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Trump Promised Restraint but Has Delivered More Calamitous Intervention Trump Promised Restraint but Has Delivered More Calamitous Intervention

He is sowing chaos and intervening from Yemen to Iran to Venezuela and beyond.

May 7, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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Where Did the South African Left Go Wrong? Where Did the South African Left Go Wrong?

The ANC has failed to tackle poverty and inequality—and will win the presidency anyway.

May 6, 2019 / Kenichi Serino

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Democrats Should Learn From Corbyn’s 2017 Campaign Democrats Should Learn From Corbyn’s 2017 Campaign

They need to reach out to alienated voters who are sick of the neoliberal establishment if they want to prevail in 2020.

May 3, 2019 / Steve Howell

I Can’t Sleep Through All the Honking, and I’m Beeping Mad

I Can’t Sleep Through All the Honking, and I’m Beeping Mad I Can’t Sleep Through All the Honking, and I’m Beeping Mad

Another reader asks how to maintain ties of affection amid leftist infighting.

May 3, 2019 / Liza Featherstone

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The New Political Group Supermajority Aims to Mobilize Women Across Race, Class, and Generation The New Political Group Supermajority Aims to Mobilize Women Across Race, Class, and Generation

Cecile Richards, Ai-jen Poo, and Alicia Garza are pushing a “women’s new deal.”

May 2, 2019 / Joan Walsh

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Max Fine Spent His Life Trying to Create a Better Health-Care System Max Fine Spent His Life Trying to Create a Better Health-Care System

Fine, who was the last surviving member of JFK’s Medicare Task Force, always believed that health care is a human right.

Apr 30, 2019 / Carl Ginsburg

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The Urgent Necessity of Public-Interest Journalism The Urgent Necessity of Public-Interest Journalism

The winners of this year’s Hillman Prizes remind us how the media can spur desperately needed reforms.

Apr 30, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Media Can’t Figure Out How to Cover Elizabeth Warren

The Media Can’t Figure Out How to Cover Elizabeth Warren The Media Can’t Figure Out How to Cover Elizabeth Warren

Unlike every other candidate in the race—or in recent US history—Warren is providing a road map for where she wants to take the country.

Apr 29, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

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What Would an Open-Borders World Actually Look Like? What Would an Open-Borders World Actually Look Like?

Borders have turned the American Southwest, the Mediterranean, and countless other areas of our world into unnecessary graveyards for migrants. It’s time for a new way.

Apr 24, 2019 / John Washington

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Democrats Should Tread Carefully on Impeaching Trump Democrats Should Tread Carefully on Impeaching Trump

Democrats would be wise to tread carefully on impeachment.

Apr 23, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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