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Yanis Varoufakis, Bernie Sanders, and the Progressive International

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Cooking the Books at the Pentagon: Dave Lindorff

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Revolution in Armenia: Marc Cooper

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Frederick Douglass—and Us: Eric Foner

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

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The Climate Report's Dark Warning: Tom Athanasiou

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The Real Midterm Victories: Kai Wright

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

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

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Matt Whitaker and the Constitution: Erwin Chemerinsky

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With the Caravan: Laura Carlsen

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The Historic Feminist Wave in the Midterms: Joan Walsh

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

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Vote Suppression in 2018: Ari Berman

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The Election in the Midwest: Gary Younge in Racine

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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

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Donald Trump's Tax Crimes: David Cay Johnston

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Impeach Kavanaugh? John Nichols

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

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The Fight for $15: Michelle Chen

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

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Universal Basic Income, or Federal Job Guarantee? Bryce Covert

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Trump and Palestine, 25 Years After Oslo: Mouin Rabbani

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

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The Inequality Industry: Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

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What Democrats Need to Know about Moderate Republicans: Steve Phillips

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

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Brett Kavanaugh Must Answer These Questions: David Cole

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The Politics of Motherhood: Katha Pollitt

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

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Donald Trump’s 1968—and Ours: Todd Gitlin

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Aretha and Obama: Farah Griffin

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Anna Deavere Smith: The School-to-Prison Pipeline

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Women in Prison: Novelist Rachel Kushner

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Trump's Threat to the Economy: Nomi Prins

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Can the Democrats Stop Kavanaugh? Harold Meyerson

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Left Politics Can Win in the Red States: Mike Lux

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

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Jimmy Carter: Success and Failure--Michael Kazin

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Some questions for Brett Kavanaugh: David Cole

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The Fight to Block Brett Kavanaugh: John Nichols

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The Supreme Court and Corporate 'Rights': Adam Winkler

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Would Pence Be Worse? Jane Mayer

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America After Trump: E.J. Dionne

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Bullshit Jobs--and Meaningful Ones: David Graeber

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

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Drone Warriors and Us: Eyal Press

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Haiti in June: Amy Wilentz

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Donald Trump and Our Endless Wars: Andrew Bacevich

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

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

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Democrats' Chances in November are Looking Good: Harold Meyerson

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Donald Trump and Refugee Lives: Viet Thanh Nguyen

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Homeless In Amerca: What Happened? Bryce Covert

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America's Empire of Nothing: Tom Engelhardt

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Donald Trump and Syrian Refugees: Wendy Pearlman

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Trump vs. Europe: Yanis Varoufakis

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Remembering Paris in May '68: Arthur Goldhammer

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

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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

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The Contradictions of James Comey: Elizabeth Drew

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The Two Koreas vs. Donald Trump: Bruce Cumings

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Texas and Trump: Lawrence Wright

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

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Gary Younge: Return to Muncie—A Trump Town

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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

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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

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Anna Deavere Smith: The School-to-Prison Pipeline

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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Here Comes the Next Financial Crisis: Nomi Prins