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Inside the Fake News Factory Inside the Fake News Factory

The “Enemy of the People” is at it again!

Jun 11, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Samir Kassir

The World’s Dismal Convergence on Press Freedom The World’s Dismal Convergence on Press Freedom

Western reporters used to be markedly freer than their colleagues in the Arab world. Can they still claim that privilege?

Jun 11, 2019 / Thanassis Cambanis

John Dean

Trump’s Conservatives Without Conscience Are Rattled by John Dean Trump’s Conservatives Without Conscience Are Rattled by John Dean

Today’s Republicans hate the former Nixon White House counsel because he exposes the authoritarian mindset that chooses rank partisanship over patriotism.

Jun 10, 2019 / John Nichols

‘“Are You Illegal?” I Will Never Forget Those Words.’

‘“Are You Illegal?” I Will Never Forget Those Words.’ ‘“Are You Illegal?” I Will Never Forget Those Words.’

A young woman, brought to the US as a baby and abandoned and abused by her parents, struggles to gain status and stay in her beloved Bronx.

Jun 10, 2019 / John Washington

Students at the University of the Philippines protest Duterte

In the Philippines, a Youth Movement Stands Between Duterte and Dictatorship In the Philippines, a Youth Movement Stands Between Duterte and Dictatorship

Duterte will take control of Congress, but his quest for more power must be stopped.

Jun 10, 2019 / Noah Flora

A Peek Into a Future When the Border Wall Is Built and the 1 Percent Get Away With More Than Just Murder

A Peek Into a Future When the Border Wall Is Built and the 1 Percent Get Away With More Than Just Murder A Peek Into a Future When the Border Wall Is Built and the 1 Percent Get Away With More Than Just Murder

Fernando A. Flores’s debut novel, Tears of the Trufflepig, is unlike any border story you’ve read before.

Jun 10, 2019 / Joshua Rivera

Faces of Virginia Beach

Faces of Virginia Beach Faces of Virginia Beach

The Virginia Beach shooter who killed 12 people on May 31 went room to room in the city's municipal building using a silencer that one survivor said made the semiautomatic firearm ...

Jun 10, 2019 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Richard Descoings

Can France Diversify Its Elite With Affirmative Action? Can France Diversify Its Elite With Affirmative Action?

How to achieve educational diversity when race and ethnicity are off the table.

Jun 10, 2019 / Valentine Faure

Jay Inslee

Dammit, Democrats! Organize a Climate Debate! Dammit, Democrats! Organize a Climate Debate!

The DNC has made a morally and practically wrong choice with its rejection of proposals for a debate on the existential issue of our time.

Jun 7, 2019 / John Nichols

Diamonte Brown

The Radical Teachers’ Movement Comes to Baltimore The Radical Teachers’ Movement Comes to Baltimore

Social-justice teacher caucuses have emerged in cities like Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Seattle, and St. Paul, and now they’re banding together to help those in Baltimore.

Jun 7, 2019 / Rachel M. Cohen

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