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The Cynthia Nixon Plan Miranda Hobbes Would Hate

The Cynthia Nixon Plan Miranda Hobbes Would Hate The Cynthia Nixon Plan Miranda Hobbes Would Hate

She is the celebrity, but Andrew Cuomo is Hollywood’s real friend.

Apr 9, 2018 / Pat Garofalo

Russell Westbrook

Russell Westbrook Is ‘All-In’ With Oklahoma’s Striking Teachers Russell Westbrook Is ‘All-In’ With Oklahoma’s Striking Teachers

The reigning NBA MVP is standing up for Oklahoma’s teachers.

Apr 9, 2018 / Dave Zirin

South Sudan SPLM-IO

Can US Sanctions on South Sudan Rein in a Nation of Warlords? Can US Sanctions on South Sudan Rein in a Nation of Warlords?

The US helped broker South Sudan’s independence only to watch it unravel into ethnic warfare.

Apr 9, 2018 / Simona Foltyn

March for Our Lives

March for Our Lives March for Our Lives

People take to the streets demanding sane gun-control laws.

Apr 9, 2018 / OppArt / Andrew Courtney

Gaza protest clown

With the Great Return March, Palestinians Are Demanding a Life of Dignity With the Great Return March, Palestinians Are Demanding a Life of Dignity

The Nakba is not a just a memory, it is an ongoing reality. We can accept that we all must eventually die; in Gaza, the tragedy is that we don’t get to live.

Apr 6, 2018 / Ahmed Abu Artema

Trump China Tariffs

How Should Progressives Respond to Trump’s Trade Tantrums? How Should Progressives Respond to Trump’s Trade Tantrums?

The country needs a real industrial policy that helps everyone.

Apr 6, 2018 / Robert L. Borosage

Donald Trump Actually Thinks He’s Popular

Donald Trump Actually Thinks He’s Popular Donald Trump Actually Thinks He’s Popular

The president’s pattern of lying to himself—and to fellow Republicans—sustains bad policy and failed governance.

Apr 6, 2018 / John Nichols

LePen Marche Blanche

The Murder of Holocaust Survivor Mireille Knoll Has Exposed 2 Toxic Racisms in France The Murder of Holocaust Survivor Mireille Knoll Has Exposed 2 Toxic Racisms in France

Along with the rise of anti-Semitism in Muslim and Arab communities, there’s growing hostility to France’s Muslims within the Jewish community, which draws its source in the defens...

Apr 6, 2018 / Sylvain Cypel

Students protest Charles Murray

Scientific Racism Isn’t ‘Back’—It Never Went Away Scientific Racism Isn’t ‘Back’—It Never Went Away

In the age of Trump, believers of the once-popular tenets of scientific racism are feeling emboldened.

Apr 6, 2018 / Ed Burmila

Trump speaks to navy and shipyard personnel

How Racism Could Drive Support for War With Iran How Racism Could Drive Support for War With Iran

Racial animus has long driven imperial invasions. 

Apr 6, 2018 / Sean McElwee and Jon Green

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