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Demand an End to US Support for the War in Yemen Demand an End to US Support for the War in Yemen

Spread the word, call your senators, and help refugees in your community.

Dec 6, 2018 / NationAction

Donald Trump

A Presidency on Drugs A Presidency on Drugs

The Trump administration makes the news cycle feel like a bad dose of amphetamines.

Dec 6, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon

Scott Walker State Legislature

The Republican Party Has Become ‘a Conspiracy to Seize Power’ The Republican Party Has Become ‘a Conspiracy to Seize Power’

A brute-force power grab by Republicans in Wisconsin highlights the disregard for democracy that has infected the party of Lincoln. 

Dec 6, 2018 / John Nichols

Mercury Poisoning Is Becoming a Global Public-Health Crisis

Mercury Poisoning Is Becoming a Global Public-Health Crisis Mercury Poisoning Is Becoming a Global Public-Health Crisis

Island nations and territories are bearing the brunt of this ecological scourge.

Dec 6, 2018 / Michelle Chen

The Refugee Cycle

The Refugee Cycle The Refugee Cycle

ignore this…

Dec 6, 2018 / Jen Sorensen

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Letters From the December 31, 2018, Issue Letters From the December 31, 2018, Issue

The perils of make-work… Government workers, unite!… The edible is political (web-only)…

Dec 6, 2018 / Our Readers and Jon Wiener

If I Were to Rise Up All Colorless,

If I Were to Rise Up All Colorless, If I Were to Rise Up All Colorless,

I could gather up old thoughts the way a mind distant in love brings about a gathering of stars. I don’t want people thinking I don’t care about the future. Plenty of people are wr…

Dec 6, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Laura Eve Engel

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Staffing the Administration Staffing the Administration

Replacing someone forced to leave Could surely be no easier. Trump looks among the folks he knows, And picks someone who’s sleazier.

Dec 6, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Puzzle No. 3484

Puzzle No. 3484 Puzzle No. 3484

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS  1 Wickedness in half-sleazy city (7)  5 Comedian Lee cut fool short (5-2)  9 Traveler to disfigure policeman near squ…

Dec 6, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

In America’s Panopticon

In America’s Panopticon In America’s Panopticon

Sarah Igo’s The Known Citizen examines the linked histories of privacy and surveillance in the United States.

Dec 6, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Katie Fitzpatrick

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