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This Is Not a President

This Is Not a President This Is Not a President

This is the loser.

Dec 12, 2020 / OppArt / Edel Rodriguez

Is It Really Terry McAuliffe’s Turn in Virginia—Again?

Is It Really Terry McAuliffe’s Turn in Virginia—Again? Is It Really Terry McAuliffe’s Turn in Virginia—Again?

Two Black women were already in the governor’s race, but McAuliffe wagers that his experience, fundraising prowess, and ties to the state’s older Black leaders can propel him past ...

Dec 11, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Hinch-22

Hinch-22 Hinch-22

Bilgewater on back order. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of December 7.

Dec 11, 2020 / Steve Brodner

Bob Dylan at Montfort Hall, Leicester (U.K.) in 1965.

How Bob Dylan Wrote the Second Great American Songbook How Bob Dylan Wrote the Second Great American Songbook

The sale of the singer-songwriter’s catalogue is a reminder of his massive cultural legacy.

Dec 11, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Sea of Plastic

Sea of Plastic Sea of Plastic

The deep impact of the climate crisis.

Dec 11, 2020 / OppArt / Gio

Don’t Cheer Trump’s 11th-Hour Troop Withdrawals

Don’t Cheer Trump’s 11th-Hour Troop Withdrawals Don’t Cheer Trump’s 11th-Hour Troop Withdrawals

Yes, drawdowns of American forces abroad are overdue—but the president’s latest orders serve his interests, not the country’s.

Dec 11, 2020 / Andrew McCormick

Senator Ron Johnson No Longer Has Constituents; He Has a Boss, a Don

Senator Ron Johnson No Longer Has Constituents; He Has a Boss, a Don Senator Ron Johnson No Longer Has Constituents; He Has a Boss, a Don

He’s planned a hearing to promote fantasies about “irregularities,” and threatens to disrupt certification of the Electoral College vote.

Dec 11, 2020 / John Nichols

Election 2020 North Carolina

How the Safe Bet Lost in North Carolina How the Safe Bet Lost in North Carolina

What doomed Cal Cunningham may have been the same thing that made him appealing in the first place: He never took a firm position on anything, even himself.

Dec 11, 2020 / Drew Millard

Trumpists Are Ranting About Election Fraud as Americans Die of Covid

Trumpists Are Ranting About Election Fraud as Americans Die of Covid Trumpists Are Ranting About Election Fraud as Americans Die of Covid

This during the deadliest week so far in the pandemic, with infection rates at upwards of 220,000 per day.

Dec 11, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Fighting From Federal Death Row in the Memory of My Friends

Fighting From Federal Death Row in the Memory of My Friends Fighting From Federal Death Row in the Memory of My Friends

“These are the names of the humans on federal death row and the dates that the Trump administration intends to kill them before leaving office.”

Dec 11, 2020 / Billie Allen

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