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His plan for fixing the legal immigration system is simple and disturbing: Bring back 1890.
Julianne Hing
Republicans Are Planning to Rush Through Jeff Sessions’s Confirmation Hearing
Despite his controversial record, Democrats will only get to call four witnesses during the course of a two-day hearing.
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The city has seen its best features turned against itself: diversity and accessibility.
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Trump Is Signaling a Trade War, but It's Not as Disastrous as You May Think
The Trump trade agenda is remarkably consistent—and will happen quickly.
David DayenTrump’s Transition Team Is Stacked With Privatization Enthusiasts
If these officials get their way, America’s schools, roads, prisons, immigrant-detention centers, and critical social-insurance programs will soon fall into private hands.
David DayenThe American Press Is Under Threat as Never Before
A supplicant media will be no match for the compulsive liar in the White House.
Eric Alterman
Culture
Harvey Cox's Radicalism
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Elizabeth Bruenig
Birth of an Imperial Nation
A new history of 19th-century America captures how the United States was always an empire.
Gabriel Winant
The Donald Glover Experiment
Who says the comedian, actor, rapper, TV writer can’t be everything all at once?
Marcus J. MooreWatch and Listen
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For hundreds of families, home is a car in a quiet parking lot.
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Following the path of cotton from Burkina Faso to Bangladesh to your local mall.
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