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Donald Trump and Jerome Powell

The Real Reason Workers Can’t Get A Raise The Real Reason Workers Can’t Get A Raise

A preemptive war on inflation will tamp down any real wage growth.

Feb 9, 2018 / Robert L. Borosage

SDP protest Germany

Can Germany’s Social Democrats Get Their Groove Back? Can Germany’s Social Democrats Get Their Groove Back?

The turn to neoliberalism demoralized the party—and helped fuel the rise of the extreme right.

Feb 9, 2018 / Jordan Stancil

Rent control protest CA

A New Housing-Rights Movement Has the Real-Estate Industry Running Scared A New Housing-Rights Movement Has the Real-Estate Industry Running Scared

In cities across the country, tenants are demanding robust regulations to keep rents affordable and stop unjust evictions.

Feb 9, 2018 / Jimmy Tobias

Trump’s Hatchery

Trump’s Hatchery Trump’s Hatchery

Stop ill breeding and empowering fascism. Never Again.

Feb 9, 2018 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

Waldhauser at AFRICOM

The Pentagon Sent $500 Million Abroad for International Drug Wars. What Happened Next Is a Mystery. The Pentagon Sent $500 Million Abroad for International Drug Wars. What Happened Next Is a Mystery.

A report by the Defense Department’s inspector general raises questions about a combatant command with a history of scandals.

Feb 8, 2018 / Nick Turse

John Kelly

John Kelly Has Got to Go John Kelly Has Got to Go

His awful response to domestic-abuse charges involving a top aide is just the latest in a series of toxic blunders.

Feb 8, 2018 / John Nichols

Torrey Smith

Why So Many Philadelphia Eagles Are Rejecting This White House Why So Many Philadelphia Eagles Are Rejecting This White House

They are not interested in a dialogue with a president who has already convinced them of his bigotry.

Feb 8, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Turkey Journalists Protest

Turkey’s New Constitutional Crisis Could End the Rule of Law Turkey’s New Constitutional Crisis Could End the Rule of Law

In refusing to release unjustly detained journalists, the lower courts are aiding President Erdogan’s repression.

Feb 8, 2018 / Constanze Letsch

When We Were Shepherds

When We Were Shepherds When We Were Shepherds

Well, we weren’t the best. We merely needed fleece. Were the sheep bred? Yes. Fed? Frequently. Yet they grew depressed. Wherever they went, bellwethers, rebels, they preferred els…

Feb 8, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Caki Wilkinson

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Letters From the March 5, 2018, Issue Letters From the March 5, 2018, Issue

Hans and Franz economics… Fear and self-loathing… Millennials vs. boomers… Agree to disagree… Taxation and miseducation…

Feb 8, 2018 / Our Readers

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