attorney & Russian Bankers: Bob Dreyfuss, plus Amy Wilentz on Don Jr. and Suzanne Gordon on the VA

471

Al Franken Versus the De-Humorizer—Plus Ari Berman on Voting & Joan Walsh on Trump Jr.

472

Naomi Klein: We’re All in Trump’s Reality Show Now—Plus Amy Wilentz on Jared; and Al Franken

473

Naomi Klein: Kill the Trump Within—Plus, Health-Care in the Senate and Trump's Travel Ban

474

Trumpcare Is the Most Unpopular Legislation in History—Plus, Socialism and Thoreau

475

The Case for Impeaching Trump—Plus, Trump’s Tweets and Corbyn’s Triumph

476

Norman Lear: Donald Trump Is the Middle Finger of the American Right Hand

477

Sasha Abramsky: Trump Is Like a Cornered Animal. Plus: David Cole and Paul Mason

478

Donald Trump's Cruel and Unusual Budget—Plus the Supreme Court on Voting and Trump in Saudi Arabia

479

Will Trump Even Make It Through One Term? Plus: Montana’s Special Election, and Ivanka's New Book

480

Rick Perlstein: What We Didn’t Understand about Trump

481

Laura Poitras: The Many Contradictions of Julian Assange

482

Margaret Atwood: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ in the Age of Trump

483

Bill McKibben: This Is Our Last Chance to Save the Planet

484

Tom Frank: Would Bernie Have Been Able to Beat Trump? Hell Yes!

485

Chris Hayes: Donald Trump Is a Law-and-Order President In the Worst Possible Way

486

Chris Hayes: Trump ‘Knew Literally—And I Mean Literally—Nothing About’ His Health-Care Bill

487

Jane Mayer on the Reclusive Billionaire Who Made Trump President

488

Democrats Need to Understand Why the Rust Belt’s White Workers Still Support Trump

489

This Is the Resistance: More Than 5,000 Grassroots Groups Have Sprung Up Since Trump Was Elected

490

How the Democrats Can Beat Trump on Tax Reform

491

Jane Mayer: Dark Money and Donald Trump

492

The West Coast Is Leading the Resistance Against Trump

493

Keith Ellison: How the Democrats Can Win

494

How Far Outside the Legal Mainstream Is Neil Gorsuch?

495

Our ‘Insane Clown President’—and the Women Who Marched Against Him

496

We Can’t Just Protest Trump. We Must Defy Him.

497

Trump: Vicious, But Vulnerable

498

Obama Didn’t Talk Much About Race. Did that Open the Door to Trump?

499

Best of the Left in 2016

500

Robert Reich: Why Republicans Are Wrong about Taxes

501

Chris Hayes: How We Got from Obama to Trump

502

Naomi Klein, Rebecca Solnit, and Zack Exley: How Organizing Can Still Win

503

Is the Recount Assuring Electoral Integrity, or Wasting Money on a Distraction?

504

How to Stop Trump

505

Mike Davis: The Real Revolution of 2016 Was Not Trump’s

506

Mourn, Resist, Organize: Our Tasks Now

507

Donald Trump: The View From the Rustbelt

508

The Progressive Candidates Who Are Shaking Up This Election

509

Donald Trump’s ‘Horrifying’ Refusal to Accept the Election Results

510

Greil Marcus: Maybe Bob Dylan Isn’t a Poet, but He Is One of America’s Greatest Artists

511

Donald Trump’s 'Great Respect for Women'

512

A Journey into the Heart of Trump Country

513

Katha Pollitt: It’s Time to Get Active for Hillary

514

Bernie Sanders Speaks: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Building a Revolution

515

Oliver Stone: Edward Snowden Has Done Something ‘Quite Amazing’

516

White Workers, Trump, and Clinton

517

The Green Party’s Jill Stein Wants a Green New Deal

518

Why Won’t Obama Grant Edward Snowden Amnesty?

519

The Woman Behind Trump

520

What Donald Trump Got Very Wrong About Sexual Harassment

521

An Hour Without Trump

522

Will Hillary’s Outreach to Bernie’s Supporters Work?

523

Can Trump Win? The Republicans After Cleveland

524

Don’t Forget: Someone Loved Philando Castile, Someone Loved Alton Sterling

525

Clinton's Email, the FBI, and the Voters

526

Brexit’s Unlikely Lessons for Hillary Clinton

527

 Donald Trump Really Could Ban Muslims From Entering the Country

528

Life and Death in Gay Orlando

529

What Happened in California?

530

Does Bernie’s Movement Have a Future?

531

Can the Democratic Party Be United?

532

Donald Trump Knows the Age of Reagan Is Over. Does Hillary?

533

 Hillary Clinton Is Donald Trump’s Dream Opponent

534

If Donald Trump Loses, Will There Be Violence?

535

Could Donald Trump Actually Win Some of Bernie’s Supporters?

536

Frank Rich: How Hillary Could Lose to Trump

537

Naomi Klein Says Climate Justice Requires Bernie’s Boldness

538

 Bernie Sanders Has Momentum on His Side

539

What Kind of President Would Donald Trump Be?

540

Bernie Is Bringing the Reagan Era to an End

541

Bernie Isn't Finished

542

Bernie on the Move

543

Donald Trump, Master of Hate

544

Can Anything Stop Donald Trump?

545

Who Is Hillary Clinton?

546

The Secret to Bernie’s Startling Success

547

How Bernie Sanders Went From Trailing by Double Digits to Tying in Iowa

548

Frank Rich on Donald Trump; plus Bill McKibben and Anna Deavere Smith

549

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Why We've Endorsed Bernie Sanders

550

Should Feminists Vote for Clinton?

551

Rick Perlstein: Rahm Emanuel Must Go

552

The Best of the Left in 2015

553

Barbara Ehrenreich Explains Why the White Working Class Is Dying—Literally

554

ISIS and American Muslims; Republicans and American Guns

555

Naomi Klein: The Paris Climate Conference Protests Will Not Be Stopped

556

Bernie Sanders’s Socialism; the Future of Football

557

The Arab World and ISIS; The New York Times and Bernie Sanders