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Flint Is the Predicted Outcome of Michigan’s Long, Dangerous History With ‘Emergency Managers’

Flint Is the Predicted Outcome of Michigan’s Long, Dangerous History With ‘Emergency Managers’ Flint Is the Predicted Outcome of Michigan’s Long, Dangerous History With ‘Emergency Managers’

For years, I have joined voters, other elected officials, and even courts in warning that the right-wing takeover of local government would end this way.

Feb 17, 2016 / Feature / Rep. John Conyers

The Federal Reserve’s Growing Power

The Federal Reserve’s Growing Power The Federal Reserve’s Growing Power

Can the jury-rigged arrangement between the US economy and its governing bodies last?

Feb 17, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Timothy Shenk

Visible and Invisible Women: ‘Pairing Picasso’ at the MFA

Visible and Invisible Women: ‘Pairing Picasso’ at the MFA Visible and Invisible Women: ‘Pairing Picasso’ at the MFA

The woman’s body is the unspoken subject of a remarkable new exhibit at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.

Feb 16, 2016 / Eve L. Ewing

Walmart in Richmond, Virginia

Walmart Wages Are the Main Reason People Depend on Food Stamps Walmart Wages Are the Main Reason People Depend on Food Stamps

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a means of survival for families earning minimum wage.

Feb 16, 2016 / Peter Van Buren

Antonin Scalia.

If Justice Scalia Really Had His Way… If Justice Scalia Really Had His Way…

His desire was for an America as it was before Gone With the Wind.

Feb 16, 2016 / Martin Garbus

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders

Is the Era of Small Government Over? Is the Era of Small Government Over?

For decades, Democrats have been running away from their own shadow. In Election 2016, they’re finally embracing who they really are.

Feb 16, 2016 / Julian E. Zelizer

Where to Invade Next

Michael Moore’s New Film Playfully Skewers US Exceptionalism Michael Moore’s New Film Playfully Skewers US Exceptionalism

A powerful, optimistic, and radical demonstration of what can be achieved by thinking outside the box—or, in this case, our borders.

Feb 16, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

RIP Scalia RIP Scalia

Remembering the Justice who deemed the Voting Rights Act “racial entitlement.”

Feb 16, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

The Supreme Court Is the Most Important Issue in the 2016 Election

The Supreme Court Is the Most Important Issue in the 2016 Election The Supreme Court Is the Most Important Issue in the 2016 Election

If Republicans obstruct Obama, the next Democratic president can shape the most progressive court since the 1960s.

Feb 16, 2016 / Ari Berman

Scalia, Clinton

How Scalia’s Death Could Give Hillary New Life How Scalia’s Death Could Give Hillary New Life

Bernie Sanders has said it repeatedly during his campaign: When voter turnout is high, the Democrats win.

Feb 15, 2016 / William Greider

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