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Protesters demand Trump’s impeachment

When Trump Is Tweeting Racist Attacks on Progressive Democratic Women, It’s Time to Impeach When Trump Is Tweeting Racist Attacks on Progressive Democratic Women, It’s Time to Impeach

Rashida Tlaib sums it up: “Want a response to a lawless and complete failure of a President? He needs to be impeached.”

Jul 15, 2019 / John Nichols

Reagan funeral protest

How Do We Build Resistance Before Disaster Strikes? How Do We Build Resistance Before Disaster Strikes?

Thirty-five years ago, organizers devised a new way to fight injustice before our government enacts a horrific policy: a pledge of resistance.

Jul 15, 2019 / Mark Engler

The Long and Grim Road to ‘Plessy v. Ferguson’

The Long and Grim Road to ‘Plessy v. Ferguson’ The Long and Grim Road to ‘Plessy v. Ferguson’

Steven Luxenberg’s new book offers a vivid account of the events that led to the ruling.

Jul 2, 2019 / Books & the Arts / David Cole

Plato

The Philosophical Origins of Patriarchy The Philosophical Origins of Patriarchy

Plato, Hippocrates, and Aristotle laid the foundations on which centuries of sexism were built.

Jul 1, 2019 / Christia Mercer

Marsha P Johnson

What We All Owe to Gay Liberation What We All Owe to Gay Liberation

Stonewall shows us what fighting back looked like in an era when state power was hostile.

Jun 27, 2019 / Emily Douglas and The Nation

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Letters From the July 1-8, 2019, Issue Letters From the July 1-8, 2019, Issue

Devil in the details… Furry logic… Debunking junk science…

Jun 18, 2019 / Our Readers

Vasily Grossman in War and Peace

Vasily Grossman in War and Peace Vasily Grossman in War and Peace

In both his life and his writing, the novelist and journalist captured the complications and contradictions of the Soviet century.

Jun 12, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Sheila Fitzpatrick

Adam Gopnik and the Cul-de-sac of 21st-Century Liberalism

Adam Gopnik and the Cul-de-sac of 21st-Century Liberalism Adam Gopnik and the Cul-de-sac of 21st-Century Liberalism

In his new book, the New Yorker writer sets out to defend liberalism from its critics, but only ends up revealing its current limitations.

Jun 12, 2019 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell

Tony Horwitz

Remembering Tony Horwitz, Intrepid Traveler and Chronicler of the South Remembering Tony Horwitz, Intrepid Traveler and Chronicler of the South

A kindred spirit to Frederick Law Olmsted, Horwitz heard antebellum echoes everywhere.

May 31, 2019 / Jamie Stiehm

William vanden Heuvel

In Our Tumultuous Times, History Offers Hope In Our Tumultuous Times, History Offers Hope

A new memoir calls us to action.

May 28, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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