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Charleena Lyles

Charleena Lyles Was Killed by a Police Department Under a Consent Decree Charleena Lyles Was Killed by a Police Department Under a Consent Decree

The untimely death of a 30-year-old woman demonstrates the obvious need for more scrutiny of police, not less.

Jun 23, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

republicans guns

Why Does the Far Right Hold a Near-Monopoly on Political Violence? Why Does the Far Right Hold a Near-Monopoly on Political Violence?

Studies show that most people across the political spectrum abhor it. So what might explain the disparity?

Jun 23, 2017 / Joshua Holland

The Republic of Rogue Island

The Republic of Rogue Island The Republic of Rogue Island

Here's what one state's radical experiment after the American Revolution can tell us about democracy today.

Jun 23, 2017 / Tom Cutterham

Jay Leno

On Writers, the Media, and the Corruptions of Power On Writers, the Media, and the Corruptions of Power

Joel Whitney, whose book Finks is about the CIA’s subversion of US culture, talks about the scars left by the Cold War.

Jun 22, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

Bill O'Reilly

Bill O’Reilly Is America’s Best-Selling Historian Bill O’Reilly Is America’s Best-Selling Historian

And other problems we need to solve before we can get out of this mess.

Jun 22, 2017 / Andrew J. Bacevich

UN Observer and FARC Rebels

Will Last Year’s Peace Treaty Survive, or Is the Past Prologue in Colombia? Will Last Year’s Peace Treaty Survive, or Is the Past Prologue in Colombia?

An interview with historian Robert Karl on the country’s violent demobilization.

Jun 22, 2017 / Greg Grandin

Mitch McConnell, Cory Gardner, and John Barrasso

The Senate GOP Isn’t Fixing Health Care. It’s Waging Class War. The Senate GOP Isn’t Fixing Health Care. It’s Waging Class War.

A draft bill released Thursday offers tax cuts to the rich at the expense of the poor and the elderly.

Jun 22, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter

Jon Ossof

The Lessons We Learned From Jon Ossoff’s Defeat The Lessons We Learned From Jon Ossoff’s Defeat

The midterms will be much different, but Democrats need better candidates.

Jun 22, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

Randy Bryce Wisconsin

This Union Ironworker Has a Plan to Beat Paul Ryan This Union Ironworker Has a Plan to Beat Paul Ryan

A construction worker takes on the speaker of the House—and sparks fly.

Jun 22, 2017 / John Nichols

Trumpcare Is the Most Unpopular Legislation in History

Trumpcare Is the Most Unpopular Legislation in History Trumpcare Is the Most Unpopular Legislation in History

George Zornick on the health-care debacle, Sarah Leonard on socialism’s appeal, and Jedediah Purdy on Thoreau.  

Jun 22, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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