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Trump’s Attack on Working People Demands a Bold, Progressive Response Trump’s Attack on Working People Demands a Bold, Progressive Response
Piecemeal reforms won’t do the job.
Jun 4, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
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Varshini Prakash of the Sunrise Movement on Climate Justice, the Green New Deal, and Revolution Varshini Prakash of the Sunrise Movement on Climate Justice, the Green New Deal, and Revolution
“We didn’t ask to have the responsibility of protecting human civilization on our shoulders. But we’re stepping up to the plate.”
Jun 4, 2019 / Q&A / Wen Stephenson
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Don’t Just Pack the Court. Reimagine It. Don’t Just Pack the Court. Reimagine It.
It’s easy to understand the appeal of simply adding two (or four or six) liberal justices. But that’s just one potential reform, and this is a moment when all options should be on ...
Jun 4, 2019 / Joshua Holland
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Letters From the June 17-24, 2019, Issue Letters From the June 17-24, 2019, Issue
A Nation of Elites? Katha Pollitt’s trenchant first-person account of the 1969 student strike at Harvard University [“Harvard’s Strike at 50,” May 20/27] raises a question about Th…
Jun 4, 2019
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If Democrats Pull Their Punches, Donald Trump Will Knock Them Out If Democrats Pull Their Punches, Donald Trump Will Knock Them Out
Tepid Democratic candidates calling for middle ground are doomed to fail.
Jun 3, 2019 / John Nichols
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In Search of a Green New Foreign Policy In Search of a Green New Foreign Policy
Domestically, progressives advocate a broad alternative to our disastrous environmental course. Where is the plan for reducing our damage abroad?
May 30, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage
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Joe Biden’s Whiteness Isn’t the Problem Joe Biden’s Whiteness Isn’t the Problem
Don’t hate Biden because he’s a white guy. Hate his policies and his regressive voting record.
May 29, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman
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The Emperor’s New Spray Tan The Emperor’s New Spray Tan
Our orange overlord demands fealty.
May 29, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
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How Democrats Should Respond to the GOP’s Red-Baiting How Democrats Should Respond to the GOP’s Red-Baiting
Remind them that many of the most popular US programs were once called “socialist.”
May 28, 2019 / Peter Dreier