Trump’s Obsession With Manufacturing Is About Politics, Not Jobs

Most of us work in the service sector, but you won't hear the president talk about that.

Bryce Covert

This WWII Military Strategy Perfectly Explains What Trump Is Doing to the Media

He’s making it difficult to pick out the signal from the noise.

D.D. Guttenplan

What the Fugitive Slave Act Teaches Us About How States Can Resist Oppressive Federal Power

The actions of attorneys general in California and other states have their antecedents in the fight against that draconian law.

Eric Foner

Donald Trump Wants to Tear Down the Wall—the Wall Between Church and State

And the religious right couldn’t be happier.

The Nation

The Religious Right Helped Put Trump in Office—Now He Owes Them Big

You can call it hypocrisy, or you can call it keeping your eyes on the prize.

Katha Pollitt

Theresa May Is Totally Crushing on Donald Trump

Other European leaders: No thanks.

Gary Younge

Kellyanne Conway’s Phantom Massacre

Calvin Trillin

Letters From the February 27, 2017, Issue

The power of the peacemakers… Language matters… Christianity, facing left… Logic for puzzling times…

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