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How the CIA Tricked the World’s Best Writers How the CIA Tricked the World’s Best Writers

Joel Whitney talks about his book Finks, which exposes the agency’s corruption of American culture during the Cold War.

May 31, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

Anti-Senate Bill 4 Protest

These Cities Aren’t Waiting for Trump to Self-Destruct. They’re Fighting Back Now. These Cities Aren’t Waiting for Trump to Self-Destruct. They’re Fighting Back Now.

Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, from Los Angeles to El Paso. 

May 31, 2017 / Jimmy Tobias

The Covfefe Is Often Worse Than The Crime

The Covfefe Is Often Worse Than The Crime The Covfefe Is Often Worse Than The Crime

Trump can’t finish a tweet, but that hasn’t stopped his administration from abandoning the Paris Climate Agreement, gutting civil rights, and eliminating the contraception mandate.

May 31, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Women’s Rights, birth control

The Trump Administration Is Coming for Your Birth Control The Trump Administration Is Coming for Your Birth Control

They’ve stocked government agencies with anti-choice fanatics who see contraception as the enemy and funding it as a con.

May 31, 2017 / Katha Pollitt

Ariana Grande Manchester bombing

Ariana Grande Understands Counterterrorism Better Than Jim Mattis Ariana Grande Understands Counterterrorism Better Than Jim Mattis

Inclusiveness, not polarization, is the right approach.

May 31, 2017 / Juan Cole

The Outcome of This Obscure Lawsuit Could Undermine Constitutional Government

The Outcome of This Obscure Lawsuit Could Undermine Constitutional Government The Outcome of This Obscure Lawsuit Could Undermine Constitutional Government

The Georgia Supreme Court is about to decide whether citizens can sue the state. It’s chilling to imagine what could happen if the justices say they cannot.

May 31, 2017 / Cara Sabatini

Trump Boards Plane

Terrorism and the Perils of ‘Russiagate’ Terrorism and the Perils of ‘Russiagate’

As Trump and Putin strive for an essential US-Russia alliance against international terrorism, American media frenzy, fueled by anonymous leaks, continues to thwart it.

May 31, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

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To Impeach or Not to Impeach? And Is That Even the Question? To Impeach or Not to Impeach? And Is That Even the Question?

Four writers debate whether Trump's removal from office is a priority or a distraction.

May 31, 2017 / Doug Henwood, Steve Phillips, Christopher D. Cook, and Medea Benjamin

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Donald Trump Is Picking a Fight With Germany—and It Will Not End Well Donald Trump Is Picking a Fight With Germany—and It Will Not End Well

In an age of globalization, American leaders ought to be learning from and working with Europeans—not alienating them.

May 30, 2017 / John Nichols

Cincinnati, Ohio poll station

The Supreme Court Could Make It Easier for States to Purge Voters The Supreme Court Could Make It Easier for States to Purge Voters

The Court has decided to hear a new case from Ohio, where Democrats were twice as likely as Republicans to be purged from the rolls in the state’s largest counties.

May 30, 2017 / Ari Berman

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