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Don’t Underestimate Donald Trump’s Coalition of the Weird Don’t Underestimate Donald Trump’s Coalition of the Weird
The GOP’s new league of fringe figures tries to replicate the party’s winning formula of 2016. And it just might work again.
Aug 30, 2024 / Jeet Heer
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The Oceans Are Heating Up The Oceans Are Heating Up
Coral bleaching is “a canary in the coal mine.”
Aug 30, 2024 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
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Why We Should Honor the Chicano Moratorium Against the War Why We Should Honor the Chicano Moratorium Against the War
On this date 54 years ago, the largest ethnically focussed action in the movement against the Vietnam War took place—offering an important example of the power of a people united....
Aug 29, 2024 / Bill Gallegos
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The Harris-Walz Vision for Public Schools The Harris-Walz Vision for Public Schools
Their agenda breaks with decades of Democratic thinking about education.
Aug 28, 2024 / Comment / Jennifer C. Berkshire
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After Chicago: The Challenge Facing Harris After Chicago: The Challenge Facing Harris
August 28, 2024 After Chicago: The Challenge Facing Harris Will she demonstrate clearly why she’s the true champion of working people? Robert L. Borosage Share Facebook Twitter Ema…
Aug 28, 2024 / Robert L. Borosage
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The Mass Movement That Never Came The Mass Movement That Never Came
Four years after the “Summer of George Floyd,” the political climate has cooled.
Aug 27, 2024 / Column / Adolph Reed Jr.
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Trump Sues the Justice Department for $100 Million Trump Sues the Justice Department for $100 Million
Déjà vu all over again.
Aug 27, 2024 / James D. Zirin
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The Speech That Brought the Class War to the DNC The Speech That Brought the Class War to the DNC
John Russell told Democrats that they must “create a political home for working Americans fighting for control over their government, their workplaces, and their planet.”
Aug 27, 2024 / John Nichols
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The Surprising Origins and Politics of Equality The Surprising Origins and Politics of Equality
A series of new books unearth the long history of egalitarian politics. They also ask whether equality, instead of another political ideal, should be at the center of our politics...
Aug 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn