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Feature
How the Money Primary Is Undermining Voting Rights
Fifty years ago, African-Americans were denied the right to vote. Now the vast majority of Americans are being denied the rightful value of their vote.
Ari Berman
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Turkey’s June Elections: The Last Chance to Save Democracy?
President Erdogan plans to rewrite the Constitution and concentrate yet more power in his hands.
Maria Margaronis
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This Is What Happens When You Slash Funding for Public Universities
Like other struggling schools, the University of Arizona is raising out-of-state tuition—and courting the affluent students who can afford to pay it.
Michelle Goldberg
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Editorial
How Defunding Derails Our Infrastructure
John Boehner claims public financing had nothing to do with the Amtrak disaster, but like so many others, it can be directly traced to funding shortfalls.
John Nichols
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Why We Need to Take Sy Hersh’s bin Laden Bombshell Seriously
The dean of American investigative journalism knows a thing or two about how to vet sources and separate fact from fiction.
Bob Dreyfuss
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The Proof That Centrism is Dead
Every story that centrists told about the recession turned out to be wrong.
Mike Konczal
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Column
Birth Control That Works Too Well
A Colorado program to give low-income teens long-acting contraception dropped the teen abortion rate dramatically. But conservatives refuse to fund it.
Katha Pollitt
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Books & the Arts
The Not-So-Feminist History of Wonder Woman
The superheroine’s polygamous creator exploited the love and labor of the women who were his inspiration.
Emily Greenhouse
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How Long Have We Really Been ‘One Nation Under God’?
Kevin Kruse’s new book explores how “Christian America” was invented to fight FDR’s New Deal.
Molly Worthen
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