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Reggie Batiste, program manager with AIDS Healthcare Foundation, administers a free HIV test as part of National HIV Testing Day in Atlanta.

Trans Sex Workers Are 25 Times More Likely to Be HIV Positive Than the General Population Trans Sex Workers Are 25 Times More Likely to Be HIV Positive Than the General Population

Here’s what can be done to push back against this unacceptable trend.

Dec 16, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Kerry’s Mission to Moscow

Kerry’s Mission to Moscow Kerry’s Mission to Moscow

After meeting with Putin, the secretary of state calls for a new US-Russian partnership—but can he enact it?

Dec 16, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

Rand Paul

Rand Paul Got It Right: Trump ‘Would Defy Every Norm That Is America’ Rand Paul Got It Right: Trump ‘Would Defy Every Norm That Is America’

The senator challenged the billionaire on behalf of basic liberties. And in so doing he showed why Trump is not qualified to be president.

Dec 16, 2015 / John Nichols

Las Vegas GOP debate

There Was No Winner in the GOP Debate, but There Was One Clear Loser: The American Public There Was No Winner in the GOP Debate, but There Was One Clear Loser: The American Public

A night of fear-mongering and Obama-hating didn’t do anything to dislodge Trump from his perch atop the party.

Dec 16, 2015 / Joan Walsh

How Diversity Destroyed Affirmative Action

How Diversity Destroyed Affirmative Action How Diversity Destroyed Affirmative Action

Once race-conscious admissions stopped being about equity and reparation, the only argument for it was the enrichment of white students. That was never going to hold up.

Dec 16, 2015 / Sigal Alon

December 16, 1901: Margaret Mead Is Born

December 16, 1901: Margaret Mead Is Born December 16, 1901: Margaret Mead Is Born

“The Samoan girl leads a busy, unconscious existence in which impulse and duty appear to play pleasantly correlative roles.”

Dec 16, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Can Bernie Sanders Win Back Iowa’s Working Class?

Can Bernie Sanders Win Back Iowa’s Working Class? Can Bernie Sanders Win Back Iowa’s Working Class?

If he can’t, Donald Trump’s brand of right-wing populism looms large.

Dec 16, 2015 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan

Martin O’Malley in Des Moines, Iowa.

‘The Politics of Higher Purpose’: An Interview With Martin O’Malley ‘The Politics of Higher Purpose’: An Interview With Martin O’Malley

The Democratic presidential candidate critiques the democratic socialism of Bernie Sanders and the interventionism of Hillary Clinton—and accepts the criticism from Black Lives Mat...

Dec 16, 2015 / Feature / John Nichols

Edge of Sports: Shooting Hoops in Syria

Edge of Sports: Shooting Hoops in Syria Edge of Sports: Shooting Hoops in Syria

On this week’s podcast, Dave Zirin speaks with two former NBA champions, praises the US Women’s National Soccer Team, and explains why Donald Trump wants to erase Muslim ...

Dec 15, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Volkswagen’s Nazi-Era Blood Crimes

Volkswagen’s Nazi-Era Blood Crimes Volkswagen’s Nazi-Era Blood Crimes

Its executives—not Nazi officials—oversaw the murder of hundreds of infants of slave laborers.

Dec 15, 2015 / Feature / Neal Gabler

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