Letters From the September 25-October 2, 2017, Issue Letters From the September 25-October 2, 2017, Issue
Labour pains… City vs. country…
Sep 7, 2017 / Our Readers and John Harris
The GOP Tax ‘Reform’ Is Highway Robbery The GOP Tax ‘Reform’ Is Highway Robbery
This scam is a full-employment program for corporate lobbyists.
Sep 7, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Behind Trump’s Heartless Attack on the DREAMers Behind Trump’s Heartless Attack on the DREAMers
John Nichols, plus Elizabeth Holtzman on Robert Mueller and Joan Walsh on Mike Pence.
Sep 7, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Soros Slander Reveals Anti-Semitism at the Heart of the Far Right Soros Slander Reveals Anti-Semitism at the Heart of the Far Right
Dinesh D’Souza’s book smearing George Soros is factually false, morally reprehensible, and nothing new.
Sep 7, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman
Mont Pelerin in Virginia Mont Pelerin in Virginia
A new book on James Buchanan and public-choice theory explores the Southern roots of the free-market right.
Sep 7, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein
Germany’s Working Poor Germany’s Working Poor
The Germans now face the highest number of impoverished workers in a decade, thanks to the draconian Hartz IV unemployment law.
Sep 6, 2017 / Olivier Cyran
Does Putin Really Want to ‘Destabilize the West’? Does Putin Really Want to ‘Destabilize the West’?
Just as there is no forensic evidence of a Kremlin “attack on our democracy” in 2016, there is no political logic for Putin’s alleged motives.
Sep 6, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
What I Learned From Trying To Make My Campus a Sanctuary What I Learned From Trying To Make My Campus a Sanctuary
While dozens of colleges have in fact become sanctuaries as a matter of policy, there has been hesitation on the part of public institutions which receive funding at the city, stat...
Sep 6, 2017 / StudentNation / David Pastor
Climate Denialism Is Literally Killing Us Climate Denialism Is Literally Killing Us
The victims of Hurricane Harvey have a murderer—and it’s not the storm.
Sep 6, 2017 / Mark Hertsgaard
Natural Disasters Call for Good Governance, Not Charity Natural Disasters Call for Good Governance, Not Charity
Trump promised to donate $1 million to Harvey relief efforts—while dismantling the government we all rely on.
Sep 6, 2017 / Column / Laila Lalami