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Coulter Trump speech

The Messy Business of Free Speech The Messy Business of Free Speech

What’s missing from Floyd Abrams’s book The Soul of the First Amendment.

Sep 5, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Gara LaMarche

Protesters demonstrate during a May Day march in Chicago

Trump’s Labor Picks Give Workers Nothing to Celebrate on Labor Day Trump’s Labor Picks Give Workers Nothing to Celebrate on Labor Day

The president is filling key positions with allies of ALEC, union busters, and a defender of sweatshop wages.

Sep 3, 2017 / John Nichols

Minimum wage protest

The Rollback of Pro-Worker Policies Since Trump Took Office Is Staggering The Rollback of Pro-Worker Policies Since Trump Took Office Is Staggering

This Labor Day, don’t listen to his empty promises to protect working people.

Sep 1, 2017 / Helaine Olen

Houston Chemical Plant Explosion

Trump Budget Cuts Could Halt the Investigation Into the Texas Chemical Plant Explosion Trump Budget Cuts Could Halt the Investigation Into the Texas Chemical Plant Explosion

Trump wants to eliminate the US Chemical Safety Board, which is looking into the Arkema explosion. 

Sep 1, 2017 / George Zornick

David Clarke salute

Scandal-Plagued Sheriff David Clarke Would Make a Bad Trump Administration Even Worse Scandal-Plagued Sheriff David Clarke Would Make a Bad Trump Administration Even Worse

Trump’s favorite lawman wants to shred the Constitution and abandon habeas corpus.

Sep 1, 2017 / John Nichols

Port Arthur, Texas, on August 31, 2017.

The Political Roots of Houston’s Flooding The Political Roots of Houston’s Flooding

Roane Carey on how the city’s developers are fighting a losing battle against climate change.

Sep 1, 2017 / Jon Wiener

DNC HQ

A Leak or a Hack? A Forum on the VIPS Memo A Leak or a Hack? A Forum on the VIPS Memo

A letter from dissenting members of VIPS, a reply from VIPS, and the results of our independent review.

Sep 1, 2017 / Various Contributors

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Erwin Chemerinsky: Trump’s Terrible Pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio Erwin Chemerinsky: Trump’s Terrible Pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio

The dean of the law school at Berkeley explains why Trump’s move violates basic tenets of the separation of powers.

Sep 1, 2017 / Jon Wiener

Hillary Emails CNN

How Right-Wing Media Played the Mainstream Press in the 2016 Election How Right-Wing Media Played the Mainstream Press in the 2016 Election

Stories that originated in the right’s echo chamber were able to make the leap into the mainstream.

Sep 1, 2017 / Joshua Holland

Durham confederate statue

These Southern Cities Are at the Heart of the Struggle Against White Supremacy These Southern Cities Are at the Heart of the Struggle Against White Supremacy

Dispatches from the urban resistance, from Durham to Birmingham.

Aug 31, 2017 / Jimmy Tobias

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