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There Is No Argument for Ralph Northam to Keep His Job

There Is No Argument for Ralph Northam to Keep His Job There Is No Argument for Ralph Northam to Keep His Job

His failed attempts at “damage control” only show how reluctant he is to take responsibility for serious, racist actions.

Feb 2, 2019 / Elie Mystal

Ralph Northam

Ralph Northam’s Changing Stories Make No Sense Ralph Northam’s Changing Stories Make No Sense

Multiple explanations in 18 hours will not convince Virginians that their governor can be trusted. He must go.

Feb 2, 2019 / Joan Walsh

Electoral College map, 2000

Democrats Need to Make Getting Rid of the Electoral College a Top Priority Democrats Need to Make Getting Rid of the Electoral College a Top Priority

Two Republican losers have “won” the presidency in 16 years—that should be a lesson for Democrats.

Feb 1, 2019 / John Nichols

Roger Stone

Mueller Accuses Roger Stone of Lying and Bullying—but Not Collusion Mueller Accuses Roger Stone of Lying and Bullying—but Not Collusion

All the investigation has shown is that Stone asked for secrets from two people with none to provide.

Feb 1, 2019 / Aaron Maté

Corporations Have Paid Out at Least $2.7 Billion in Civil-Rights and Labor Lawsuits Since 2000

Corporations Have Paid Out at Least $2.7 Billion in Civil-Rights and Labor Lawsuits Since 2000 Corporations Have Paid Out at Least $2.7 Billion in Civil-Rights and Labor Lawsuits Since 2000

Inside an analysis of corporate legal culture.

Feb 1, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Leikeli47 Is Hip-Hop’s Most Stylish Rebel

Leikeli47 Is Hip-Hop’s Most Stylish Rebel Leikeli47 Is Hip-Hop’s Most Stylish Rebel

On her new album Acrylic, the masked rapper gleefully subverts the genre’s power structures. 

Feb 1, 2019 / Samantha Schuyler

Russia’s Pension-System ‘Reform’ Is Deeply Controversial

Russia’s Pension-System ‘Reform’ Is Deeply Controversial Russia’s Pension-System ‘Reform’ Is Deeply Controversial

It reveals that the country needs Perestroika 2.0.

Feb 1, 2019 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

Escaping the Wars and Waves

Escaping the Wars and Waves Escaping the Wars and Waves

Encounters with Syrian refugees.

Feb 1, 2019 / OppArt / Olivier Kugler

Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Brown Is More Than Just a Midwestern Populist Sherrod Brown Is More Than Just a Midwestern Populist

He has a long history of championing voting rights—and of bluntly challenging the “despicable” voter-suppression schemes of Republicans.

Jan 31, 2019 / John Nichols

US soldiers in Logar, Afghanistan

The War in Afghanistan Shows the Bankruptcy of Our Foreign-Policy Elite The War in Afghanistan Shows the Bankruptcy of Our Foreign-Policy Elite

It’s clear the United States can’t win, but the “experts” insist on delaying defeat forever. 

Jan 31, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

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