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Switzerland’s Experiment With Addiction Treatment Switzerland’s Experiment With Addiction Treatment

Prescribed heroin cuts crime and saves lives.

Nov 9, 2018 / Cédric Gouverneur

The Wife film

‘The Wife’ Is a Devastating Portrait of Sexism in the Literary World ‘The Wife’ Is a Devastating Portrait of Sexism in the Literary World

Glenn Close’s masterful performance carries the recent film adaptation of a Meg Wolitzer novel.

Nov 9, 2018 / Leah Rosenzweig

Trump’s War on Trans Rights: A Q&A With Chase Strangio

Trump’s War on Trans Rights: A Q&A With Chase Strangio Trump’s War on Trans Rights: A Q&A With Chase Strangio

The ACLU lawyer describes how governments change definitions to exclude people.

Nov 9, 2018 / Q&A / Naomi Gordon-Loebl

Student voters

What 17 Student Voters Think About Tuesday’s Election What 17 Student Voters Think About Tuesday’s Election

One of the most powerful voting blocs in the country, young voters on Tuesday made their influence crystal clear.

Nov 9, 2018 / StudentNation / StudentNation

‘All We’ve Got Are Protests and People Power’

‘All We’ve Got Are Protests and People Power’ ‘All We’ve Got Are Protests and People Power’

Meet the progressive strike force that saved the ACA—and almost brought down Brett Kavanaugh.

Nov 9, 2018 / Feature / Gabriel Thompson

Jeff Sessions

Jeff Sessions’s Legacy Will Be Catastrophic for Asylum Seekers Jeff Sessions’s Legacy Will Be Catastrophic for Asylum Seekers

By exploiting his power over the immigration courts, the former attorney general made it his goal to inflict long-lasting damage on the asylum system.

Nov 8, 2018 / Chris Gelardi

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Letters From the December 3-10, 2018, Issue Letters From the December 3-10, 2018, Issue

This is what heroism looks like… Lost in translation… Humph!…

Nov 8, 2018 / Our Readers

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The White House and the Caravan The White House and the Caravan

Invasion by tired and poor but not white! We’ll stop them, Trump tells us, of that there’s no doubt. The troops have been sent. Will the Air Force be next? And nuclear weapons—have…

Nov 8, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Actual Distance

Actual Distance Actual Distance

ignore this…

Nov 8, 2018 / Peter Kuper

Saul Alinsky

Rereading Alinsky in Baltimore Rereading Alinsky in Baltimore

Why broad-based organizing still matters in an age of hashtag activism.

Nov 8, 2018 / Nick Bowlin

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