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November 25, 2019, Issue

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Editorial

Democrats Have Better Choices Than Biden

His long record of poor judgment and cozying up to bankers makes him the wrong candidate to take on Donald Trump.

The Nation

Tony Kushner on Making Serious Political Theatre in 2019

In a conversation with The Nation, Kushner discusses the first major revival of A Bright Room Called Day, his Reagan-era political drama set in Weimar Germany.

Alisa Solomon

Column

The Transformation of William Barr

Calvin Trillin

Trump Knows the Power of the Supreme Court—Why Don’t Democrats?

The Supreme Court could be a galvanizing issue for Democrats, but the presidential contenders have largely ignored it.

Elie Mystal

Why Facebook Is Soliciting Lies

From Mark Zuckerberg’s standpoint, it’s both profitable and good politics to invite the Trumpian right to be deceitful.

Eric Alterman

Feature

An Economy for the Whole Family

The next recession is a chance to put public policy back in the service of life.

Sarah Leonard

Make Antitrust Democratic Again!

The response to the next recession should put economic power back in the hands of the people.

Sanjukta Paul and Sandeep Vaheesan

Recessions Are Racist (But They Don’t Have to Be)

How to stop the next economic slowdown from decimating black wealth a second time over.

Aaron Ross Coleman

We Need a Green Bailout for the People

Here’s what the government should demand when the economy tumbles and Wall Street comes begging.

Kate Aronoff

How to Not Waste the Next Economic Crisis

A downturn will (eventually) come—and with it, a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the US economy.

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

‘The Inheritance’ Takes E.M. Forster Out of the Closet

Bringing Howards End into today’s gay Manhattan, playwright Matthew Lopez shows that “Only Connect” is still a radical message.

Darryl Pinckney

Joe Biden’s Friends and Backers Come Out on Top—at the Expense of the Middle Class

That’s the “Delaware Way.”

Joseph N. DiStefano

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November 25, 2019, Issue

Editorial

Democrats Have Better Choices Than Biden

Tony Kushner on Making Serious Political Theatre in 2019

Column

The Transformation of William Barr

Trump Knows the Power of the Supreme Court—Why Don’t Democrats?

Why Facebook Is Soliciting Lies

Feature

An Economy for the Whole Family

Make Antitrust Democratic Again!

Recessions Are Racist (But They Don’t Have to Be)

We Need a Green Bailout for the People

How to Not Waste the Next Economic Crisis

‘The Inheritance’ Takes E.M. Forster Out of the Closet

Joe Biden’s Friends and Backers Come Out on Top—at the Expense of the Middle Class

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David Maraniss’s Tale of Hope and Misfortune in Postwar America

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