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Donald Trump, Shamer in Chief

Donald Trump, Shamer in Chief Donald Trump, Shamer in Chief

He’s spectacularly trashed our political culture by weaponizing shame. But he’s not the first—and he won’t be the last.

Oct 4, 2016 / Feature / Adam Haslett

Mr. Bright Side

Mr. Bright Side Mr. Bright Side

Trump’s Gospel of Positive Thinking

Oct 4, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann

Senator Elizabeth Warren

How to Get Justice After the Wells Fargo Scandal How to Get Justice After the Wells Fargo Scandal

Break up lawless banks and encourage sensible alternatives.

Oct 4, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Bedford Academy High School

Racism Got You Stressed? That May Be Holding Kids Back at School, Too. Racism Got You Stressed? That May Be Holding Kids Back at School, Too.

New research suggests the experience of bias alters our hormones in ways that widen the academic achievement gap.

Oct 4, 2016 / Benjamin Ryan

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The Obama Administration’s Suspension of Syria Talks With Russia Is the Most Dangerous Development in a New Cold War The Obama Administration’s Suspension of Syria Talks With Russia Is the Most Dangerous Development in a New Cold War

The collapse of talks takes the United States one step closer to an unnecessarily deadly “military solution” to the Syria crisis.

Oct 3, 2016 / James Carden

Referendum in Colombia

Did Human Rights Watch Sabotage Colombia’s Peace Agreement? Did Human Rights Watch Sabotage Colombia’s Peace Agreement?

Like the country’s far right, HRW wanted to send human-rights violators to prison more than it wanted to end the war. 

Oct 3, 2016 / Greg Grandin

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September 11’s Biggest Lesson Still Hasn’t Been Learned—and It Has Nothing to Do With National Security September 11’s Biggest Lesson Still Hasn’t Been Learned—and It Has Nothing to Do With National Security

Liberty and safety are not incompatible; but try telling that to the national security state.

Oct 3, 2016 / Karen J. Greenberg

Familias Unidas Justicia

Why These Farm Workers Went On Strike—and Why It Matters Why These Farm Workers Went On Strike—and Why It Matters

Months of strikes and organizing in Washington led to the first U.S. farmworker union in years. 

Oct 3, 2016 / David Bacon

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The Fight for $15 Is Starting to Fight for Fair Schedules The Fight for $15 Is Starting to Fight for Fair Schedules

They're building a framework for a new normal in the low-wage workplace.

Oct 3, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Muslim Day Parade

Now Is the Time to Express Solidarity With ‘Our Arab-American Brothers and Sisters’ Now Is the Time to Express Solidarity With ‘Our Arab-American Brothers and Sisters’

The DNC’s Donna Brazile is right. In Trumped times, there is a special duty to “aggressively defend victims of discrimination.”

Oct 1, 2016 / John Nichols

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