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A precinct chair holds up his phone showing the Iowa caucus app

Don’t Count Out Iowa Just Yet Don’t Count Out Iowa Just Yet

The Iowa caucus has had a target on its back for decades. But like a vampire, it will be hard to kill. Here are some reasons why.

Feb 6, 2020 / Dave Leshtz

Gloria Steinem and Patricia Carbine at Ms

Excuse Me, Ms.! Excuse Me, Ms.!

Confused about Latinx, alumnx, even mxn? Fear not: Inclusive language has been evolving for decades.

Feb 6, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Puzzle No. 3524

Puzzle No. 3524 Puzzle No. 3524

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Mystery, primarily to a scoundrel: “Am I a nut?” (9)  6 Tailless dog seen east of Georgia range (5)  9 …

Feb 6, 2020 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Hourglass

Hourglass Hourglass

Time’s up.

Feb 6, 2020 / OppArt / Ron Hauge

The Stories We Don’t Need to Hear About Doctors and the Ones We Do

The Stories We Don’t Need to Hear About Doctors and the Ones We Do The Stories We Don’t Need to Hear About Doctors and the Ones We Do

A sequel to the influential but problematic hospital novel House of God shows we need new stories and perspectives about the medical field.

Feb 6, 2020 / Jennifer Bernstein

Arielle Angel

Newish and Jewish: An Interview With ‘Currents’ Editor Arielle Angel Newish and Jewish: An Interview With ‘Currents’ Editor Arielle Angel

How a revitalized magazine with its roots in American communism captured the Jewish left.

Feb 6, 2020 / Q&A / Sarah M. Seltzer

Doctors hold

Why Doctors Are Fighting Their Professional Organization Over Medicare for All Why Doctors Are Fighting Their Professional Organization Over Medicare for All

Calls for single-payer are coming from outside the American Medical Association—and show that doctors are not a single class of workers with a unified political view.

Feb 6, 2020 / Danielle Carr

Tulsi Gabbard speaking

Tulsi Gabbard in New Hampshire Tulsi Gabbard in New Hampshire

Gabbard’s emphasis on transforming US foreign policy gives her campaign an appeal that cuts across party lines—and defies traditional definitions of left and right.

Feb 6, 2020 / Michael Tracey

Republican Senators Just Sold Out Democracy

Republican Senators Just Sold Out Democracy Republican Senators Just Sold Out Democracy

By acquitting Trump, Republicans handed the president nearly unlimited power—and revealed the extent of their venality.

Feb 5, 2020 / Elie Mystal

Trump’s Vulnerability Is That He’s Divorced From Reality

Trump’s Vulnerability Is That He’s Divorced From Reality Trump’s Vulnerability Is That He’s Divorced From Reality

In the State of the Union, the president made clear that his reelection strategy is to foment fear and division through lies and merciless propaganda.

Feb 5, 2020 / Robert L. Borosage

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