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We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Impeachment

We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Impeachment We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Impeachment

A narrow and quick impeachment is no longer sufficient for a White House that flaunts its crimes.

Oct 18, 2019 / Jeet Heer

Peter Handke’s Nobel Condones Violence

Peter Handke’s Nobel Condones Violence Peter Handke’s Nobel Condones Violence

One of Sweden’s most important authors on how the Swedish Academy abuses its platform—and the intelligentsia lets it happen.

Oct 18, 2019 / Johannes Anyuru

Grim Weather Report

Grim Weather Report Grim Weather Report

Check out all installments in the OppArt series.

Oct 18, 2019 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

Trump’s Support May Be Dwindling, but His Assault on Regulations Continues

Trump’s Support May Be Dwindling, but His Assault on Regulations Continues Trump’s Support May Be Dwindling, but His Assault on Regulations Continues

The administration is planning to sabotage environmental oversight on public lands, privatize elements of the national park system, and stall the replacement of contaminated drinki...

Oct 18, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky

What Curators Don’t Get About Prison Art

What Curators Don’t Get About Prison Art What Curators Don’t Get About Prison Art

When it comes to showing the art of incarcerated people, fine-art institutions are buying into the prison-industrial complex.

Oct 18, 2019 / Zachary Small

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Inside Trump’s War on Climate Science Inside Trump’s War on Climate Science

Over drinks, Rod Schoonover, a former intelligence analyst, talks about his experience as a climate-change expert in the Trump administration.

Oct 18, 2019 / Liza Featherstone

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The Greening of the New Deal The Greening of the New Deal

The New Deal succeeded in overcoming the existential threat of the Great Depression. Can the Green New Deal curb a much larger catastrophe?

Oct 18, 2019 / Steve Fraser

Elijah Cummings Took On the Powerful

Elijah Cummings Took On the Powerful Elijah Cummings Took On the Powerful

The civil rights movement veteran, who was a stalwart champion of unions, challenged abusive presidents, and called out Scott Walker for lying to Congress, died Thursday at 68.

Oct 17, 2019 / John Nichols

In ‘Succession,’ Who Is the Joke Really On?

In ‘Succession,’ Who Is the Joke Really On? In ‘Succession,’ Who Is the Joke Really On?

The show is heralded as a nuanced and cutting critique of the 1 percent. But whose side is it really on?

Oct 17, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz

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Trump’s Withdrawal From the Open Skies Treaty Jeopardizes US National Security Trump’s Withdrawal From the Open Skies Treaty Jeopardizes US National Security

The president’s foreign policy isn’t “America First,” it’s “America Alone.”

Oct 17, 2019 / James Carden

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