January 14-21, 2019, Issue
Cover art by: Louisa Bertman
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Feature
Why ‘Overmatch’ Is Overkill
The Pentagon’s strategy for global supremacy could bankrupt the country and spark a world war.
Michael T. Klare
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The Battle Over NAFTA 2.0 Has Just Begun
Progressives must fight strategically to improve it—if they don’t, the consequences could be devastating.
Lori Wallach
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The 2018 Progressive Honor Roll
Progressives were on the move this year, and they weren’t just resisting Trump—they were outlining the alternative to Trumpism.
John Nichols
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Marc Lamont Hill Was Arguing for the Rights of Humans, Not of States
The important demand that CNN rehire Hill has obscured much of the actual content of his speech.
Phyllis Bennis and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
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Editorial
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The Green New Deal Is Good for the Planet—and the Democratic Party
Democrats can no longer get away with offering milquetoast solutions.
Mike Konczal
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The Senate’s Yemen Vote Proves a More Democratic Foreign Policy Is Possible
Public outrage over US-Saudi relations may put an end to war—and serve as an important lesson for progressives.
Evan Hill
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Don’t Defend Title IX. Replace It.
Anti-discrimination and affirmative-action rules don’t help the Americans who need them the most.
Nawal Arjini
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Column
We Have Entered A Dangerous Moral Universe
What futures can we imagine when we no longer trust our senses?
Patricia J. Williams
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It’s Time for Fact-Checkers to Face the Facts
Even fact-checking sites feel the need to try and find balance where there is none.
Eric Alterman
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Books & the Arts
What’s It Like to Work at Amazon?
Heike Geissler’s Seasonal Associate offers an unsparing portrait of a German Amazon warehouse.
Alex Press
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In the Cold War’s Bloodlands
A new history of the Cold War examines how the 45 years of peace between its rival superpowers were also 45 years of killing for much of the rest of the world.
Daniel Immerwahr
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The Anarchic Fun of Vince Staples
On the rapper’s new album, FM!, he relishes any opportunity to inject gravity and grim contradiction into pure party jams.
Stephen Kearse
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Letters
Letters From the January 14-21, 2019, Issue
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