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Matt Bors

The Free-Marketeers Take Over in Brazil—and the US Applauds

Washington has been preparing for the inevitable “social explosions” by tripling Pentagon spending on special operations in Latin America.

Greg Grandin

Asking for a Friend: A Charismatic Dude Is Claiming Credit for Everything My Organization Does—Can I Make Him Stop?

And another reader wonders how to stay true to her radical politics and still get laid.

Liza Featherstone

What Should Happen to Edward Snowden? A Q&A With His Lawyer

Ben Wizner speaks on what would happen in an espionage trial and why Obama should issue a pardon.

Jon Wiener

Column

Trump Doesn’t Want to Lead the Country—He Wants to Lead a Culture War

And for you to shut up and listen.

Patricia J. Williams

Trump’s Black Outreach

Calvin Trillin

The Story Behind the Maternal Mortality Rate in Texas Is Even Sadder Than We Realize

We don’t know exactly why these women died—but we know that they were poor and lacked medical care.

Katha Pollitt

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Letters From the September 26-October 3, 2016, Issue

Strength in weekness… Making herstory?… Private pain, public shame… Departure from the norm?… To The Nation, with love…

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Our New Podcast: The United States of Anxiety

Sometimes it feels like a huge swath of the country has lost its mind. We partner with WNYC to ask: What’s going on in Election 2016?

Kai Wright

Teachers Are Working for Uber Just to Keep a Foothold in the Middle Class

For the ride-share company, teacher/drivers are both a marketing coup and an exploitable labor force.

Alissa Quart

Russ Feingold Wants to Lead a New Progressive Era in the Senate

If he wins the race to regain his Wisconsin seat, he'll join Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in their fight for economic justice.

John Nichols

Can the Democrats Win Back White Working-Class Voters?

Maybe—but first we need to understand why they left the party.

Joan Walsh

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What Should Happen to Edward Snowden? A Q&A With His Lawyer

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