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May 8-15, 2017, Issue
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Features
Trump’s tax break was not enough. Truly addressing the plight of the American working class means confronting the problems of global capitalism.
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We’ll either save or doom the planet during the Trump administration. Don’t sit the Peoples Climate Mobilization out.
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The esteemed American historian talks about his new book, the politics of history, and the meaning of “a usable past.”
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Editorials
But progressives must continue to take to the streets—and push Democrats to offer a real alternative.
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Ryan avoided naming the popular programs that both politicians would cut.
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For those who recognize that Trump cannot bomb his way to peace, it is time to revive and mobilize an antiwar movement.
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Columns
Using the language of the anticommunist witch hunt for this moment is a mistake.
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Books and the Arts
The former president didn’t lose the argument with the right; he chose not to wage it.
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Reading through American Affairs, one gets the sense that avoiding policy questions is as much a strategy as a politics.
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A new book on the antebellum period captures the dangers of confusing self-improvement with institutional change.
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Letters
Solidarity with striking Harvard workers… Health care for all!… What is feminism?… Resisting the right wing… America’s perpetual wars…
