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Which Presidential Candidates Can We Trust on TPP? Which Presidential Candidates Can We Trust on TPP?

Some politicans are waffling on a disastrous trade deal.

Apr 29, 2015 / John Nichols

Comix Nation

Comix Nation Comix Nation

Apr 29, 2015 / Jen Sorensen

Snapshot: The Deeper South

Snapshot: The Deeper South Snapshot: The Deeper South

Descendants of American Southerners don Confederate uniforms to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War in Santa Bárbara d’Oeste, Brazil. As many as 10,000 Southerners relocated to Brazil during Reconstruction. Each year, their descendants throw the elaborate Festa dos Confederados.

Apr 29, 2015 / Andre Penner

The American Ritual of Racial Killings

The American Ritual of Racial Killings The American Ritual of Racial Killings

We cannot turn away from police murders, but nor can we see them.

Apr 29, 2015 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Bush as Bigfoot Bush as Bigfoot

“Bush’s considerable assets so far have done little to reshape the early polls or keep others out of the race. If anything, it’s the opposite.”            —The Washington Post When Jeb’s bid was starting to kindle, The field was predicted to dwindle. Now most pols agree: How tough can he be? He can’t even scare Bobby Jindal.

Apr 29, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin

It All Comes Down to Justice Kennedy

It All Comes Down to Justice Kennedy It All Comes Down to Justice Kennedy

The man in the middle raised concerns about overturning millennia of tradition, but he also emphasized the dignity legal marriage confers to same-sex couples.

Apr 29, 2015 / Nan D. Hunter

Here Are All the Ways People Are Dying at Work

Here Are All the Ways People Are Dying at Work Here Are All the Ways People Are Dying at Work

Workers die because those in power look the other way.

Apr 29, 2015 / Michelle Chen

April 29, 1992: Four LAPD Officers Who Beat Rodney King Are Acquitted, Prompting Riots

April 29, 1992: Four LAPD Officers Who Beat Rodney King Are Acquitted, Prompting Riots April 29, 1992: Four LAPD Officers Who Beat Rodney King Are Acquitted, Prompting Riots

“Rodney King is the symbol that links unleashed police racism in Los Angeles to the crisis of black life everywhere.”

Apr 29, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac

Bernie Sanders Readies a ‘Which Side Are You On?’ Presidential Bid

Bernie Sanders Readies a ‘Which Side Are You On?’ Presidential Bid Bernie Sanders Readies a ‘Which Side Are You On?’ Presidential Bid

“America does not belong to the billionaire class,” he says, “it belongs to all of us.”

Apr 29, 2015 / John Nichols

Power and Piety

Power and Piety Power and Piety

Is the promotion of violence inherent to any religion?

Apr 29, 2015 / Books & the Arts / David Nirenberg

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