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George Bush

What if This Had Happened on the Day After 9/11? What if This Had Happened on the Day After 9/11?

Things could have gone very, very differently.

Nov 27, 2017 / Danny Sjursen

The Border

The Border The Border

What will be the real cost of building a wall, in money and lives?

Nov 27, 2017 / OppArt / Elizabeth Starcevic

Trump Jingping Beijing

The Future of the American Empire The Future of the American Empire

Historian Alfred McCoy discusses his new book, the deep state, and Donald Trump’s threats to the US’s position as a global power.

Nov 24, 2017 / Q&A / Nick Turse

LA County women's jail

In Prison, Women Are 9 Times More Likely to Be HIV-Positive In Prison, Women Are 9 Times More Likely to Be HIV-Positive

The disparity between infection rates in incarcerated and non-incarcerated women highlights the deeply unequal state of our criminal-justice system.

Nov 24, 2017 / Akilah Wise

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Spain’s Conflict Over Catalonia Is Covering Up Massive Political Corruption Spain’s Conflict Over Catalonia Is Covering Up Massive Political Corruption

Both the ruling PP party and Catalonia’s independentists are using the national question to whitewash their own history of corruption and enthusiasm for austerity.

Nov 24, 2017 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín

Don’t Tread on Me Uterus

Don’t Tread on Me Uterus Don’t Tread on Me Uterus

Women’s rights are under attack with attempts to roll back Roe v. Wade and close Planned Parenthood clinics. Not without a fight!

Nov 24, 2017 / OppArt / RAYGUN

Net Neutrality Protest

If Trump’s FCC Repeals Net Neutrality, Elites Will Rule the Internet—and the Future If Trump’s FCC Repeals Net Neutrality, Elites Will Rule the Internet—and the Future

“This naked corporatism is Washington at its worst,” says former FCC commissioner Michael Copps.

Nov 24, 2017 / John Nichols

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Trump Greets Thanksgiving With an Unhealthy Serving of Xenophobia Trump Greets Thanksgiving With an Unhealthy Serving of Xenophobia

Trump’s cruelty toward Haitian refugees is his latest affront to American values.

Nov 23, 2017 / John Nichols

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A Growing Lawyer ‘Army’ Is Banding Together to Protect Immigrants A Growing Lawyer ‘Army’ Is Banding Together to Protect Immigrants

Immigrants with attorneys are four times more likely to be released from detention.

Nov 23, 2017 / Tania Karas

The Big Broadcast

The Big Broadcast The Big Broadcast

Robert Mercer: “First thing, kill the journalists!”

Nov 23, 2017 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

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