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April 3, 2017, Issue

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Editorial

America’s Oldest Weekly Wins Again

Several Nation writers take home new awards for fearless journalism.

Creating Technology by the People, for the People

An interview with Thenmozhi Soundararajan.

die in rally

Trumpcare Isn’t Health Care. It’s a Tax Cut for the Wealthy.

And maybe that’s the whole point of the bill.

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

All of Candidate Trump’s Promises Are Coming True

He’ll “pivot” any day now... right?

voting booth

The Very Legitimacy of Our Democracy Is Under Threat

Donald Trump’s presidency is just one element of our disintegrating democracy.

Column

Kellyanne Conway

Kellyanne Conway on the Couch

Milo Yiannopoulos Press Conference

Can Words Be Violent?

On Milo Yiannopoulos, the First Amendment, and words that have consequences.

Patricia J. Williams

Trump on Fox News

Fox’s Absurd Unreality Show Is Now Aided and Abetted by Trump’s Undersized Hands

How many times in the last two months have we all woken up and wondered what the hell Trump is going on about now?

Letters

Letters From the April 3, 2017, Issue

A note on words and images… New Jersey state of mind… The Dreyfusses reply… Birthing equality…

Our Readers and Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss

Feature

How to Revive the Peace Movement in the Trump Era

We need to merge social-justice and antiwar activism.

Algeria’s New Imprint

How Éditions Barzakh publishes books for Algerians who think and dream for themselves.

Trump’s Assault on Immigrants Will Seriously Damage the Economy

The key sectors in which we can expect growth are dependent on immigrant labor.

Herman Schwartz

Books & the Arts

When Downtown Was Up

A new exhibition on New York’s artist-run galleries reminds us of a vibrant but now distant past.

Barry Schwabsky

Weeping Cherry

The Enduring Struggle

Frederick Douglass’s radical vision of democratic politics.

The Serendipiter’s Journey

Gay Talese’s eye for detail turned out to be not only his strength but also his greatest weakness.

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