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Trump and Kissinger

What Kissinger Can Teach Trump about Surviving an Impeachment What Kissinger Can Teach Trump about Surviving an Impeachment

It’s all showbiz—that’s how Henry escaped the Watergate dragnet.

May 11, 2017 / Greg Grandin

Donald Trump and Kris Kobach

Trump’s Commission on ‘Election Integrity’ Will Lead to Massive Voter Suppression Trump’s Commission on ‘Election Integrity’ Will Lead to Massive Voter Suppression

It will be led by Mike Pence and Kris Kobach, who have a very long history of making it harder to vote.

May 11, 2017 / Ari Berman

Tom Price refuses to talk to Dan Heyman

A Journalist Has Been Arrested for Questioning HHS Secretary Tom Price A Journalist Has Been Arrested for Questioning HHS Secretary Tom Price

A West Virginia reporter was treated as “an enemy of the people” for doing his job.

May 11, 2017 / John Nichols

What I Learned From Susan Burton, a Modern-Day Harriet Tubman

What I Learned From Susan Burton, a Modern-Day Harriet Tubman What I Learned From Susan Burton, a Modern-Day Harriet Tubman

Reading her life story will change the way you view the world.

May 11, 2017 / Michelle Alexander

NYC Bail Reform

Our Bail-Bond System Is Broken Our Bail-Bond System Is Broken

And it’s hurting society’s most vulnerable communities the most.

May 11, 2017 / Michelle Chen

American troops on patrol in Afghanistan

Why Armed Conflicts Almost Never Achieve Their Stated Goals Why Armed Conflicts Almost Never Achieve Their Stated Goals

When it comes to war, less often accomplishes more.

May 11, 2017 / Danny Sjursen

A protester holds up a sign while a person walks around in a caricature of Trump during a peaceful protest

We May Be Witnessing the Unraveling of Donald Trump’s Presidency We May Be Witnessing the Unraveling of Donald Trump’s Presidency

In his paranoia about his legitimacy as president, Trump is pushing us to the brink of a constitutional crisis.

May 11, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly

Bill O’Reilly Could Have Been Stopped Years Ago—Here’s How Bill O’Reilly Could Have Been Stopped Years Ago—Here’s How

It’s time to rethink the use of confidentiality agreements in workplace harassment cases.

May 11, 2017 / Terri Gerstein

Trump Confederate Flag

Rick Perlstein: What We Didn’t Understand About Trump Rick Perlstein: What We Didn’t Understand About Trump

Plus Atossa Araxia Abrahamian on redefining money and Heather Ann Thompson on Attica.

May 11, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Journalists Protest in Veracruz

Mexico’s ‘Drug War’ Is Really a War Against Journalists—Waged by the Government Mexico’s ‘Drug War’ Is Really a War Against Journalists—Waged by the Government

Washington-backed military and economic initiatives have fueled a perfect machine of perpetual war.

May 10, 2017 / Greg Grandin

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