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Pramila Jayapal Just Scored One of the Biggest Progressive Victories of 2016 Pramila Jayapal Just Scored One of the Biggest Progressive Victories of 2016

She was one of the first congressional candidates this year to earn an endorsement from Bernie Sanders.

Aug 3, 2016 / John Nichols

Cold War, Détente, Neo-McCarthyism, and Donald Trump

Cold War, Détente, Neo-McCarthyism, and Donald Trump Cold War, Détente, Neo-McCarthyism, and Donald Trump

The missing pro-détente argument may now be provoked by Donald Trump but is being suppressed by McCarthy-like attacks on the improbable messenger.

Aug 3, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

Oslo play

According to ‘Oslo’ According to ‘Oslo’

In J.T. Rogers’s new play, the process of negotiating the Oslo Accords is the only concern; how well they turned out is rendered irrelevant.

Aug 3, 2016 / Alisa Solomon

Never-Endings

Never-Endings Never-Endings

Georges Perec’s books are designed to stir readers to think actively, freshly, and imaginatively about what could have been, and what might come next.

Aug 3, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Joanna Scott

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Nurses and Doctors Are Fighting Back Against Corporate Healthcare by Unionizing Nurses and Doctors Are Fighting Back Against Corporate Healthcare by Unionizing

Overwork, once a proud hallmark of the medical profession, now symptomizes systemic rot.

Aug 3, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Fast Food Wages

Demand That Politicians Fight to Get Women a Raise Demand That Politicians Fight to Get Women a Raise

The Economic Policy Institute has released a plan to close the gender wage gap.

Aug 2, 2016 / NationAction

Korean War Adoptees

These Korean Adoptees Grew Up Like Typical American Kids. Then They Learned They Weren’t Citizens. These Korean Adoptees Grew Up Like Typical American Kids. Then They Learned They Weren’t Citizens.

Many of these adoptees have been unable to hold steady jobs or travel back to Korea. Some have been deported.

Aug 2, 2016 / Alyssa Jeong Perry

Waldhauser at AFRICOM

Even AFRICOM’s Own Commander Admits Its Strategy Is Not Working Even AFRICOM’s Own Commander Admits Its Strategy Is Not Working

It’s not often a general calls out another general. But that’s how bad things have gotten at AFRICOM.

Aug 2, 2016 / Nick Turse

Trump

This Is How Trump Convinces His Supporters They’re Not Racist This Is How Trump Convinces His Supporters They’re Not Racist

Trump garners support from both those who would be seduced by flagrantly racist appeals and those who would be offended.

Aug 2, 2016 / Ian Haney López

Khizr Khan holds copy of Constitution

The Party of the Constitution Versus the Party of the Authoritarian The Party of the Constitution Versus the Party of the Authoritarian

Trump has no respect for equal protection under the law, but the American voters do.

Aug 2, 2016 / John Nichols

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