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Brett Kavanaugh and Donald Trump

10 Questions Judge Kavanaugh Should Answer 10 Questions Judge Kavanaugh Should Answer

Trump’s latest nominee for Supreme Court Justice has long been a darling of DC conservatives, but his decisions on some of today’s biggest legal issues will affect the entire count...

Jul 11, 2018 / Gregg Levine

Marines at a NATO Exercise in Lithuania

What Trump’s Critics Are Missing About the NATO Summit What Trump’s Critics Are Missing About the NATO Summit

His nutty antics, as usual, dominate the headlines—while very little is being said about the alliance’s actual role in the world.

Jul 11, 2018 / Michael T. Klare

Cynthia Nixon at St. Paul & St. Andrew Methodist Church

Cynthia Nixon’s Platform Aligns With Democratic Socialist Principles, and With the Future Cynthia Nixon’s Platform Aligns With Democratic Socialist Principles, and With the Future

Democrats must recognize that radical social and economic changes demand a new politics.

Jul 11, 2018 / John Nichols

These Students Challenged Their Campus’s Flawed Title IX Policy—and They’re Winning

These Students Challenged Their Campus’s Flawed Title IX Policy—and They’re Winning These Students Challenged Their Campus’s Flawed Title IX Policy—and They’re Winning

Starting with the resignation of Swarthmore College’s dean of students.

Jul 11, 2018 / StudentNation / Priya Dieterich, Morgin Goldberg, Olivia Smith, and Shelby Dolch

RAICES Bond Check

What Can $20 Million Buy? Activists Attempt to Post Bond for 2,500 Parents in Immigration Detention What Can $20 Million Buy? Activists Attempt to Post Bond for 2,500 Parents in Immigration Detention

Detained mothers often have to pay the government $10,000 before being allowed to reunite with their children.

Jul 11, 2018 / Julianne Hing

Destruction in Dera'a

Horror in Southern Syria, as 300,000 Flee a Government Assault Horror in Southern Syria, as 300,000 Flee a Government Assault

The Assad regime has indeed won—it has won the war against its own people.

Jul 11, 2018 / Loubna Mrie

Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Would Threaten Robert Mueller’s Investigation and the Affordable Care Act

Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Would Threaten Robert Mueller’s Investigation and the Affordable Care Act Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Would Threaten Robert Mueller’s Investigation and the Affordable Care Act

Democrats are gearing up to battle Trump’s nominee on multiple fronts.

Jul 11, 2018 / Joan Walsh

Abolish Ice Protest

What Does It Mean to Abolish ICE? What Does It Mean to Abolish ICE?

Activists and politicians want a total overhaul of immigration enforcement—but do we have a real plan?

Jul 11, 2018 / Julianne Hing

Rescue Efforts

Rescue Efforts Rescue Efforts

The children still lost in the cave.

Jul 11, 2018 / OppArt / Pia Guerra

Common Ground: For Secure Elections and True National Security

Common Ground: For Secure Elections and True National Security Common Ground: For Secure Elections and True National Security

An open letter by Gloria Steinem, Noam Chomsky, John Dean, Governor Bill Richardson, Walter Mosley, Michael Moore, Valerie Plame, and others.

Jul 11, 2018 / The Nation

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