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Feature
Richard Ojeda’s Politics of Regret
Can a reformed Trump voter win over West Virginia?
Rowan Moore Gerety
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In Search of the Lost Republic
Americans once believed that their government belonged to them. Can we again?
D.D. Guttenplan
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AOC Responds to Her Critics
After a high-profile national tour, Ocasio-Cortez defends her perceived missteps—and calls cynicism “the greatest enemy of the progressive left.”
Raina Lipsitz
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Beto O’Rourke Fights the Clampdown in Texas
His campaign represents a real-time experiment for a party that is still struggling to define itself in the Trump era.
John Nichols
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Editorial
Planet Earth Is Doomed. How Do I Go On?
Another reader asks how to respond to an alt-right wedding invitation.
Liza Featherstone
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A Woman Can Never Be Likable Enough
From an early age, we’re taught to please men. What if we got angry instead?
Katha Pollitt
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The Mystery Deepens on Those ‘Immaculate Concussion’ Illnesses in Cuba
One thing is certain—the downsized US embassy has made it harder for diplomats to cover new developments there.
Peter Kornbluh
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Column
Kavanaugh’s Defenders in Congress Don’t Care About Process
The hearings reveal disparities in who gets to speak out—and who must remain silent.
Patricia J. Williams
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Brett Kavanaugh Is a Liar—So Why Couldn’t Democrats Call Him One?
News reports are not helping by wrongly presenting the hearing as a “he said/she said” affair.
Eric Alterman
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Books & the Arts
The German Century
A new book documents the ordinary lives of Germans caught in a country and century marked by regime change, economic catastrophe, and war.
Richard J. Evans
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Ling Ma’s Disaster Fiction
Part sci-fi thriller, part genre-fiction, Severance follows a millennial New Yorker’s struggle to survive.
Larissa Pham
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