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Portland Reelected ‘Tear Gas Ted’—but Still Wants Police Reform

Portland’s protest movement couldn’t oust Mayor Ted Wheeler, but the city overwhelmingly voted to create a new police oversight board.

Zoë Carpenter

Election 2020

Our Fight Can’t Stop After This Election

It’s only once we’ve won, whether that’s now or four years from now, that the real work begins.

Rebecca Gordon
Election 2020

When and How Joe Biden Should Declare Victory

If Pennsylvania goes for Biden, he should move immediately and decisively to declare that Trump has been defeated.

John Nichols
Election 2020

Trump Doesn’t Have a Path to Victory Through the Courts

While the election remains uncomfortably close, Trump’s attempts to use far-fetched legal arguments to stop vote counting in states like Pennsylvania are unlikely to succeed.

Elie Mystal
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Politics

The Trauma of Trump’s Presidency Will Haunt Us

Leveraging psychological pain and mental terror has been central to his strategy.

Kali Holloway

The Election Nobody Won

A narrow Biden victory offers four years of gridlock—and that’s the best-case scenario.

Edward Burmila

‘It’s Just a Slaughter’: Montana Goes From Purple to Deep Red

The GOP claimed victory on every statewide down-ballot race.

Gwen Florio

World

A New Constitution: What the United States Can Learn From Chile

Do the problems that beset us, so similar to those that plague our Chilean brothers and sisters, not cry out for a radical reimagining of who we are?

Ariel Dorfman

For Persian Gulf Migrant Workers, the Pandemic Has Amplified Systemic Discrimination

Trapped in crowded, unsafe accommodations with little access to health care, millions have been abruptly deprived of income.

Sarah Aziza

Could Colombian Politicians Help Trump Win Florida?

The Trump campaign is using disinformation and red-baiting tactics exported from Colombia to sway Florida’s Latinx vote.

Miguel Salazar

Culture

Don’t Hide the Art of Philip Guston

We should be able to distinguish racist imagery from imagery depicting racists.

Barry Schwabsky

Aaron Sorkin’s Inane, Liberal History Lesson

Why his reformist retelling of the Chicago Seven fails to tell the real story of the leftists on trial.

Charlotte Rosen

When Raving Was Radical

Rainald Goetz’s 1998 novel captures both the complicated politics of the German electronic music scene and the chaotic experience of a night lost to dancing.

Rachel Hahn

Watch and Listen

View: How Many Cameras Does One Protest Need?

Livestreamers and citizen journalists are providing constant, steady footage of the protests for Black Lives. Is that a good thing?

November 3, 2020

Listen: The Election and the Streets of DC

Deadspin’s Chuck Modiano joins the show to talk about recent police violence protests in DC.

November 3, 2020

View: Along the Keystone XL Pipeline, Hoping for a Miracle

This election could decide whether one of the most destructive fossil fuel projects continues to be built, or is brought to a halt.

October 27, 2020
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