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Feature
Protesters Against Police Violence Risk the Very Thing They’re Fighting
In Baton Rouge, community members protesting Alton Sterling’s death faced police brutality, unjustified arrests, and jail time—and lasting trauma.
Collier Meyerson
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Judge Abby Abinanti Is Fighting for Her Tribe—and for a Better Justice System
Once considered illegitimate, Native American peacemaking courts offer a model for criminal-justice reform.
Rebecca Clarren
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Can Our Revolution Build a Blue Texas?
It’s encouraging a new generation of Lone Star progressives to run for office.
John Nichols
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Editorial
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Long Sacrosanct, the Mortgage-Interest Deduction Comes Under Scrutiny
But Republicans want to funnel savings to the rich—not renters, who could use the help.
Bryce Covert
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From the Women’s March to #MeToo, Building Feminist Solidarity in the Age of Trump
This movement didn’t start yesterday—and it has a long way to go.
Sarah Leonard
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If Trump’s FCC Repeals Net Neutrality, Elites Will Rule the Internet—and the Future
“This naked corporatism is Washington at its worst,” says former FCC commissioner Michael Copps.
John Nichols
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Column
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Prosecuting Drug-Addicted Pregnant Women Helps No One
Kasey Dischman was charged with a crime for overdosing and delivering her daughter prematurely. She’s still in jail.
Katha Pollitt
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Books & the Arts
What Revolution?
Enzo Traverso’s new book offers us a guide to the left that the 20th century left behind.
J. Hoberman
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The Peregrinations of Raja Shehadeh
After the loss of his father and the failure of Oslo, the Palestinian activist turned to writing in order to continue crossing into those territories that became increasingly off limits to him.
Ursula Lindsey
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Shamir’s Reinvention
On Revelations, he trades the glitz and brashness of his early work for a more ruminative and uncertain sound.
Bijan Stephen
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Letters
Letters From the December 18-25, 2017, Issue
Can you do the con-con?… RIP, Democratic Party…
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