Why Mike Pence Is Worse Than Donald Trump
In every way, he knows better, but he says and does things that are equally awful and offensive.
Joan WalshPolitics
Why Is Trump Headed to Phoenix? To Pick a Fight
Arizona is home to two Republican senators who have bucked the president on health care and immigration.
Julianne HingDemocrats
Democrats Are Starting a Fierce Internal Debate. Finally.
The party establishment won’t change on its own, and Democratic leaders won’t see the light unless they feel the heat.
Katrina vanden HeuvelRacism and Discrimination
Take Away Trump’s Blank Check for Endless War
You can also write a letter to the editor to demand the removal of Confederate statues, and join a campaign to take economic power from Wall Street and give it back to communities.
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Politics
It’s Not Hysterical to Recognize the Threat Trump Poses
Democracy, such as it is, really is in danger.
Katha Pollitt
Russia’s Attacks on Democracy Aren’t Only a Problem for America
And that’s a problem for skeptics of Russian meddling.
Joshua Holland
Trump’s White House Is Turning a Blind Eye to White-Supremacist Terrorism
Right-wing extremists are behind numerous incidents of domestic terror, but the government has opted to ignore the threat.
David NeiwertNation Voices
World
Why the Battle for India’s Past Is a Fight for Its Future
Seventy years after partition, India’s ruling party is using history to divide the country.
Kanishk Tharoor
Amid Crisis in Brazil, the Evangelical Bloc Emerges as a Political Power
In the world’s largest Catholic country, a rival Christian movement could select Brazil’s next president.
Omar G. Encarnación
Avoiding War With North Korea
It’s way past time for Trump to begin talks with Pyongyang.
John FefferWhite Supremacy in america
Historical Amnesia About Slavery Is a Tool of White Supremacy
Where we have (mostly) condemned slavery, we as a country have refused to condemn its defenders.
Mychal Denzel SmithHow the Police Failed in Charlottesville
Police must learn from past protests to avoid stoking further violence.
Alex S. VitaleDurham Residents Turned Out En Masse to Counter White Supremacists
The fear was that Klansmen would come to replicate the violence that had just racked Charlottesville.
Barry YeomanCulture
The Two Andrew Jacksons
Jacksonian democracy may have been liberating for some, but it was repressive for many others.
Michael Kazin
More Than Motown
Kathryn Bigelow’s instinct for the visceral overflows her chosen subject, making a mess of the themes in her new film Detroit.
Stuart Klawans
A Pitiless Heist Movie
The one thing you can’t do is look away from Benny and Josh Safdie’s acidly titled Good Time.
Stuart Klawans
Watch and Listen
Listen: White Nationalists in Charlottesville and the White House: Eric Foner
Plus Bob Dreyfuss on Paul Manafort, and Robert Lipsyte on Trump and golf.
August 17, 2017
View: The Borderlands’ Human Stain
Photographs that capture the traces of violence that have plagued the US-Mexico border for generations.
July 27, 2017
Watch: VIDEO: People in Denmark Are a Lot Happier Than People in the United States. Here’s Why.
When governments provide benefits and services that allow its citizens to thrive, everyone wins.
July 17, 2017
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