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Letters From the December 2/9, 2019, Issue Letters From the December 2/9, 2019, Issue

The truth about lies… Fixing a supreme injustice…

Nov 19, 2019 / Our Readers and Eric Alterman

Colin Kaepernick

Colin Kaepernick Refused to Bend to Roger Goodell’s Will Colin Kaepernick Refused to Bend to Roger Goodell’s Will

The quarterback remade the NFL’s hastily called league-wide tryout and demanded transparency.

Nov 18, 2019 / Dave Zirin

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Why Are We in Ukraine? Why Are We in Ukraine?

Historically and even today, Russia has much in common with Ukraine—the United States, almost nothing.

Nov 14, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Impeachment Is Ready for Prime Time

Impeachment Is Ready for Prime Time Impeachment Is Ready for Prime Time

PBS and commercial networks should air impeachment hearings at night when working people can watch. It’s the cost of sustaining democracy.

Nov 13, 2019 / John Nichols

Don Cherry

The Firing of Don Cherry Marks the End of an Era The Firing of Don Cherry Marks the End of an Era

The pugnaciously prejudiced hockey host, and one of the most iconic media personalities in Canada, finally took it a step too far.

Nov 12, 2019 / Dave Zirin

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From the Hope of 1989 to a New Cold War From the Hope of 1989 to a New Cold War

Thirty years after the Berlin Wall’s collapse, alternatives do exist to the deep divisions in Europe.

Nov 12, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Greenhouse Gases

Has Climate News Coverage Finally Turned a Corner? Has Climate News Coverage Finally Turned a Corner?

The Covering Climate Now collaboration is changing newsrooms and public awareness worldwide.

Nov 8, 2019 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope

Mark Zuckerberg

Why Facebook Is Soliciting Lies Why Facebook Is Soliciting Lies

From Mark Zuckerberg’s standpoint, it’s both profitable and good politics to invite the Trumpian right to be deceitful.

Nov 7, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

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Inconvenient Truths Inconvenient Truths

Alarming things we have learned under Trump, but not always about him.

Nov 6, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

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This Is a Horror Story: How Private Equity Vampires Are Killing Everything This Is a Horror Story: How Private Equity Vampires Are Killing Everything

Corporate plundering did not start and will not stop with Deadspin.

Nov 5, 2019 / Kim Kelly

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