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February 24, 2020, Issue

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Editorial

Republican Senators Just Sold Out Democracy

By acquitting Trump, Republicans handed the president nearly unlimited power—and revealed the extent of their venality.

Elie Mystal

Why Doctors Are Fighting Their Professional Organization Over Medicare for All

Calls for single-payer are coming from outside the American Medical Association—and show that doctors are not a single class of workers with a unified political view.

Danielle Carr

Emma Copley Eisenberg’s Appalachian True-Crime Chronicle Upends the Genre

In a conversation with fellow true-crime writer Rachel Monroe, Eisenberg discusses the pitfalls and potential of the evolving genre.

Rachel Monroe

Column

Gloria Steinem and Patricia Carbine at Ms

Excuse Me, Ms.!

Confused about Latinx, alumnx, even mxn? Fear not: Inclusive language has been evolving for decades.

Katha Pollitt

The Center Is a Decaying Piece of Real Estate

And Bernie Sanders is the only candidate not clinging to it.

Shuja Haider

The Vote to Acquit Trump

Calvin Trillin

Letters

Letters From the February 24, 2020, Issue

Competing theories… A serious misconception (web only)…

Our Readers and Gabriel Winant

Feature

Rep. Katie Porter Wants to Make It Easier for Single Moms Like Her to Serve in Congress

Despite the record gains by female candidates in the 2018 midterms, women still make up just 24 percent of Congress. Without a structural solution, says Porter, that won’t change.

Marisa Agha