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Joe Biden Presidency

These Are the 3 Ways Biden’s Presidency Could Go These Are the 3 Ways Biden’s Presidency Could Go

Joe Biden has already given us a sense of what to expect from this administration—and what we should worry about.

Jun 29, 2021 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Senator Mike Gravel

Mike Gravel Told Americans What Was Being Done in Their Name but Without Their Consent Mike Gravel Told Americans What Was Being Done in Their Name but Without Their Consent

Fifty years ago this week, the senator read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record. He never stopped battling war and secrecy. Gravel died on Saturday.

Jun 28, 2021 / Obituary / John Nichols

Ebrahim Raisi

Low Turnout Embarrasses Hard-Liners in Iran Low Turnout Embarrasses Hard-Liners in Iran

The religious right captured the presidency, but voters still registered their dissent.

Jun 28, 2021 / Dostmohammad Punjabi

Ploughshares

Ploughshares Ploughshares

Deeper holes.

Jun 28, 2021 / OppArt / Brian Stauffer

India Walton

The Political Revolution Comes to… Buffalo? The Political Revolution Comes to… Buffalo?

The stunning victory of socialist challenger India Walton over the city’s four-term incumbent has ignited a revolution here—if she can keep it.

Jun 28, 2021 / Geoff Kelly

Florida voters - voting rights

Joe Biden and the Age of Blaxhaustion Joe Biden and the Age of Blaxhaustion

After saving Biden’s campaign from defeat, Black people had hoped for some relief from the constant racism and attacks. That hasn’t happened.

Jun 28, 2021 / Column / Elie Mystal

Nina Turner Is Running to Join the Squad

Nina Turner Is Running to Join the Squad Nina Turner Is Running to Join the Squad

Can the Sanders surrogate win over her district without losing her supporters on the left?

Jun 28, 2021 / Feature / Joan Walsh

Diane Johnson’s Homecoming

Diane Johnson’s Homecoming Diane Johnson’s Homecoming

In her new novel, the novelist returns to the United States to offer a self-conscious story of American fragmentation.

Jun 28, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Becca Rothfeld

Annette Gordon-Reed’s Personal History of Juneteenth

Annette Gordon-Reed’s Personal History of Juneteenth Annette Gordon-Reed’s Personal History of Juneteenth

In her new book, Gordon-Reed reminds us that besides offering us origin stories the past can also provides us with a way to think about the present and future.

Jun 28, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II

Bill Barr

Bill Barr’s Rehabilitation Tour Begins. Let’s Not Fall for It. Bill Barr’s Rehabilitation Tour Begins. Let’s Not Fall for It.

Democrats can’t let Barr off the hook for all the ways he abetted Trump’s lawlessness, even if he now calls some of it “bullshit.”

Jun 27, 2021 / Joan Walsh

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