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Yang Doesn’t Add Up

Yang Doesn’t Add Up Yang Doesn’t Add Up

The presidential candidate is great at identifying problems, but his policy proposals need a lot of work.

Nov 18, 2019 / John Nichols

Chicago Teachers Strike

The Chicago Teachers Strike Was a Lesson in 21st-Century Organizing The Chicago Teachers Strike Was a Lesson in 21st-Century Organizing

Despite the Janus decision and years of labor losses, the Chicago Teachers Union has figured out how to organize—and win.

Nov 16, 2019 / Sarah Jaffe

Attempted Bribery Is Bribery

Attempted Bribery Is Bribery Attempted Bribery Is Bribery

The Constitution’s authors had an understanding of bribery that legal scholars say “not only encompasses Trump’s conduct—it practically defines it.”  

Nov 15, 2019 / John Nichols

Bilingual classroom California

We Need to Support Students Who Are Still Learning English We Need to Support Students Who Are Still Learning English

It’s easy to forget that the United States has no official language.

Nov 15, 2019 / StudentNation / Scott Lee

Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Isn’t Just Cruel, It’s Illegal

Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Isn’t Just Cruel, It’s Illegal Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Isn’t Just Cruel, It’s Illegal

As the administration continues its war on asylum seekers, a former asylum officer says forcing applicants to wait in Mexican camps violates international law.

Nov 15, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky

My Friend’s Husband Joined the Racist Brexit Party. Help!

My Friend’s Husband Joined the Racist Brexit Party. Help! My Friend’s Husband Joined the Racist Brexit Party. Help!

Another reader asks why they got fired after they’d already quit.

Nov 15, 2019 / Liza Featherstone

A New Way to Memorialize Racial Violence

A New Way to Memorialize Racial Violence A New Way to Memorialize Racial Violence

A proposed public art project in Chicago seeks to preserve the memory of the city’s worst race riot.

Nov 14, 2019 / Arvind Dilawar

Ukraine flag

Why Are We in Ukraine? Why Are We in Ukraine?

Historically and even today, Russia has much in common with Ukraine—the United States, almost nothing.

Nov 14, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

How Will Americans Remember Donald Trump?

How Will Americans Remember Donald Trump? How Will Americans Remember Donald Trump?

If the past is prologue, Trump will face no historical reckoning for his sprawling malfeasance.

Nov 14, 2019 / Column / Aaron Ross Coleman

Impeachment Hearing Republicans Confirm There Is No Defense for Donald Trump

Impeachment Hearing Republicans Confirm There Is No Defense for Donald Trump Impeachment Hearing Republicans Confirm There Is No Defense for Donald Trump

And they’re continuing to make themselves and their party an American abomination.

Nov 13, 2019 / John Nichols

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