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Round Up the Usual Suspects, It’s Time for a Show Hearing

Round Up the Usual Suspects, It’s Time for a Show Hearing Round Up the Usual Suspects, It’s Time for a Show Hearing

By excluding dissenting voices on US policy toward Russia, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has been reduced to a vehicle for prejudice reinforcement.

Mar 2, 2017 / James Carden

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The Only Thing More Dangerous Than Trump’s Appeal to Common Sense Is His Dismissal of It The Only Thing More Dangerous Than Trump’s Appeal to Common Sense Is His Dismissal of It

The president’s taste for fact-free fantasy is based not in traditional American populism but in authoritarianism.

Mar 1, 2017 / Sophia Rosenfeld

After the Fumble

After the Fumble After the Fumble

After years dominating the Democratic Party, the New Democrats now find themselves in a state of crisis

Mar 1, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Matt Stoller

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Here’s How to Get the Most Out of TrumpCare Here’s How to Get the Most Out of TrumpCare

If it doesn’t work for you, try to die without too much noise.

Feb 28, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

The Ways to Destroy Democracy

The Ways to Destroy Democracy The Ways to Destroy Democracy

A new biography of Hitler offers us a warning from history.

Feb 28, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans

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Trump’s Ascent Was Possible Only in an America Already Run by Billionaires Trump’s Ascent Was Possible Only in an America Already Run by Billionaires

We were living in a 1 percent society long before we elected a billionaire for president.

Feb 27, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt

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In a Desecrated Cemetery, History Finally Caught Up With Our Family In a Desecrated Cemetery, History Finally Caught Up With Our Family

Jewish graveyards were often violated in the Eastern European villages our grandparents left. Now it’s happened in our suburban hometown.

Feb 27, 2017 / Eric Sandweiss and Martha A. Sandweiss

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Letters From the March 13, 2017, Issue Letters From the March 13, 2017, Issue

We were immigrants once… Truly democratic, truly national… Trump’s uncivil acts… Sleuths with pens… Righteous resistance… We’ve got you covered …

Feb 23, 2017 / Our Readers

Socialism’s Return

Socialism’s Return Socialism’s Return

After more than a half-century in the wilderness, the socialist left reemerges in America.

Feb 21, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Patrick Iber

Forget the Musical—Alexander Hamilton’s Real Legacy Is the Poverty-Stricken City He Founded

Forget the Musical—Alexander Hamilton’s Real Legacy Is the Poverty-Stricken City He Founded Forget the Musical—Alexander Hamilton’s Real Legacy Is the Poverty-Stricken City He Founded

So why are the leaders of Paterson, NJ,  so eager to capitalize on his memory?

Feb 21, 2017 / Feature / Richard Kreitner

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