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Fear of Diversity Made People More Likely to Vote Trump Fear of Diversity Made People More Likely to Vote Trump

The 2016 election was really a battle about having an open society. 

Mar 14, 2017 / Sean McElwee and Jason McDaniel

Middlebury: Who Pays for Free Speech?

Middlebury: Who Pays for Free Speech? Middlebury: Who Pays for Free Speech?

By offering Charles Murray not just a platform but also departmental sanction and a presidential introduction, Middlebury let down those students denigrated by his work.

Mar 14, 2017 / D.D. Guttenplan

The Enduring Struggle

The Enduring Struggle The Enduring Struggle

Frederick Douglass’s radical vision of democratic politics.

Mar 14, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Karp

Steve King

This House Republican Just Endorsed a White Nationalist This House Republican Just Endorsed a White Nationalist

In lending his support to Geert Wilders, Congressman Steve King has crossed a dangerous line.

Mar 13, 2017 / John Nichols

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Texas’s Redistricting Maps and Voter-ID Law Intentionally Discriminated Against Minority Voters Texas’s Redistricting Maps and Voter-ID Law Intentionally Discriminated Against Minority Voters

Federal courts have now found that the state’s voter-ID law and redistricting maps purposefully targeted black and Latino voters.

Mar 13, 2017 / Ari Berman

Immigrant rights rallies

ICE Relents and Releases DREAMer Daniela Vargas ICE Relents and Releases DREAMer Daniela Vargas

Immigrant-rights advocates say that Vargas’s release is proof that resistance works.

Mar 10, 2017 / Julianne Hing

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Letters From the March 27, 2017, Issue Letters From the March 27, 2017, Issue

Belafonte right on time… Unnatural selection… What are we for?… The fire last time… Snow job…

Mar 9, 2017 / Our Readers

Trump's Amended Travel Ban

For One Separated Couple, Trump’s Updated Muslim Ban Offers No Fixes For One Separated Couple, Trump’s Updated Muslim Ban Offers No Fixes

Basheer Othman still can’t join his wife in the United States.

Mar 7, 2017 / Julianne Hing

Donald Trump Is Trying to Play Black Americans

Donald Trump Is Trying to Play Black Americans Donald Trump Is Trying to Play Black Americans

But we are not going to be played like this.

Mar 7, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

The Real Goal of Trump’s Travel Ban Is to Make America White Again

The Real Goal of Trump’s Travel Ban Is to Make America White Again The Real Goal of Trump’s Travel Ban Is to Make America White Again

White House adviser Steve Bannon insists that Muslims don’t have the right “DNA” for democracy.

Mar 6, 2017 / Joan Walsh

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