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Texas Democrat Laura Moser.

Texas Progressive Laura Moser Is Beating Democratic Insiders Texas Progressive Laura Moser Is Beating Democratic Insiders

There’s a good case to be made that the DCCC’s attack on Moser only helped her.

Mar 7, 2018 / John Nichols

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Young women raising up, continuing the struggle of previous generations.

Mar 7, 2018 / OppArt / Maureen Winzig

Waiting for Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment

Waiting for Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Waiting for Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment

The genre that Pinker’s latest book most closely resembles is not 18th-century philosophie but a TED Talk.

Mar 7, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell

ACLU students rights

Student Protesters: You Have First Amendment Rights Student Protesters: You Have First Amendment Rights

What are your rights as a high-school student activist? The ACLU answered in an online question-and-answer panel.

Mar 6, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

WV Teachers Strike

West Virginia Teachers Are Resurrecting the State’s Rich History of Labor Activism West Virginia Teachers Are Resurrecting the State’s Rich History of Labor Activism

But with politicians skirting an overdue reckoning with the energy industry, more struggles are ahead.

Mar 6, 2018 / Elizabeth Catte

Womens March Las Vegas

Could It Happen Here? Donald Trump, Tony Judt, and the Future of American Democracy Could It Happen Here? Donald Trump, Tony Judt, and the Future of American Democracy

Is Trump’s election a step on the road to authoritarianism, or is he an anomaly? That depends—on us.

Mar 6, 2018 / David Cole

Teachers return to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

Asking Teachers to Carry Guns Is Just Another Way of Refusing to Respect Them Asking Teachers to Carry Guns Is Just Another Way of Refusing to Respect Them

A new item has been added to the long list of impossible expectations for teachers: Picking up a weapon.  

Mar 6, 2018 / Belle Chesler

Beto O'Rourke Texas

Democratic Party Establishment, It’s Time to Respect Insurgent Progressives Democratic Party Establishment, It’s Time to Respect Insurgent Progressives

Democrats should not revive a doomed strategy of excessive caution and deference to the permanent consultant class.

Mar 6, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Women protest global gag rule

Trump’s Abortion Gag Rule Is Hurting Reproductive Rights Around the Globe Trump’s Abortion Gag Rule Is Hurting Reproductive Rights Around the Globe

This administration’s version of the Global Gag Rule could impact up to 26 million women worldwide.

Mar 6, 2018 / Michelle Chen

US South Korea

Why Are US Troops Still in South Korea, Anyway? Why Are US Troops Still in South Korea, Anyway?

Our garrison is no longer needed to defend the South—and it poses a continuing threat to the North.

Mar 6, 2018 / Jeff Faux

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