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There’s One Other Reason Gary Johnson and Jill Stein Should Be Invited to the Debates There’s One Other Reason Gary Johnson and Jill Stein Should Be Invited to the Debates

Third-party presidential candidates help to force the conversation on hot-button issues—like pardoning Edward Snowden.

Sep 22, 2016 / John Nichols

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Speaks: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Building a Revolution Bernie Sanders Speaks: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Building a Revolution

Plus, Edward Snowden on the NSA and Greg Grandin on Henry Kissinger.

Sep 22, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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Dangerous Rhetoric Dangerous Rhetoric

Hate crimes against Muslims up 78 percent. —News reports So what could have caused this precipitous rise— This increase in arson and hate-based assault? If Islamophobic remarks pav…

Sep 22, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Clinton supporter

Ambivalent Hillary Voters: Don’t Assume Someone Else Will Stop Trump Ambivalent Hillary Voters: Don’t Assume Someone Else Will Stop Trump

It’s time to get on board, and get active.

Sep 22, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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Letters From the October 10, 2016, Issue Letters From the October 10, 2016, Issue

So much for this magazine… The panic boom… Redoing the House—and Senate… Teach your children well… A real puzzle…

Sep 22, 2016 / Our Readers

The Black Panthers’ Overlooked Revolution

The Black Panthers’ Overlooked Revolution The Black Panthers’ Overlooked Revolution

Fifty years later, four women who helped build the party look back on the less-attention-grabbing part of its history.

Sep 22, 2016 / Feature / Yohuru Williams and Bryan Shih

A Poet Undone

A Poet Undone A Poet Undone

Poetry defeats poems. Beguiled by this decorous paradox, Ben Lerner’s The Hatred of Poetry evades the art’s difficulty and strangeness.

Sep 22, 2016 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

Puzzle No. 3408

Puzzle No. 3408 Puzzle No. 3408

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Sponsor protects maladjusted cop (9)  6 Notable France-Lebanon connection (5)  9 What a child might say in a game a…

Sep 22, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

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Native Americans Are Fighting a New but Familiar Battle at Standing Rock Native Americans Are Fighting a New but Familiar Battle at Standing Rock

The broken treaties of the past have now become a fundamental piece of the climate-justice battle.

Sep 22, 2016 / Brian Ward

The United States of Anxiety, Episode 1: Why Does Trump Appeal to So Many Voters?

The United States of Anxiety, Episode 1: Why Does Trump Appeal to So Many Voters? The United States of Anxiety, Episode 1: Why Does Trump Appeal to So Many Voters?

On Long Island, two different communities are both working for their American Dream.

Sep 22, 2016 / Podcast / Kai Wright

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