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The Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline Is Not Over. Here’s How You Can Join

The Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline Is Not Over. Here’s How You Can Join The Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline Is Not Over. Here’s How You Can Join

The water protectors and their allies have been taking aim at the project in a way that the companies behind it are sure to notice: by hitting them in their pocketbooks.

Jun 16, 2017 / Skanda Kadirgamar

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Trump Is Appointing Racist Fake-News Purveyors to the Federal Bench Trump Is Appointing Racist Fake-News Purveyors to the Federal Bench

A radical transformation of the judiciary is underway. 

Jun 16, 2017 / George Zornick

Leo Varadkar

Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s Fortunate Son Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s Fortunate Son

He’s the country’s first openly gay prime minister and first of South Asian heritage—but he offers little relief from the harsh austerity budgets that have done so much harm.

Jun 16, 2017 / Margaret Spillane

Jordan Edwards

Systemic Racism Couldn’t Care Less About Your Respectability Politics Systemic Racism Couldn’t Care Less About Your Respectability Politics

What could not save Philando Castile, Jordan Edwards or Richard Collins III is the same thing that I have been told would save me, a young black college student: respectability.

Jun 16, 2017 / StudentNation / Shekinah Mondoua

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Megyn Kelly Isn’t a Crusading Journalist. She’s a Bullhorn for Bigots. Megyn Kelly Isn’t a Crusading Journalist. She’s a Bullhorn for Bigots.

Megyn Kelly’s interview with Alex Jones is unconscionable—and true to form.

Jun 16, 2017 / Katherine Stewart

Adapting ‘Angels in America’

Adapting ‘Angels in America’ Adapting ‘Angels in America’

Sometimes, adaptation is a form of redundancy. This new opera, based on Tony Kushner’s 1992 play, is something stirring in its own way and unexpectedly timely.

Jun 16, 2017 / David Hajdu

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The British Ruling Class Is in Full Panic Mode The British Ruling Class Is in Full Panic Mode

Paul Mason on Jeremy Corbyn’s triumph in the UK elections.

Jun 16, 2017 / Jon Wiener

Asking for a Friend: How Can a Working-Class Person Like Me Change the Democrats?

Asking for a Friend: How Can a Working-Class Person Like Me Change the Democrats? Asking for a Friend: How Can a Working-Class Person Like Me Change the Democrats?

And another reader is struggling with Trump-induced anxiety.

Jun 16, 2017 / Liza Featherstone

Bernie Sanders at People's Summit

Infighting Is Good for the Democratic Party Infighting Is Good for the Democratic Party

Given recent failures, isn’t it time to debate ideas and strategy?

Jun 15, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

Republican Legislators Want You to Think Confederate Monuments Aren’t Political

Republican Legislators Want You to Think Confederate Monuments Aren’t Political Republican Legislators Want You to Think Confederate Monuments Aren’t Political

Under the guise of historical preservation, Southern states have passed laws preventing the removal of Confederate symbols.

Jun 15, 2017 / Jonathan S. Blake

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