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Take Action Now: Protect Immigrant Families on Food Stamps

Take Action Now: Protect Immigrant Families on Food Stamps Take Action Now: Protect Immigrant Families on Food Stamps

Read a powerful letter from the Rev. William Barber, then fight for immigrants by getting involved with volunteer opportunities and strategy sessions.

Aug 13, 2019 / NationAction

Donald Trump

It’s Safe to Impeach Donald Trump It’s Safe to Impeach Donald Trump

So why do pundits keep claiming that it would put Democrats in danger?

Aug 13, 2019 / Steve Phillips

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Letters From the August 26-September 2, 2019, Issue Letters From the August 26-September 2, 2019, Issue

Eyes wide open… The other stain… Sanders’s exceptionalism?… Human rights v. propaganda (web only)…

Aug 13, 2019 / Our Readers and Omar Barghouti

John Ratcliffe Congress Mueller

John Ratcliffe as a Director of National Intelligence Nominee John Ratcliffe as a Director of National Intelligence Nominee

He was loyal to Trump, thus the White House was sure He was right for the post he’d be getting. But his résumé, even when padded, was thin. They persist in forgetting the vetting.

Aug 13, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Their Lies Endanger Life on Earth

Their Lies Endanger Life on Earth Their Lies Endanger Life on Earth

There is no Planet B.

Aug 13, 2019 / OppArt / Sue Coe

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Long Arc of Reconstruction

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Long Arc of Reconstruction Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Long Arc of Reconstruction

In his new book, Gates argues that the history of American democracy has always been one of constant push and pull.

Aug 13, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II

The Contradictions of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

The Contradictions of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. The Contradictions of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

The Supreme Court justice may have been heralded by many of his progressive peers, but the legacy he left behind is far more ambiguous.

Aug 13, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple

Richard Holbrooke and the Lost Idealism of a Generation

Richard Holbrooke and the Lost Idealism of a Generation Richard Holbrooke and the Lost Idealism of a Generation

Holbrooke’s public and personal life captures the contradictions of a cohort of liberals that came of age in the 1960s.

Aug 13, 2019 / Books & the Arts / David Klion

The Broken Promise of Colombia’s Peace Deal

The Broken Promise of Colombia’s Peace Deal The Broken Promise of Colombia’s Peace Deal

Will President Iván Duque reignite his country’s 50-year-long civil war?

Aug 13, 2019 / Feature / Jonathan Levi and Marta Orrantia

Jeffrey Epstein’s Science of Sleaze

Jeffrey Epstein’s Science of Sleaze Jeffrey Epstein’s Science of Sleaze

Epstein’s scientist “friends” should have known better than to associate with a crackpot transhumanist.

Aug 12, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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