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The Red Emigrant

The Red Emigrant The Red Emigrant

For Isaac Deutscher, exile helped him discover his real community—the internationalist left.

Mar 30, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins

The Salvadoran Town That Can’t Forget

The Salvadoran Town That Can’t Forget The Salvadoran Town That Can’t Forget

Will exhumations bring the survivors of the El Mozote massacre together, or tear them apart once again?

Mar 30, 2017 / Feature / Sarah Esther Maslin

Journalists watch GOP debate

The Sovietization of the American Political-Media Establishment?   The Sovietization of the American Political-Media Establishment?  

The hunt for Trump’s “Kremlin connections” indulges in practices reminiscent of the Soviet Kremlin and its media.

Mar 29, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Why Trump’s Climate-Wrecking Agenda Could Fail

Why Trump’s Climate-Wrecking Agenda Could Fail Why Trump’s Climate-Wrecking Agenda Could Fail

Activists as well as local and state governments are fighting back—but global energy markets could be his most powerful opponents.

Mar 29, 2017 / Mark Hertsgaard

Civilians killed in Mosul

Under Trump, the United States May Now Be Killing More Civilians Than Russia Under Trump, the United States May Now Be Killing More Civilians Than Russia

With mass-casualty events from Raqqa to Mosul, some think the US military is scrapping rules designed to protect innocents.

Mar 29, 2017 / Peter Certo

Drought

Trump’s Climate Order May Make it Harder to Prepare for Natural Disasters Trump’s Climate Order May Make it Harder to Prepare for Natural Disasters

The president rolled back two directives meant to protect communities from the effects of climate change.

Mar 29, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter

A young man holds up a sign at a recent rally against the repeal of the ACA

The Tea Party Helped Build the Bridge to Single Payer The Tea Party Helped Build the Bridge to Single Payer

By pushing a draconian repeal of Obamacare, they awakened a giant. Thanks, guys!

Mar 29, 2017 / Richard Kim

alex acosta

Trump’s Labor Nominee, Alexander Acosta, Is More Dangerous than You Think Trump’s Labor Nominee, Alexander Acosta, Is More Dangerous than You Think

Acosta might seem like a sober choice, but he embraces Trump's anti-labor agenda.

Mar 29, 2017 / Christopher D. Cook

Victory! USA Women’s Hockey Team Just Won Their Strike

Victory! USA Women’s Hockey Team Just Won Their Strike Victory! USA Women’s Hockey Team Just Won Their Strike

These women have shown female athletes as well as the labor movement what winning looks like.

Mar 29, 2017 / Dave Zirin

University of Florida students

Students and Farmworkers Are Teaming Up to Boot Wendy’s Off Their Campuses Students and Farmworkers Are Teaming Up to Boot Wendy’s Off Their Campuses

The effort is part of a national campaign to pressure Wendy’s to improve their labor practices.

Mar 29, 2017 / StudentNation / Molly Minta

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