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February 20, 2017, Issue

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Features

What Can Ivanka Trump Possibly Do for Women Who Work?

For insight into how the first daughter will manage her signature issue, look no further than her brand’s website.

Amy Wilentz
Nobody Wanted to Take Us In: The Story of Jared Kushner’s Family, and Mine

As Trump bars refugees and Muslim immigrants from coming to this country, it’s worth remembering the Jews who were shut out the last time we closed our borders—like Jared Kushner’s grandmother.

Lizzy Ratner

Editorials

Why We Support Keith Ellison for DNC Chair

He will address the party’s—and the nation’s—crisis by aligning Democrats more closely with movements for social and economic justice.

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Protests Are Putting Trump on Notice: You’re in for a Fight

The opposition isn’t going to sit idly by while Trump demonizes immigrants and violates the Constitution.

Mark Hertsgaard
The People Are Leading the Politicians in the Fight Against Trump

Massive anti-Trump protests are helping Democrats find their spine.

Joan Walsh
Asking for a Friend: Can a Non-Muslim Woman Wear a Hijab for Fashion?

Plus: Dealing with allies that are bullies.

Liza Featherstone
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Books and the Arts

Jane Jacobs’s Radical Vision of Humanity

For the great urbanist and social critic, the planning of cities was always an ad hoc affair.

Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
That It Might Save, or Drown Them

Carl Phillips
Blue Wash on Linen Canvas, Believed Unfinished

Carl Phillips
Adam Thirlwell on the Many Moods of Henry Green

For the English novelist, life itself was a deadly business.

Adam Thirlwell
Who Will Fund Investigative Reporting in the Age of Trump?

Anya Schiffrin reviews a new book on the history and economics of investigative journalism.

Anya Schiffrin
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