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Ted Cruz, Like Joe McCarthy, Shuffles Off the Stage

“Well hello, Joe, what do you know? Got any patter for my vaudeville show?” “I can’t believe you’re asking me, Ted, When that ‘nest of Muslims’ is knocking ’em dead.” “Should I reu… Read More

Edward Sorel and Prudence Crowther

Note to Exxon: Lying About Climate Change Isn’t Free Speech—It’s Fraud

Facing hundreds of billions of dollars in potential damages, the fossil-fuel giant is trying to change the subject.

Mark Hertsgaard

Asking for a Friend: How Do I Stop Harassment Without Involving the Police in a Gentrifying Neighborhood?

Plus, a woman’s boyfriend has a tax crisis.

Liza Featherstone

Father Daniel Berrigan Sought to ‘Build a World Uncursed by War, Starvation, and Exploitation’

The great champion of peace and justice, from Catonsville to Occupy, has died at age 94.

John Nichols

Column

The Left Is Winning the Debate. Now What?

The days of standing for office just to make a point may be over.

Gary Younge

The ‘Woman Card’

Calvin Trillin

Why Bernie Didn’t Get My Vote

It’s not his focus on the economy—it’s that he doesn’t seem to understand that the economy is structured by gender and race.

Katha Pollitt

Letters

Letters From the May 23-30, 2016, Issue

Childbearing vs. child-rearing… Lost in translation?…

Our Readers and Madeline Ostrander and Cynthia Haven

Feature

Is the American Party System About to Crack Up?

Three scholars of American politics and history consider whether we're on the verge of a fundamental realignment.

Danielle Allen and Rick Perlstein and Daniel Schlozman

100 Years After the Rising, Sinn Féin Fights a New Foe: Austerity

A new generation sees hope in the party.

Laura Flanders

A Contested Convention Is Exactly What the Democratic Party Needs

Bernie Sanders will go to Philadelphia with more pledged delegates than any insurgent in modern history. Here’s what he could do with them.

John Nichols

We Know We Hate the Establishment—but Do We Know What It Is?

The vague term obscures where power really lies.

Michael Kazin

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Editorial

Ted Cruz, Like Joe McCarthy, Shuffles Off the Stage

Note to Exxon: Lying About Climate Change Isn’t Free Speech—It’s Fraud

Asking for a Friend: How Do I Stop Harassment Without Involving the Police in a Gentrifying Neighborhood?

Father Daniel Berrigan Sought to ‘Build a World Uncursed by War, Starvation, and Exploitation’

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The Left Is Winning the Debate. Now What?

The ‘Woman Card’

Why Bernie Didn’t Get My Vote

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Letters From the May 23-30, 2016, Issue

Feature

Is the American Party System About to Crack Up?

100 Years After the Rising, Sinn Féin Fights a New Foe: Austerity

A Contested Convention Is Exactly What the Democratic Party Needs

We Know We Hate the Establishment—but Do We Know What It Is?

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