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Letters From the May 28, 2018, Issue Letters From the May 28, 2018, Issue

The kids are alright…The lady is a champ…A history of decency…Seeing red, feeling blue…

May 3, 2018 / Our Readers

Postal Service Protest

In Rural America, the Postal Service Is Already Collapsing In Rural America, the Postal Service Is Already Collapsing

Cutbacks have created a labor shortage at smaller stations, and mail carriers are struggling to do their jobs.

May 3, 2018 / Jake Bittle

Perry Anderson’s Long Goodbye

Perry Anderson’s Long Goodbye Perry Anderson’s Long Goodbye

In the absence of revolution, Perry Anderson embraces realism.

May 3, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins

Donald Trump

Trump’s Financial Crimes Are More Likely to Bring Him Down than Russiagate Trump’s Financial Crimes Are More Likely to Bring Him Down than Russiagate

David Cay Johnston on Trump, Bruce Cumings on Korea, and Elizabeth Drew on Comey.

May 3, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Bret Stephens

Never Trumpers Never Mattered Never Trumpers Never Mattered

They’re all over the media, but they’re politically insignificant.

May 3, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman

March in Kiev

America’s Collusion With Neo-Nazis America’s Collusion With Neo-Nazis

Neo-fascists play an important official or tolerated role in US-backed Ukraine.

May 2, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Trump Rally Supporters

Yes, Donald Trump Is Making White People More Hateful Yes, Donald Trump Is Making White People More Hateful

A new study finds empirical evidence of the “Trump Effect.”

May 2, 2018 / Joshua Holland

Lincoln Chafee

Why Won’t Lincoln Chafee Support Robert Mueller? Why Won’t Lincoln Chafee Support Robert Mueller?

The Democrats, with some GOP support, are backing legislation to protect his investigation—but Chafee says Mueller is “wasting money.”

May 2, 2018 / Bob Dreyfuss

ABVP protests india saibaba

The Persecution of GN Saibaba and India’s ‘Annihilation’ of the Resistance The Persecution of GN Saibaba and India’s ‘Annihilation’ of the Resistance

The plight of a wheelchair-bound professor reveals India’s “Terminator-like” attacks on dissent.

May 2, 2018 / Tekendra Parmar

Stephon Clark

‘Please Give Us Justice’: New California Law Aims to Hold Police Accountable ‘Please Give Us Justice’: New California Law Aims to Hold Police Accountable

A “first of its kind” bill would raise use-of-force guidelines for police from “reasonable” to “necessary”—a higher standard that could save lives.

May 2, 2018 / Safiya Charles

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