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Cyber Hacks: The Washington Post’s Baseless Crusade Against Russia Cyber Hacks: The Washington Post’s Baseless Crusade Against Russia

If you’re going to point the finger of blame at one country in particular you should have more, you know, proof. 

Sep 7, 2016 / James Carden

More Lost Opportunities to Diminish the New Cold War

More Lost Opportunities to Diminish the New Cold War More Lost Opportunities to Diminish the New Cold War

Obama rejects a partnership with Russia against ISIS in Syria and reneges on his own proposals to reduce nuclear dangers while Ukraine’s President Poroshenko reneges on an agreemen...

Sep 7, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

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People With Disabilities Aren’t Entitled to the Minimum Wage People With Disabilities Aren’t Entitled to the Minimum Wage

Antiquated labor laws treat people with disabilities as second-tier employees.

Sep 7, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Antoine Volodine’s Army of Avatars

Antoine Volodine’s Army of Avatars Antoine Volodine’s Army of Avatars

Is there any other writer whose work is as strange and hermetic and gloriously, painfully appropriate to the unparalleled shittiness of our times?

Sep 7, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ben Ehrenreich

Teachers Are Working for Uber Just to Keep a Foothold in the Middle Class

Teachers Are Working for Uber Just to Keep a Foothold in the Middle Class Teachers Are Working for Uber Just to Keep a Foothold in the Middle Class

For the ride-share company, teacher/drivers are both a marketing coup and an exploitable labor force.

Sep 7, 2016 / Feature / Alissa Quart

Several Types of William Empson

Several Types of William Empson Several Types of William Empson

A lost study of Buddhist art reveals a hidden side of a great literary critic.

Sep 6, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Chenxin Jiang

Can the Democrats Win Back White Working-Class Voters?

Can the Democrats Win Back White Working-Class Voters? Can the Democrats Win Back White Working-Class Voters?

Maybe—but first we need to understand why they left the party.

Sep 6, 2016 / Feature / Joan Walsh

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Actually, Not All White Working-Class Voters Are Conservative Actually, Not All White Working-Class Voters Are Conservative

A lot of working-class whites vote Democrat—and they are vital members of any progressive coalition.

Sep 6, 2016 / Steve Phillips

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What Phyllis Schlafly Might Have Been, if It Weren’t for Women Like Phyllis Schlafly What Phyllis Schlafly Might Have Been, if It Weren’t for Women Like Phyllis Schlafly

The great defender of traditional domesticity was a whirling dervish of professional activity.

Sep 6, 2016 / Katha Pollitt

Laos Unexploded Bombs

The Heroes Behind Obama’s Historic Announcement in Laos The Heroes Behind Obama’s Historic Announcement in Laos

The United States will devote $90 million to finding and disposing of 50-year-old unexploded bombs.

Sep 6, 2016 / John Cavanagh

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