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López Obrador’s Youth in His Home State Shows Why He’s Not a Demagogic Populist López Obrador’s Youth in His Home State Shows Why He’s Not a Demagogic Populist

“We saw right away that he was different. Andrés knows what the bite of an ant feels like.”

Jul 5, 2018 / James North

General David Petraeus retirement

What Does It Mean to Give David Petraeus the Floor? What Does It Mean to Give David Petraeus the Floor?

Some historians worry that giving the former general an invitation to keynote means giving him a pulpit.

Jul 5, 2018 / Gunar Olsen

Resistance School courses

Classes Are Open at Resistance School Classes Are Open at Resistance School

A new project aims to put sophisticated political tools into the hands of the people.

Jul 5, 2018 / StudentNation / Conor Hand

Skid Row, Los Angeles

Criminalizing Homelessness Violates Basic Human Rights Criminalizing Homelessness Violates Basic Human Rights

Despite a UN report on poverty in the US, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti doubles down on cruel, anti-poor laws.

Jul 5, 2018 / John Raphling

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How a Public Bank Could Help You How a Public Bank Could Help You

A campaign is underway in New York to take money out of Wall Street and put it into the hands of the city.

Jul 5, 2018 / Michelle Chen

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Letters From the July 30-August 6, 2018, Issue Letters From the July 30-August 6, 2018, Issue

Shine that spotlight… Governor Miranda?… The never-Trump canard… Where are the women?…

Jul 5, 2018 / Our Readers

How-To

How-To How-To

Editor’s note: On July 24, 2018, The Nation and its poetry editors, Stephanie Burt and Carmen Giménez Smith, made this statement about the poem below, which con…

Jul 5, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Anders Carlson-Wee

‘Under Trump the GOP Has Become a Cult’

‘Under Trump the GOP Has Become a Cult’ ‘Under Trump the GOP Has Become a Cult’

—The Boston Globe So why do they maintain their loyalty Despite his lies, despite the fact that he Acts like a child instead of an adult? ’Cause it’s a cult. Why would his people a…

Jul 5, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Border

Border Border

Things different over there the words for them different the things themselves all the same she put her flesh in the mouth of a coyote so that he would take her a cross to mark th…

Jul 5, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Pemberton Strong

Comix Nation

Comix Nation Comix Nation

ignore this…

Jul 5, 2018 / Jen Sorensen

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