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Democrats Need to Understand Why the Rust Belt’s White Workers Still Support Trump Democrats Need to Understand Why the Rust Belt’s White Workers Still Support Trump

D.D. Guttenplan on working-class Ohio, plus Katha Pollitt on abortion politics and Ari Berman on voting in Texas.

Mar 16, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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Letters From the April 3, 2017, Issue Letters From the April 3, 2017, Issue

A note on words and images… New Jersey state of mind… The Dreyfusses reply… Birthing equality…

Mar 16, 2017 / Our Readers and Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss

Kellyanne Conway

Kellyanne Conway on the Couch Kellyanne Conway on the Couch

The way she perches on a couch May not be reason to decry her, But it’s OK to mention that Ms. Conway is a world-class liar.

Mar 16, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Milo Yiannopoulos Press Conference

Can Words Be Violent? Can Words Be Violent?

On Milo Yiannopoulos, the First Amendment, and words that have consequences.

Mar 16, 2017 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Trump on Fox News

Fox’s Absurd Unreality Show Is Now Aided and Abetted by Trump’s Undersized Hands Fox’s Absurd Unreality Show Is Now Aided and Abetted by Trump’s Undersized Hands

How many times in the last two months have we all woken up and wondered what the hell Trump is going on about now?

Mar 15, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman

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Trumpcare Isn’t Health Care. It’s a Tax Cut for the Wealthy. Trumpcare Isn’t Health Care. It’s a Tax Cut for the Wealthy.

And maybe that’s the whole point of the bill.

Mar 15, 2017 / The Nation

Gavin Newsom

Can California Achieve Universal Health Care in the Age of Trump? Can California Achieve Universal Health Care in the Age of Trump?

The country’s biggest state has a very interesting idea. 

Mar 15, 2017 / David Dayen

Donald Trump in Florida

Without the AMT, Donald Trump’s 2005 Tax Rate Would Have Been Just 3 Percent Without the AMT, Donald Trump’s 2005 Tax Rate Would Have Been Just 3 Percent

Unsurprisingly, Trump wants to get rid of the alternative minimum tax. We need to reform it instead.

Mar 15, 2017 / Helaine Olen

Vladimir Putin

While Neo-McCarthyism Spreads, US-Russian Détente May Be Unfolding While Neo-McCarthyism Spreads, US-Russian Détente May Be Unfolding

“Kremlin-puppet” allegations against Trump are said to have crippled Trump’s ability to initiate cooperative relations with Moscow—but have they?

Mar 15, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Trump touring the Flint water plant

Trump’s Obsession With Cutting Regulations Will Make America Sick Trump’s Obsession With Cutting Regulations Will Make America Sick

If Republicans have their way, curbing air and water pollution will take a back seat to maximizing profits.

Mar 15, 2017 / Michelle Chen

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