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There Is a Name for Women Like My Mother

There Is a Name for Women Like My Mother There Is a Name for Women Like My Mother

In the Haitian Creole language, “Gwo Fanm” means “Big Woman,” a woman who shoulders more than their fair share of burdens in this life.

Nov 17, 2020 / Photo Essay / Naomieh Jovin and Magnum Foundation

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American Democracy Was Never Supposed to Work American Democracy Was Never Supposed to Work

Without a practical plan for revising the Constitution, Democrats will be condemned to play by rigged rules.

Nov 17, 2020 / Richard Kreitner

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Democrats Must Keep Their Eyes on the Supreme Court Democrats Must Keep Their Eyes on the Supreme Court

While court reform is off the table until at least 2023, Democrats must use the next two years to figure out how best to fix the court.

Nov 16, 2020 / Column / Elie Mystal

Donald Trump Has Never Understood the Military—and He’s Not Going to Be Able to Co-opt It for a Coup

Donald Trump Has Never Understood the Military—and He’s Not Going to Be Able to Co-opt It for a Coup Donald Trump Has Never Understood the Military—and He’s Not Going to Be Able to Co-opt It for a Coup

He can consolidate power in the Pentagon, but the military men and women I know aren’t going to subvert democracy.

Nov 13, 2020 / Andrew McCormick

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The Trump-Shaped Stain on American Life The Trump-Shaped Stain on American Life

From the courts to the border to the meaning of truth, damage has been done.

Nov 13, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt

A Plea From Federal Death Row: ‘We Need You to Raise Your Voices’

A Plea From Federal Death Row: ‘We Need You to Raise Your Voices’ A Plea From Federal Death Row: ‘We Need You to Raise Your Voices’

As the Trump administration rushes to execute more and more people, my friends are dying—and I might be next.

Nov 12, 2020 / Billie Allen

The Affordable Care Act May Live to Die Another Day

The Affordable Care Act May Live to Die Another Day The Affordable Care Act May Live to Die Another Day

The oral arguments for the latest challenge to the ACA, played out before an ultraconservative Supreme Court, appeared to go about as well as anyone could have hoped.

Nov 11, 2020 / Elie Mystal

College Costs More Than What’s on the Bill — That’s Why Students Should Strike

College Costs More Than What’s on the Bill — That’s Why Students Should Strike College Costs More Than What’s on the Bill — That’s Why Students Should Strike

How much of your tuition is funding campus police? A lot more than you think.

Nov 11, 2020 / StudentNation / Miranda Dotson

A police officer holds a riot shield that reads POLICE

Police Terror Won’t End With the Trump Administration Police Terror Won’t End With the Trump Administration

Post–Election Day cop brutality points to the continuation of a violent reality for protesters.

Nov 11, 2020 / Chris Gelardi

This Would Be a Very Good Time to Impeach William Barr

This Would Be a Very Good Time to Impeach William Barr This Would Be a Very Good Time to Impeach William Barr

The attorney general’s weaponization of the Department of Justice on behalf of Trump’s assault on the 2020 election is a very high crime.

Nov 10, 2020 / John Nichols

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