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Bernie Sanders

Bernie’s Plan to Save Public Schools Bernie’s Plan to Save Public Schools

Sanders has the most progressive education platform in modern American history.

May 20, 2019 / StudentNation / Nikhil Goyal

Justin Amash

Republican Congressman Justin Amash Breaks Party Ranks to Call Trump’s Conduct Impeachable Republican Congressman Justin Amash Breaks Party Ranks to Call Trump’s Conduct Impeachable

Trump is furious that a Republican read the Mueller report and responded with an embrace of the Constitution rather than party loyalty.

May 20, 2019 / John Nichols

John Lanchester’s Eerily Resonant Novel About Borders and Rising Sea Levels

John Lanchester’s Eerily Resonant Novel About Borders and Rising Sea Levels John Lanchester’s Eerily Resonant Novel About Borders and Rising Sea Levels

His speculative new novel, The Wall, imagines a dystopian future but offers us a warning about our present. 

May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Social Democracy

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Social Democracy Martin Luther King Jr.’s Social Democracy

In her new book, King and the Other America, historian Sylvie Laurent situates the Poor People’s Campaign and Martin Luther King Jr.’s later years in a longer history of ...

May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II

David Treuer’s Monumental History of Native American Life in the 20th Century

David Treuer’s Monumental History of Native American Life in the 20th Century David Treuer’s Monumental History of Native American Life in the 20th Century

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee tells the story of Native life as it flourished amidst hardship.

May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim

Jenny Odell and the Quest to Log Off

Jenny Odell and the Quest to Log Off Jenny Odell and the Quest to Log Off

Can we escape the Internet?

May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Lozano

Julius Scott’s Epic About Black Resistance in the Age of Revolution

Julius Scott’s Epic About Black Resistance in the Age of Revolution Julius Scott’s Epic About Black Resistance in the Age of Revolution

Modeled after Braudel’s masterpiece on the Mediterranean, The Common Wind helps recovers the radical world of black mariners, rebels, and runaways banding together to realize ...

May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Manisha Sinha

The Political Odyssey of Sean Wilentz

The Political Odyssey of Sean Wilentz The Political Odyssey of Sean Wilentz

How one of America's original Bernie Bros became an outspoken critic of the left.

May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Timothy Shenk

The Inescapable Politics of Climate Change

The Inescapable Politics of Climate Change The Inescapable Politics of Climate Change

What we need to know now is not what climate change will do in the future, but what we should about it in the present.

May 20, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Alyssa Battistoni

Gun Restriction Dummies

Gun Restriction Dummies Gun Restriction Dummies

The gun lobby uses America for target practice.

May 20, 2019 / OppArt / Anthony Freda

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