Politics

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Michelle Obama’s Carefully Scrubbed Memoir Michelle Obama’s Carefully Scrubbed Memoir

Amy Wilentz on the missing politics in Becoming.

Nov 30, 2018 / Jon Wiener

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Blood Ties Blood Ties

The Red State

Nov 30, 2018 / OppArt / Tim O’Brien

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The Mueller Investigation Is Closing in on Trump—and the Next Congress Won’t Protect Him The Mueller Investigation Is Closing in on Trump—and the Next Congress Won’t Protect Him

Incoming House Judiciary Committee chair Jerry Nadler says latest revelations make it clear that “my colleagues and I must step in and provide accountability.”

Nov 29, 2018 / John Nichols

In Memory of Jim Gilliam: Warrior, Brainiac, Friend

In Memory of Jim Gilliam: Warrior, Brainiac, Friend In Memory of Jim Gilliam: Warrior, Brainiac, Friend

He left a lucrative career in tech to do something meaningful—and he sure did.

Nov 29, 2018 / Robert Greenwald

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The New Federal Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Would Remedy Decades of Injustice The New Federal Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Would Remedy Decades of Injustice

America’s 2 million domestic workers have minimal protections on the job. The bill announced today would fundamentally change their industry.

Nov 29, 2018 / Bryce Covert

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DNA Tests Make Native Americans Strangers in Their Own Land DNA Tests Make Native Americans Strangers in Their Own Land

Reviving race science plays into centuries of oppression.

Nov 29, 2018 / Aviva Chomsky

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Epic Fails: ‘Outlaw King’ and Netflix’s Nationalism Problem Epic Fails: ‘Outlaw King’ and Netflix’s Nationalism Problem

What the film industry gets wrong—and Monty Python gets right—about the nation.

Nov 29, 2018 / Kanishk Tharoor

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Hooked on Justice Hooked on Justice

Long live Ruth Bader Ginsburg!

Nov 29, 2018 / OppArt / Hooked Hands

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Where Are the Politics in Michelle Obama’s New Memoir? Where Are the Politics in Michelle Obama’s New Memoir?

Amy Wilentz on Becoming, Kai Wright on midterm victories, and Tom Athanasiou on climate change.

Nov 29, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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In a Rebuke to Trump, the Senate Just Voted to Open Debate on US Support of Saudi War in Yemen In a Rebuke to Trump, the Senate Just Voted to Open Debate on US Support of Saudi War in Yemen

A resolution sponsored by Bernie Sanders breaks the deadlock, with a 63-37 vote.

Nov 28, 2018 / John Nichols

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