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Haiti’s Jacobin

Haiti’s Jacobin Haiti’s Jacobin

A new biography explores the mysterious life and times of Toussaint Louverture.

Nov 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell

The Bundy Acquittal Is Dangerous

The Bundy Acquittal Is Dangerous The Bundy Acquittal Is Dangerous

But the courtroom isn’t the only place to challenge the rise of anti-government radicals.

Nov 1, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Trump Baton Rouge

Donald Trump’s ‘Open Carry’ Is Legal in All 50 States Donald Trump’s ‘Open Carry’ Is Legal in All 50 States

Trump isn’t the first man to abuse women in both public and private—and tragically, he won’t be the last either.

Nov 1, 2016 / Ann Jones

Yellow cabs

Working-Class New Yorkers Are in Danger of Going Extinct. So Is Our Accent. Working-Class New Yorkers Are in Danger of Going Extinct. So Is Our Accent.

I’m a proud, fifth-generation New Yorker with a strong outer-borough brogue. I’m also probably the last.

Nov 1, 2016 / Tara Clancy

A Dirty Trick That Won’t Change the Outcome

A Dirty Trick That Won’t Change the Outcome A Dirty Trick That Won’t Change the Outcome

Forget the polls. The overwhelming percentage of people who actually vote have already made up their minds about the character of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Nov 1, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Demonstrators displaying signs in German, French, English, and Russian near a future rocket range in Bavaria, Germany, 1961.

The United Nations Votes to Start Negotiations to Ban the Bomb The United Nations Votes to Start Negotiations to Ban the Bomb

One hundred and twenty-three nations voted to move forward with negotiations to prohibit nuclear weapons—just as the world has already done for biological and chemical weapons.

Nov 1, 2016 / Alice Slater

10 of the World’s Poorest Countries Host Half the Global Refugee Population

10 of the World’s Poorest Countries Host Half the Global Refugee Population 10 of the World’s Poorest Countries Host Half the Global Refugee Population

Why aren’t wealthy countries, including Europe’s most powerful economies, doing more to help asylum seekers?

Nov 1, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

How Did Donald Trump Actually Get This Far? How Did Donald Trump Actually Get This Far?

As you might expect, it involves a brain-eating monster. 

Nov 1, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Peopel vote in Glens Falls, NY

Sign Our Pledge and Help Make Voting Easy and Inclusive Sign Our Pledge and Help Make Voting Easy and Inclusive

We’ve joined with voting and civil rights organizations across the country to respond to voter suppression by getting out the vote. 

Nov 1, 2016 / NationAction

Offensive to retake Mosul

Will the Reconquest of Mosul Lead to the Breakup of Iraq? Will the Reconquest of Mosul Lead to the Breakup of Iraq?

The Arab world is divided, often along sectarian lines, on what to expect. 

Oct 31, 2016 / Juan Cole

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