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Pete Buttigieg 2020

Pete Buttigieg Understands What’s at Stake, and What’s Possible Pete Buttigieg Understands What’s at Stake, and What’s Possible

What makes Buttigieg’s campaigning most interesting is the intense focus he has placed on the need to renew and extend American democracy.

Feb 20, 2019 / John Nichols

Gucci Blackface

White People Can’t Quit Blackface White People Can’t Quit Blackface

And it’s not because they think it’s funny.

Feb 20, 2019 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Mueller walks through halls of capitol building

How the Russiagate Investigation Is Sovietizing American Politics How the Russiagate Investigation Is Sovietizing American Politics

“Collusion,” “contacts,” selective prosecutions, coup plotting, and media taboos recall repressive Soviet practices.

Feb 20, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Abandoned newspaper vending machines, Covina, California, 2011.

Are We Witnessing the End of News? Are We Witnessing the End of News?

If you think the media are in trouble now, just wait till there’s a recession.

Feb 20, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

Is Trump Racist

Is Trump a Racist? Is Trump a Racist?

Yes, but that’s the wrong question.

Feb 20, 2019 / Steve Phillips

Maryland Terrapins UMD

Will Maryland College Athletes Be Unionized? Will Maryland College Athletes Be Unionized?

A bill being put forward in the Maryland statehouse will give college athletes union protection. 

Feb 20, 2019 / Dave Zirin

Trump’s ‘National Emergency’ Is a Hot Legal Mess

Trump’s ‘National Emergency’ Is a Hot Legal Mess Trump’s ‘National Emergency’ Is a Hot Legal Mess

That should bode well for lawsuits challenging Trump’s emergency declaration—if judges follow legal principles instead of politics.

Feb 20, 2019 / Elie Mystal

Mt. Suri-Bocci

Mt. Suri-Bocci Mt. Suri-Bocci

Shafted on the border.

Feb 20, 2019 / OppArt / Tim O’Brien

Pre-K Teacher and Students

Early-Childhood-Education Initiatives Are Promising More Than They Deliver Early-Childhood-Education Initiatives Are Promising More Than They Deliver

Pre-K programs are failing to adequately support children or staff.

Feb 19, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Anti-Trump “No Ban, No Wall” Demonstration

Take Action Now: End Trump’s Phony National Emergency Take Action Now: End Trump’s Phony National Emergency

Call your representatives and stage an action this week against Trump’s racist border wall.

Feb 19, 2019 / NationAction

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