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Kenyan election workers

In Kenya, Election Manipulation Is a Matter of Life and Death In Kenya, Election Manipulation Is a Matter of Life and Death

Social media amplify the threat posed by Cambridge Analytica and the rest of Africa’s secretive political-consulting industry.

Mar 28, 2018 / Nanjala Nyabola

Nuclear missiles

Let’s Not Fall Into the Cold-War Arms-Control Trap Let’s Not Fall Into the Cold-War Arms-Control Trap

For our national security, we need self-control more than we need arms-control talks.

Mar 27, 2018 / Patrick Lawrence

Scott Walker Grin

Scott Walker Is Trying To Dismantle Democracy in Wisconsin Scott Walker Is Trying To Dismantle Democracy in Wisconsin

Instead of following an order to call special elections to fill vacant legislative seats, the governor wants a new law that says they can be left empty for a year.

Mar 27, 2018 / John Nichols

What Happens When You Put Young People of Color at the Center of #NeverAgain

What Happens When You Put Young People of Color at the Center of #NeverAgain What Happens When You Put Young People of Color at the Center of #NeverAgain

Gun control becomes only one part of the larger solution to violence in our communities.

Mar 27, 2018 / Lori Bezahler

A protester holds up a sign warning Congress during the March for your Lives protest and march for gun control in the United States, held on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC.

After the March For Our Lives, It’s Time to Confront Congress After the March For Our Lives, It’s Time to Confront Congress

You can also support a 50-mile walk to end gun violence and call on Congress to oppose Trump's war cabinet.

Mar 27, 2018 / NationAction

Broward Correctional Institution

Our Systems for Tracking the Criminal-Justice System Are Broken Our Systems for Tracking the Criminal-Justice System Are Broken

In Florida, a recently passed bill will standardize these statistics, and make them publicly accessible.

Mar 27, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Sacramento Kings Protest

#BlackLivesMatter and the NBA Collide In Sacramento #BlackLivesMatter and the NBA Collide In Sacramento

When Stephon Clark was killed by police, activists took to the streets and shut down an NBA game.

Mar 27, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Trump Speaks with Reporters

The Media Have a Trump Addiction The Media Have a Trump Addiction

Who’s covering that story?

Mar 27, 2018 / Tom Engelhardt

US census 2010 letter

‘Are You a Citizen?’: The Dangerous Question Coming to the Next Census ‘Are You a Citizen?’: The Dangerous Question Coming to the Next Census

The decision to add a citizenship question will have consequences long after Trump leaves office.

Mar 27, 2018 / Julianne Hing

John Bolton

Trump’s Most Dangerous Betrayal Yet Trump’s Most Dangerous Betrayal Yet

Trump’s presidency has taken a foreboding turn—from madcap farce and unending melodrama toward grim tragedy.

Mar 27, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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