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Iraqi army in Mosul

If Trump Wants to Defeat ISIS, He’d Better Stop Alienating Muslims If Trump Wants to Defeat ISIS, He’d Better Stop Alienating Muslims

From the Salafi Muslims who beat the terrorists in Libya to the Shiite militias of Iraq, they are crucial allies in this fight.

Feb 15, 2017 / Juan Cole

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Nuclear Weapons Don’t Belong in Anyone’s Hands Nuclear Weapons Don’t Belong in Anyone’s Hands

Donald Trump shouldn’t have his finger on the button—but neither should anyone else. 

Feb 15, 2017 / Tim Wright

Saul Friedländer’s Many Lives

Saul Friedländer’s Many Lives Saul Friedländer’s Many Lives

What is the relationship between the Holocaust’s history and its memory?

Feb 15, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Peter E. Gordon

What It’s Like to Be Black and Pregnant When You Know How Dangerous That Can Be

What It’s Like to Be Black and Pregnant When You Know How Dangerous That Can Be What It’s Like to Be Black and Pregnant When You Know How Dangerous That Can Be

I knew I had a find a way to have a healthy birth—despite what the statistics were telling me.

Feb 15, 2017 / Feature / Dani McClain

What’s Killing America’s Black Infants?

What’s Killing America’s Black Infants? What’s Killing America’s Black Infants?

Racism is fueling a national health crisis.

Feb 15, 2017 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter

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The Trump-Bibi-Murdoch Love Triangle Puts Us All at Risk The Trump-Bibi-Murdoch Love Triangle Puts Us All at Risk

Flouting the laws and sacrificing truth, the new mogul empire is a perpetual-motion machine fueled almost entirely on bullshit.

Feb 14, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman

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What Did President Trump Know and When Did He Know It? What Did President Trump Know and When Did He Know It?

Michael Flynn is out, but until there’s an investigation by Congress, we’re at the mercy of intelligence leaks for the story.

Feb 14, 2017 / Joan Walsh

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Donald Trump Has Pulled an Epic Bait-and-Switch Donald Trump Has Pulled an Epic Bait-and-Switch

Putting a Goldman Sachs alum in charge of the Treasury Department proves the Big Lie. 

Feb 14, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

Rafael Correa

Ecuador’s Left-Wing Success Story Ecuador’s Left-Wing Success Story

It doesn’t fit with neoliberal orthodoxy, but President Rafael Correa has made remarkable progress. Will the next government sustain it?

Feb 14, 2017 / Mark Weisbrot

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Conservative Media Embrace a Bogus ‘Terror Study’ to Justify Trump’s Travel Ban Conservative Media Embrace a Bogus ‘Terror Study’ to Justify Trump’s Travel Ban

An honest reading of their data reveals just how pointless the policy really is.

Feb 14, 2017 / Joshua Holland

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