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August 14-21, 2017, Issue

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Editorial

This Small Regulation Shows Us How the Economy Could Work for Everybody

We know how to control monopolies, and we’ve done it before.

Tank in Poland

Realism on Russia

We must investigate claims of Russian interference in the election, while also de-escalating a dangerous crisis.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

McConnell and Cornyn

The Republican Coup to Trash Health Care

Mitch McConnell is relying on secrecy and chaos to pass a bill—any bill.

Comix Nation

Column

Sean Spicer Sunglasses

Adieu, Sean Spicer

Trump addressing senators

Trump’s Main Policy Is Destruction—Ours Must Be More Than Resistance

The time to create alternatives is now.

Anti-Trump protest in NYC

How Are We Going to Survive the Next 42 Months of Trump?

Many progressives are depressed and angry. But there are also glimmers of hope.

Letters

Letters From the August 14-21, 2017, Issue

The real crime… Reconstructing/deconstructing… Eating the environment…

Feature

Britain Is in the Grip of Its Most Turbulent Political Time in More Than 30 Years

Can a strong left rise from the chaos of Brexit, austerity, and the 2017 election?

Can This Muslim Community Create a Model for Rebuilding Detroit?

Dream of Detroit is uniting Muslims across race and background to rebuild one of the city’s long-neglected neighborhoods.

How America Is Failing Native American Students

Punitive discipline, inadequate curriculum, and declining federal funding created an education crisis.

Rebecca Clarren

Books & the Arts

The Impending Crisis

Omar El-Akkad’s debut novel imagines a future America riven by civil war.

Madison Smartt Bell

Mal Waldron’s Ecstatic Minimalism

The jazz pianist’s style was simple, but the themes that gave shape to his music were not.

The Left’s Opportunity in Wisconsin

Progressive politics once thrived in the state, and the need for it still exists.

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