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Bill Montgomery

This Arizona Prosecutor Is Waging a Strange War on Weed—and That’s Just the Beginning This Arizona Prosecutor Is Waging a Strange War on Weed—and That’s Just the Beginning

Bill Montgomery is up for election tomorrow.

Nov 7, 2016 / Jessica Pishko

The Syrian War’s Women Refugees Face a Particularly Harsh Exile

The Syrian War’s Women Refugees Face a Particularly Harsh Exile The Syrian War’s Women Refugees Face a Particularly Harsh Exile

In Iraq, Lebanon, and other countries in the region, Syrian women are still under siege.

Nov 7, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Police surveillance

Americans Are Finding New Ways to Join the Surveillance State Americans Are Finding New Ways to Join the Surveillance State

Some of them aren’t pretty.

Nov 7, 2016 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

FBI Clears Hillary Clinton (Again), but the Damage Is Done

FBI Clears Hillary Clinton (Again), but the Damage Is Done FBI Clears Hillary Clinton (Again), but the Damage Is Done

James Comey just gave one of the most consequential “oh, neverminds” in American history. 

Nov 6, 2016 / George Zornick

Hillary Clinton’s Silence on Standing Rock Is a Moral Mistake—and a Political One

Hillary Clinton’s Silence on Standing Rock Is a Moral Mistake—and a Political One Hillary Clinton’s Silence on Standing Rock Is a Moral Mistake—and a Political One

One way Clinton could convince Bernie Sanders's supporters she deserves their vote: stand with Standing Rock.

Nov 6, 2016 / Evelyn Nieves

Republicans Won’t Stop Talking About Impeaching Clinton

Republicans Won’t Stop Talking About Impeaching Clinton Republicans Won’t Stop Talking About Impeaching Clinton

The election isn’t even over, but folks like Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson are promising to impeach Clinton—for something.

Nov 6, 2016 / John Nichols

Common

Common and the New Aesthetics of Blackness Common and the New Aesthetics of Blackness

Rap music’s nice guy plays it safe on his new album Black America Again.

Nov 5, 2016 / Marcus J. Moore

Greenhouse Gases

The Carbon Tax on the Ballot in Washington State Is Not the Right Way to Deal With Global Warming The Carbon Tax on the Ballot in Washington State Is Not the Right Way to Deal With Global Warming

A revenue-neutral carbon tax simply cannot deliver the massive green-energy investments we all need.

Nov 4, 2016 / Naomi Klein

Sunshine State Solar Woes

Will Florida Voters Be Duped Into Killing Solar Power? Will Florida Voters Be Duped Into Killing Solar Power?

A Florida ballot initiative is written in pro-solar language—but its actual meaning is far more sinister.

Nov 4, 2016 / Samantha Schuyler

Pedro Sanchez

Spain’s Socialists May Have Destroyed for Years the Chances of a Left-Wing Government Spain’s Socialists May Have Destroyed for Years the Chances of a Left-Wing Government

The party’s leaders would rather see continued right-wing rule than form a progressive coalition with Podemos.

Nov 4, 2016 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín

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