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James Mattis

Trump’s Obsession With Generals Could Send Us Straight Into War With Iran Trump’s Obsession With Generals Could Send Us Straight Into War With Iran

The president’s foreign-policy picks have set the stage for an aggressive military-first administration.

Mar 6, 2017 / William D. Hartung

Colin Kaepernick, Eric Reid and Eli Harold

Colin Kaepernick Has Not Stopped Fighting Injustice Just Because He’s Stopped Kneeling Colin Kaepernick Has Not Stopped Fighting Injustice Just Because He’s Stopped Kneeling

The scathing criticism aimed at Colin Kaepernick for ending his protests of the national anthem is hypocrisy writ large.

Mar 6, 2017 / Dave Zirin

Immigrant strike

From #SanctuaryCampus to a National Strike From #SanctuaryCampus to a National Strike

In November, more than 100 campuses walked out for immigrant justice. What’s next?

Mar 6, 2017 / StudentNation / Rodrigo Saavedra

Kenny Chapman, 53, receives coins from a man

Our Political Economy Is Designed to Create Poverty and Inequality Our Political Economy Is Designed to Create Poverty and Inequality

Poverty is not an abstraction. People wear it on their faces, carry it on their backs as a constant companion—and it is heavy.

Mar 6, 2017 / Dennis Kucinich

America Is Finally Winning Again!

America Is Finally Winning Again! America Is Finally Winning Again!

A self-confessed dishonest journalist’s plea for White House press credentials.

Mar 6, 2017 / Feature / Francesca Fiorentini

Wilbur Ross

Everything Trump Did in His 6th Week That Really Matters Everything Trump Did in His 6th Week That Really Matters

Behind the scenes, a lot happened this week at several federal agencies. 

Mar 3, 2017 / George Zornick and Zoë Carpenter

Sen. Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Is Going to Mississippi to March With Workers This Weekend Bernie Sanders Is Going to Mississippi to March With Workers This Weekend

It’s part of a new wave of demonstrations and organizing drives linking workers’ rights and civil rights.

Mar 3, 2017 / John Nichols

Nat Hentoff

A Memorial for Nat Hentoff A Memorial for Nat Hentoff

The journalist’s spirit of freewheeling dispute was very much in evidence.

Mar 3, 2017 / Leslie Savan

Tima Kurdi and Sherwan Kurdi

Why Does the US Continue to Arm Terrorists in Syria? Why Does the US Continue to Arm Terrorists in Syria?

The “Stop Arming Terrorists Act” should be a top priority for the 115th Congress.

Mar 3, 2017 / James Carden

Tishaura O. Jones

Can a Champion of Black Lives Matter Become Mayor of St. Louis? Can a Champion of Black Lives Matter Become Mayor of St. Louis?

Tishaura Jones is running to “uproot racism” just a few miles from the streets where Michael Brown was murdered.

Mar 3, 2017 / Jimmy Tobias

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