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Believe It: Trump Can Defeat Hillary

Believe It: Trump Can Defeat Hillary Believe It: Trump Can Defeat Hillary

The Paris attacks have made the demagogue even stronger.

Nov 20, 2015 / Leslie Savan

A California parolee wears a GPS tracking device on his ankle.

How Prison Reform Could Turn the Prison-Industrial Complex Into the Treatment-Industrial Complex How Prison Reform Could Turn the Prison-Industrial Complex Into the Treatment-Industrial Complex

The private prison industry is exploiting prison reform efforts by shifting from brick-and-mortar carceral facilities to outsourced social services.

Nov 20, 2015 / Michelle Chen

November 20, 1945: The Nuremberg Trials of Nazi War Criminals Begin

November 20, 1945: The Nuremberg Trials of Nazi War Criminals Begin November 20, 1945: The Nuremberg Trials of Nazi War Criminals Begin

“One can’t help feeling that in a way the tribunal is trying the bulb and not the light, an empty cartridge and not the exploisive that fired.”

Nov 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Serbia Migrants

Congress Assures the World It’s Afraid of Brown Migrants, Once Again Congress Assures the World It’s Afraid of Brown Migrants, Once Again

Stiffening entry requirements for Syrian and Iraqi refugees is dangerous and mean, but that’s how we’ve met non-European migrants for a long time now.

Nov 19, 2015 / Julianne Hing

‘Bringing History to Bear’

‘Bringing History to Bear’ ‘Bringing History to Bear’

Celebrating 150 years of dialogue and dissent.

Nov 19, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Here’s What Not to Do After Paris

Here’s What Not to Do After Paris Here’s What Not to Do After Paris

Why do Republican presidential candidates insist on giving ISIS exactly what it wants?

Nov 19, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt

ISIS Wants You to Hate Muslims

ISIS Wants You to Hate Muslims ISIS Wants You to Hate Muslims

It’s convinced that Islamophobia—and deeper Western intervention in the Syrian war—will help it attract recruits.

Nov 19, 2015 / The Editors

Red Guards (with “Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-tung” in hand) on the cover of an elementary school textbook from Guangxi, 1971.

5 Books That Shed Light on the Cultural Revolution 5 Books That Shed Light on the Cultural Revolution

“The most intriguing books draw out the continuities between contemporary China and its Maoist past.”

Nov 19, 2015 / Chenxin Jiang

Merkel’s Refugee Policy Is Political Calculus, Not Humanitarian Generosity

Merkel’s Refugee Policy Is Political Calculus, Not Humanitarian Generosity Merkel’s Refugee Policy Is Political Calculus, Not Humanitarian Generosity

It’s high time to wipe the rose tint from the media’s lens on Germany as the shining bastion of Willkommenskultur.

Nov 19, 2015 / Natasha Lennard and Lukas Hermsmeier

November 19, 1863: Abraham Lincoln Delivers the Gettysburg Address

November 19, 1863: Abraham Lincoln Delivers the Gettysburg Address November 19, 1863: Abraham Lincoln Delivers the Gettysburg Address

“Sending for his host, he enquired the order of the exercises of the next day, and began to put in writing what he called some ‘stray thoughts’ to utter on the mo...

Nov 19, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

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