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Blinken Providing Testimony

Blinken Derangement Syndrome Blinken Derangement Syndrome

The party that brought us the Benghazi hearings has a new obsession.

Sep 15, 2021 / John Nichols

August Calendar

August Calendar August Calendar

Recording recent history.

Sep 15, 2021 / OppArt / India Tresselt

Bangladesh garment factory

Sweatshops Won’t Help the World’s Poor, but Unions Could Sweatshops Won’t Help the World’s Poor, but Unions Could

Influential liberals said low-paid manufacturing jobs would help the Global South. They were wrong then—and they’re especially wrong now.

Sep 15, 2021 / James North

India Walton

The Resilience of India Walton The Resilience of India Walton

The union nurse from Buffalo is fighting to become the first socialist mayor of a major US city since 1960.

Sep 15, 2021 / Raina Lipsitz

White Lotus.

Who’s to Blame in “The White Lotus”? Who’s to Blame in “The White Lotus”?

In the weeks since the release of Mike White’s latest HBO series, debate has centered on the show’s politics. Is it liberal satire or spectacle? 

Sep 15, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Vikram Murthi

President Joe Biden addressing the nation on Afghanistan withdrawal

Blinken and Biden Are Right: Afghanistan Is Not Saigon Blinken and Biden Are Right: Afghanistan Is Not Saigon

But not in the way they think.

Sep 15, 2021 / Alfred McCoy

Sen. Joe Manchin

For Joe Manchin, It’s Always About Joe Manchin For Joe Manchin, It’s Always About Joe Manchin

Keep fronting for your Big Pharma, fossil fuel donors, and you’ll go down in history as the senator who destroyed our shaky democracy.

Sep 14, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Double-Crossed

Double-Crossed Double-Crossed

Walking the plank.

Sep 14, 2021 / OppArt / Ann Telnaes

Migrant Silhouettes

Germany’s Secret Success: Turning Immigration Into a Nonissue Germany’s Secret Success: Turning Immigration Into a Nonissue

Despite predictions of electoral disaster, Angela Merkel’s decision to admit 1.7 million asylum seekers has become politically popular.

Sep 14, 2021 / Linda Mannheim

Mike Pompeo

How Republicans Turned “School Choice” Into a Losing Issue How Republicans Turned “School Choice” Into a Losing Issue

After 18 months of Covid disruption, support for vouchers and even charter schools has plummeted—even in the home of “Live Free or Die.”

Sep 14, 2021 / Jennifer C. Berkshire

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