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Trans Panic!

Trans Panic! Trans Panic!

Honk if you want to transcend hate and fear.

Feb 8, 2018 / OppArt / Chelsea Thompto

The Presidential Empire

The Presidential Empire The Presidential Empire

Has the American presidency become overwhelmed by its ever-expanding powers?

Feb 8, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Karen J. Greenberg

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Is it ‘Treason’ Not to Clap for the President? Is it ‘Treason’ Not to Clap for the President?

Joan Walsh on Trump, Nomi Prins on financial deregulation, and Ann Jones on Norwegians.

Feb 8, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Trump Carrier Working Women

Trump Is Making Life Even Harder for Working-Class Women Trump Is Making Life Even Harder for Working-Class Women

His administration has already made workers, especially women, poorer, less secure, and less safe.

Feb 8, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt

No More Tuna for Japan’s Sushi?

No More Tuna for Japan’s Sushi? No More Tuna for Japan’s Sushi?

Japan is the world’s biggest consumer of tuna. Fishermen on the island of Iki are challenging official policy so as to stop the decline of Pacific bluefin tuna stocks.

Feb 8, 2018 / Yuta Yagishita

Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again

Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again

Requiring Medicaid recipients to find employment is a cruel solution to a nonexistent problem.

Feb 8, 2018 / Bryce Covert

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Climate Change Isn’t Just About the Planet Climate Change Isn’t Just About the Planet

It’s about justice: racial, social, socioeconomic, reproductive, and environmental. It’s about immigration reform, LGBTQIA+ rights, and religious freedom.

Feb 7, 2018 / StudentNation / Leehi Yona

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Russiagate or Intelgate? Russiagate or Intelgate?

The publication of the Republican House Committee memo and reports of other documents increasingly suggest not only a “Russiagate” without Russia but also something darker: The “co...

Feb 7, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

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The Way We Talk About Immigration Is Profane The Way We Talk About Immigration Is Profane

Trump’s “shithole” remarks only scratch the surface.

Feb 7, 2018 / Column / Kai Wright

35 and Counting! Democrats Flip Another Republican Legislative Seat

35 and Counting! Democrats Flip Another Republican Legislative Seat 35 and Counting! Democrats Flip Another Republican Legislative Seat

A pro-union Democrat just won a seat in Missouri that Trump won by a landslide.

Feb 7, 2018 / John Nichols

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