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Trump Mar-a-lago

The Confirmation Process Is an Opportunity to Expose Trump’s Big Lie The Confirmation Process Is an Opportunity to Expose Trump’s Big Lie

Activists should highlight the president-elect’s bait-and-switch from fake populist to country-club reactionary.

Jan 4, 2017 / The Nation

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Wait! The Election’s Not Really Over Wait! The Election’s Not Really Over

We could debate the hypothetical outcomes until the end of time.

Jan 4, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

Colin Kaepernick

Colin Kaepernick’s Teammates Give Him an Award for Courage Colin Kaepernick’s Teammates Give Him an Award for Courage

The claim that the San Francisco 49ers quarterback was dividing his locker room with his anthem protests was just proven wrong.

Jan 4, 2017 / Dave Zirin

Ched Nin

These Men Have Been in This Country for Over 30 Years. Now They Could Be Deported. These Men Have Been in This Country for Over 30 Years. Now They Could Be Deported.

A group of Cambodian refugees resettled in the US in the wake of the Vietnam War are in danger of being sent back.

Jan 4, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Vladimir Putin

Did Putin Really Launch a ‘Cyber–Pearl Harbor’ Against America? Did Putin Really Launch a ‘Cyber–Pearl Harbor’ Against America?

Hysteria over Russia’s alleged hacking of the 2016 presidential election may make this US-Russian crisis more dangerous than the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.

Jan 4, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Edward Snowden

What Is the Fate of the First Amendment in the Digital Age? What Is the Fate of the First Amendment in the Digital Age?

Freedoms of speech and of the press are some of the first victims of today’s surveillance regime. They are also some of the best defenses against it.

Jan 4, 2017 / Jameel Jaffer

US Citizenship Ceremony

How Donald Trump Will Make America White Again How Donald Trump Will Make America White Again

His plan for fixing the legal immigration system is simple and disturbing: Bring back 1890.

Jan 4, 2017 / Feature / Julianne Hing

Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Mitch McConnell

Welcome to the One-Party State Welcome to the One-Party State

Republicans control the House, Senate, and presidency. It’s time we start calling this what it is. 

Jan 3, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt

Chuck Schumer Democrats

Congressional Resistance to Trump Begins Now Congressional Resistance to Trump Begins Now

Democrats are fighting eight cabinet nominees and splitting Trump from GOP leadership on domestic issues. They could make a lot of trouble—and they should.

Jan 3, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Paul Ryan on Gun Control

House Republicans Dive into the Swamp House Republicans Dive into the Swamp

A scheme to gut ethics oversight revealed the true character of GOP members of the House and their so-called leadership.

Jan 3, 2017 / John Nichols

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