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Keith Ellison

Keith Ellison Is No Anti-Semite Keith Ellison Is No Anti-Semite

The candidate for DNC chair is being criticized for taking positions that are perfectly consistent with the views of the majority of American Jews.

Dec 7, 2016 / John Nichols

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Did the Opioid Epidemic Help Donald Trump Win? Did the Opioid Epidemic Help Donald Trump Win?

New research shows that Trump made huge gains in counties with the highest rates of death from drugs, alcohol, and suicide.

Dec 7, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

J. Edgar Hoover

Neo-McCarthyism and the New Cold War Neo-McCarthyism and the New Cold War

The preceding Cold War generated a prolonged slurring and suppression of dissenting American voices, and it may be happening again.

Dec 7, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

Barack Obama’s Crash Course in Foreign Policy

Barack Obama’s Crash Course in Foreign Policy Barack Obama’s Crash Course in Foreign Policy

After eight years on the job and many mistakes, he has gone from callow rookie to seasoned veteran.

Dec 7, 2016 / Feature / Andrew J. Bacevich

Pat McCrory

North Carolina: A Case Study for Resistance in the Trump Era North Carolina: A Case Study for Resistance in the Trump Era

In forcing Pat McCrory out of office, we proved that we do not have to concede the battle in the South.

Dec 7, 2016 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Ben Carson

With Ben Carson at HUD, America’s Cities Really Could Become Hellholes With Ben Carson at HUD, America’s Cities Really Could Become Hellholes

The neurosurgeon has blasted the agency’s work as “social engineering” and “communist.”

Dec 6, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Xavier Becerra

The Most Important Appointment Since the Election Wasn’t Made by Trump The Most Important Appointment Since the Election Wasn’t Made by Trump

California’s incoming attorney general, Congressman Xavier Becerra, is poised to lead states resisting the Trump administration.

Dec 6, 2016 / David Dayen

Hillary Clinton supporters

We Are Donald Trump We Are Donald Trump

The election removed our self-deceptions—our blindfolds—and now we stand naked before ourselves.

Dec 6, 2016 / Khalil Gibran Muhammad

Matteo Renzi

This Fratricidal War of Ours: A Referendum Divides the Italian Left This Fratricidal War of Ours: A Referendum Divides the Italian Left

The left seemed to have been infected by the mad-dog rhetoric of Beppe Grillo of the Five Star Movement.

Dec 6, 2016 / Frederika Randall

Vladimir Putin and Jean-Claude Juncker

Détente Now: A New Call for Peace, Security, and Cooperation Détente Now: A New Call for Peace, Security, and Cooperation

Civic and religious leaders in Germany are spearheading a new initiative to avoid war between Russia and the West.

Dec 6, 2016 / Gilbert Doctorow, Ute Finckh-Krämer, Ludger Volmer, Rolf Ekéus, and Noam Chomsky

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