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Trump supporters

The Plain People Spoke on November 8. Will the Powerful Listen? The Plain People Spoke on November 8. Will the Powerful Listen?

Like it or not, Tuesday’s ballot-box rebellion was a profound act of small-d democracy.

Nov 9, 2016 / William Greider

Trump Confederate Flag

This Is What White Supremacy Looks Like This Is What White Supremacy Looks Like

Don’t be confused. Trump’s voters didn’t vote against their own interests, they voted for the preservation of white privilege—their paramount interest.

Nov 9, 2016 / Damon Young

Clinton supporters

Don’t Just Grieve for Immigrants—Fight for Immigrants Don’t Just Grieve for Immigrants—Fight for Immigrants

Millions of our family and friends are in immediate danger—some are in a database being delivered to Donald Trump. Check on your people, and be ready to stand with them.

Nov 9, 2016 / Aura Bogado

Mississippi voting

The GOP’s Attack on Voting Rights Was the Most Under-Covered Story of 2016 The GOP’s Attack on Voting Rights Was the Most Under-Covered Story of 2016

This was the first presidential election in 50 years without the full protections of the Voting Rights Act.

Nov 9, 2016 / Ari Berman

Minimum wage protest

Inequality Gave Rise to Donald Trump’s Presidency Inequality Gave Rise to Donald Trump’s Presidency

But few of the 60 million Americans who cast their votes for Trump want to see a more top-heavy America.

Nov 9, 2016 / Sarah Anderson, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, and Sam Pizzigati

Clinton supporters watch results

Welcome to the Fight Welcome to the Fight

If we withdraw into our grief and abandon those most threatened by Trump’s win, history will never forgive us.

Nov 9, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

Why Trump Won

Why Trump Won Why Trump Won

The Obama coalition works only if Democrats don’t throw white working people out of the boat.

Nov 9, 2016 / Robert L. Borosage

It Really Is That Bad

It Really Is That Bad It Really Is That Bad

So now we must get very good at saying ‘no’ to Trumpism.

Nov 9, 2016 / John Nichols

How Much Did Alan Greenspan Really Know?

How Much Did Alan Greenspan Really Know? How Much Did Alan Greenspan Really Know?

Despite the efforts of a new biographer, it seems that Greenspan was more flying by the seat of his pants than acting as a strategic policy-maker.

Nov 9, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Jeff Madrick

Coping With the Blows: Mexican Wrestling Goes Global

Coping With the Blows: Mexican Wrestling Goes Global Coping With the Blows: Mexican Wrestling Goes Global

Lucha libre is a stylized struggle between good and evil that has been part of Mexican popular culture since the 1920s. Now its appeal has spread to North America and Japan.

Nov 9, 2016 / Benjamin Fernandez

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