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Citizens of Stoke-on-Trent campaigning for UKIP

The Most Important Post-Brexit Election Is Taking Place in This Small City The Most Important Post-Brexit Election Is Taking Place in This Small City

Tomorrow, voters may elect a second UKIP member to Parliament.

Feb 22, 2017 / Maria Margaronis

Dollar bills

How Banks Want To Make It Easier To Launder Money How Banks Want To Make It Easier To Launder Money

What are the limits to financial sector greed?

Feb 22, 2017 / David Dayen

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Is Détente Really Dead? Is Détente Really Dead?

Washington and Moscow observers are saying American allegations that President Trump is a Kremlin puppet have killed the new Russia policy he promised.

Feb 22, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Bayview Correctional Facility

This Building Was Once a Notorious Women’s Prison. Now It’s Becoming a Center for Feminist Organizing. This Building Was Once a Notorious Women’s Prison. Now It’s Becoming a Center for Feminist Organizing.

Formerly incarcerated women are helping plan the transformation of Bayview Correctional Facility into a Women’s Building.

Feb 22, 2017 / Victoria Law

When Time Stopped Forever

When Time Stopped Forever When Time Stopped Forever

Han Kang’s new novel mines the violent past and uncertain future of South Korean politics.

Feb 22, 2017 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim

Can a Sanders Democrat Win the New Jersey Governor’s Race?

Can a Sanders Democrat Win the New Jersey Governor’s Race? Can a Sanders Democrat Win the New Jersey Governor’s Race?

John Wisniewski is fighting Wall Street money and the party machine.

Feb 22, 2017 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss and Barbara Dreyfuss

Senator John McCain at Munich Security Conference

McCain Talks Tough as the War in Ukraine Continues Without End McCain Talks Tough as the War in Ukraine Continues Without End

John McCain and Lindsey Graham have been urging Ukrainian soldiers to break the Minsk cease-fire agreement.

Feb 21, 2017 / James Carden

Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders in Cleveland

Why the Dutch Are Drawn to Right-Wing Populist Geert Wilders Why the Dutch Are Drawn to Right-Wing Populist Geert Wilders

He’s among the most radical of the new-right politicians in Europe—and he’s poised to win the March elections.

Feb 21, 2017 / Sebastiaan Faber

Is Milo Yiannopoulos All That Different From Trump?

Is Milo Yiannopoulos All That Different From Trump? Is Milo Yiannopoulos All That Different From Trump?

The political trajectory of Milo Yiannopoulos tracks the man he calls “Daddy.

Feb 21, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Trump’s Middle East ‘Deal’ Leaves Out One Vital Player: Palestinians.

Trump’s Middle East ‘Deal’ Leaves Out One Vital Player: Palestinians. Trump’s Middle East ‘Deal’ Leaves Out One Vital Player: Palestinians.

In plotting a decidedly lopsided “one-state solution,” Trump and Netanyahu are following an old and exclusionary script. 

Feb 21, 2017 / Rashid Khalidi

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