The Financial Industry Is Its Own Best Enemy

Equifax’s blunder does more than any white paper to demonstrate the need for financial reform.

Mike Konczal

In the Manning Affair, Harvard Once Again Demonstrates Its ‘Liberal’ Values

This year, the university dumps Manning and Michelle Jones. In the 1960s, it honored Vietnam War architect—and admitted war criminal—Robert McNamara.

John Nichols

The Political Genius of Bernie’s ‘Medicare for All’ Bill

It blends a principled stand with a crafty incremental approach.

The Nation

This Modern World

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Tom Tomorrow

No Wall?

Calvin Trillin

How to Lose Elections and Influence People

Labour may have lost the election, but it laid the foundation for a more progressive UK.

Gary Younge

We Need to Reckon With the Story ‘What Happened’ Tells

Hillary Clinton has a unique perspective on a world-historical event. Why shouldn’t she write a book about it?

Katha Pollitt

Letters From the October 9, 2017, Issue

No more piecemeal rights… When small is actually big…

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