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Donald Trump shouting at 11-year-old boy

Trump’s War on Children Trump’s War on Children

White House policies form an unprecedented assault on kids—but, of course, not the white kids.

Jul 20, 2018 / Aziz Huq

on of the presidential age limit

The US Turns a Blind Eye to Uganda’s Assault on Democracy The US Turns a Blind Eye to Uganda’s Assault on Democracy

For decades, dictator Yoweri Museveni has been a stalwart ally of the US military, while oppressing his own people.

Jul 20, 2018 / Helen C. Epstein

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Seen roadside and posted on social media 7/16/18. The day of the Donald Trump / Helsinki debacle.

Jul 20, 2018 / OppArt / Anonymous

This Washington State Ballot Measure Fights for Both Jobs and Climate Justice

This Washington State Ballot Measure Fights for Both Jobs and Climate Justice This Washington State Ballot Measure Fights for Both Jobs and Climate Justice

Initiative 1631 would put a carbon fee on big polluters, using the revenue to invest in clean energy and protections for workers in fossil-fuel industries.

Jul 20, 2018 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

My Houseguest Was a Brocialist Jerk. How Should I Respond?

My Houseguest Was a Brocialist Jerk. How Should I Respond? My Houseguest Was a Brocialist Jerk. How Should I Respond?

Another reader asks if it’s helpful to offer to be a personal suicide hotline.

Jul 20, 2018 / Liza Featherstone

Otay Mesa Immigrant Detention

How the Trump Administration Is Normalizing Immigrant Internment Camps How the Trump Administration Is Normalizing Immigrant Internment Camps

If the Muslim ban is any guide, an idea that was once considered insane will soon become acceptable.

Jul 20, 2018 / Column / Laila Lalami

Bruce Fein

Constitutional Lawyer Bruce Fein on the Effort to Stop ‘Presidential Wars’ Constitutional Lawyer Bruce Fein on the Effort to Stop ‘Presidential Wars’

He’s proposing legislation that could halt extrajudicial US military intervention.

Jul 19, 2018 / James Carden

Courtroom sketch of 9/11 defendants

How Government Secrecy on Torture Has Stymied the 9/11 Terror Prosecution How Government Secrecy on Torture Has Stymied the 9/11 Terror Prosecution

This case is the last front in the long-running battle over the Bush-era torture regime.

Jul 19, 2018 / Lisa Hajjar

Donald Trump Syria Bombing Briefing

In Trump’s America, the Middle East Remains an Afterthought In Trump’s America, the Middle East Remains an Afterthought

And yet US foreign policy is far from innocent in the disasters playing out in Syria, Yemen, and elsewhere.

Jul 19, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon

Medicare for all at Trump Tower

House Progressives Go Big on Medicare for All House Progressives Go Big on Medicare for All

A new congressional caucus recognizes that “health care is a right” politics will defeat Trumpism.

Jul 19, 2018 / John Nichols

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