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Pfizer New York headquarters

Stop a Drug Company From Dodging $35 Billion in Taxes Stop a Drug Company From Dodging $35 Billion in Taxes

Pfizer plans to use “corporate inversion” to reap a huge tax break.

Mar 18, 2016 / NationAction

The Syrian Who Wanted the Revolution, Part Seven: The Salvation

The Syrian Who Wanted the Revolution, Part Seven: The Salvation The Syrian Who Wanted the Revolution, Part Seven: The Salvation

On the fifth anniversary of the revolt, the film collective Abounaddara gives a voice, a face, and a humanity to one of the country’s bludgeoned survivors.

Mar 18, 2016 / Moustafa Bayoumi

Kanye West

Faith, More, Safe, War Faith, More, Safe, War

On The Life of Pablo, where Kanye West most fully shares his doubts, he is more convincing as a Christian than on his other albums.

Mar 18, 2016 / Frank Guan

The Landmark Housing Deal That Could Help Quell New York’s Affordability Crisis

The Landmark Housing Deal That Could Help Quell New York’s Affordability Crisis The Landmark Housing Deal That Could Help Quell New York’s Affordability Crisis

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plans for Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning could bring relief to numerous rent-pinched New Yorkers—unless Governor Andrew Cuomo’s own plans get in the way.

Mar 18, 2016 / The Editors

The 5 Questions You Won’t Hear Asked at Any Presidential Debate

The 5 Questions You Won’t Hear Asked at Any Presidential Debate The 5 Questions You Won’t Hear Asked at Any Presidential Debate

Unless we address these long-standing foreign policy questions, we’ll continue playing international whack-a-mole for the next four years.

Mar 17, 2016 / Peter Van Buren

Jayhawks

How the Kansas Jayhawks Can Help Stop the Madness How the Kansas Jayhawks Can Help Stop the Madness

NCAA programs are rarely seen as part of the fight to change a thoroughly corrupt operation. Kansas could be different.

Mar 17, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Start Making Sense: Bernie Isn’t Finished

Start Making Sense: Bernie Isn’t Finished Start Making Sense: Bernie Isn’t Finished

John Nichols on Hillary’s victories; plus Ari Berman on North Carolina voting restrictions, and Tom Frank on the Democrats’ failures.

Mar 17, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Preschoolers

Black Kids in Mississippi Are Being Systematically Denied the Services They Are Entitled To Black Kids in Mississippi Are Being Systematically Denied the Services They Are Entitled To

The government’s mistrust of local communities is so strong, it’s underwriting the miseducation of a whole generation.

Mar 17, 2016 / Michelle Chen

America, the Unaffordable

America, the Unaffordable America, the Unaffordable

There’s a housing crisis. Everywhere. Can New York City create a blueprint to solve it?

Mar 17, 2016 / Feature / DW Gibson

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grasley

Now That We Have a Supreme Court Nominee, Tell GOP Senators to Do Their Job Now That We Have a Supreme Court Nominee, Tell GOP Senators to Do Their Job

Senate Republicans are still refusing to even consider Merrick Garland, President Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court.

Mar 16, 2016 / NationAction

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