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Don’t Blame the Mentally Ill. Blame the Guns. Don’t Blame the Mentally Ill. Blame the Guns.

The real threat isn’t “madmen”—it’s accessibility.

Feb 23, 2018 / s.e. smith

Libraries Are a Space Where Everyone Belongs

Libraries Are a Space Where Everyone Belongs Libraries Are a Space Where Everyone Belongs

No wonder the Trump administration is gunning for them.

Feb 23, 2018 / Feature / Sue Halpern

Muller in June, 2017

Hyping the Mueller Indictment Hyping the Mueller Indictment

Do the charges against Russian individuals and organizations really describe the “second-worst foreign attack on America”?

Feb 22, 2018 / Aaron Maté

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Letters From the March 19-26, 2018, Issue Letters From the March 19-26, 2018, Issue

Heartbreaking foresight… Corrections (alas)… Off base [web only]…

Feb 22, 2018 / Our Readers and Bill Fletcher Jr.

Republicans Have an Ingenious Plan to Stop Losing Special Elections

Republicans Have an Ingenious Plan to Stop Losing Special Elections Republicans Have an Ingenious Plan to Stop Losing Special Elections

Don’t hold them.

Feb 22, 2018 / Feature / John Nichols

Post Office Worker

Postal-Service Workers Are Shouldering the Burden for Amazon Postal-Service Workers Are Shouldering the Burden for Amazon

The tech giant’s rise has pushed mail clerks and carriers to the breaking point.

Feb 21, 2018 / Jake Bittle

AR-15 guns

The Gun Industry Is Weaker Than It Looks The Gun Industry Is Weaker Than It Looks

It’s vulnerable when it comes to the one thing it cares about most—money.

Feb 21, 2018 / George Zornick

Russia Troll Farm

Will Mueller Indict Russians Over the DNC Hacking Next? Will Mueller Indict Russians Over the DNC Hacking Next?

Dutch evidence could help the special counsel target the Cozy Bear hackers.

Feb 21, 2018 / Bob Dreyfuss

A Kentucky District That Backed Trump 72-23 Just Backed a Democratic Woman 68-32

A Kentucky District That Backed Trump 72-23 Just Backed a Democratic Woman 68-32 A Kentucky District That Backed Trump 72-23 Just Backed a Democratic Woman 68-32

Democrats have now flipped 37 state legislative seats since Trump assumed the presidency.

Feb 21, 2018 / John Nichols

Gun display

Trump’s Go-Nowhere Memo on Banning Bump Stocks Trump’s Go-Nowhere Memo on Banning Bump Stocks

A symbolic move, but one that won’t change any gun laws.

Feb 20, 2018 / George Zornick

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