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Street signs.

Jan 28, 2020 / OppArt / Alessandra Mondolfi

Mitch McConnell leaves the Senate chamber on recess from impeachment trial.

Trump Acts Like a Mafia Don—and GOP Senators Yawn Trump Acts Like a Mafia Don—and GOP Senators Yawn

Day by day, tweet by presidential tweet, the country retreats from its democratic premise, yet the grandees of the GOP decline to intervene.

Jan 28, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Does Liberalism Have Its Roots in the Illiberal Upheavals of the English Reformation?

Does Liberalism Have Its Roots in the Illiberal Upheavals of the English Reformation? Does Liberalism Have Its Roots in the Illiberal Upheavals of the English Reformation?

A recent book argues that liberalism has an “unexpected debt” to evangelical religion.

Jan 28, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Keith Thomas

John Bolton

Trump Can’t Stop Bolton From Testifying. Only Cowardly Senate Republicans Can. Trump Can’t Stop Bolton From Testifying. Only Cowardly Senate Republicans Can.

And if they do that, Bolton must release his bombshell book immediately.

Jan 28, 2020 / Joan Walsh

‘Woke’ CEOs Don’t Actually Care About Economic Justice

‘Woke’ CEOs Don’t Actually Care About Economic Justice ‘Woke’ CEOs Don’t Actually Care About Economic Justice

Make no mistake: In business, earnings matter more than equality.

Jan 28, 2020 / Column / Aaron Ross Coleman

Australia Fires

The Australian Fires Are a Prelude to Our Climate Suffering The Australian Fires Are a Prelude to Our Climate Suffering

The fires could just be the beginning in a slow-motion climate reckoning of rising sea levels, unprecedented storms, and hellish heat waves.

Jan 28, 2020 / Tom Engelhardt

Elizabeth Warren Got More Than an Endorsement From ‘The Des Moines Register’

Elizabeth Warren Got More Than an Endorsement From ‘The Des Moines Register’ Elizabeth Warren Got More Than an Endorsement From ‘The Des Moines Register’

The paper offered a theory for how to frame the campaign going forward: “[Warren’s] ideas aren’t radical. They are right.”

Jan 27, 2020 / John Nichols

‘The People’s Perfume’ Sprays Cold Water on the Bernie Bro Narrative

‘The People’s Perfume’ Sprays Cold Water on the Bernie Bro Narrative ‘The People’s Perfume’ Sprays Cold Water on the Bernie Bro Narrative

Eau de Bernard, anyone?

Jan 27, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein

Performances At The Ice House Comedy Club

Beating Trump Is the Goal. What if Joe Rogan Fans Will Help? Beating Trump Is the Goal. What if Joe Rogan Fans Will Help?

Much of the criticism of Sanders for accepting the endorsement rewrites the past and present of Democratic Party electoral politics.

Jan 27, 2020 / Ed Burmila

John Bolton and a map

Bolton’s Bombshell Will Take Time to Explode Bolton’s Bombshell Will Take Time to Explode

Revelations from Bolton’s new book make congressional Republicans look like accomplices.

Jan 27, 2020 / Jeet Heer

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