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June 16, 2017
DACA Stays, Even As the Federal Government Pursues DREAMers
Trump will not revoke Obama’s protections for immigrants who arrived in the United States as children. But his administration is still going after some of them.
Julianne Hing
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May 31, 2017
Our President, the Little Big Man
From his proposals on health care, to his tax plan, to his border wall, Trump is symptomatic of the nation he now “leads.”
Tom Engelhardt
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March 1, 2017
Is Our President Bonkers?
Maybe, but this screwball won because he saw something about the American condition that neither Democrats nor Republicans have the nerve to acknowledge.
William Greider
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January 30, 2017
In the Age of Trump, Cities Will Lead the Way Toward Increased Economic Opportunity
Five steps New York City has taken to fight inequality and encourage more equitable growth.
Brad Lander and Maria Torres-Springer
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January 30, 2017
Donald Trump’s #MuslimBan Is Indisputably Un-American
Thomas Paine called this country into being as “an asylum for mankind”—not a discriminatory state imposing religious tests on refugees.
John Nichols
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January 10, 2017
If We Want to Fight Against Trump, We Have to Know What We’re Fighting For
Defending against fascism is good—but having a vision for what kind of society we actually desire is even better.
Rebecca Gordon
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January 10, 2017
How Decades of Disappointment Won the Election for Donald Trump
Lost wars, globalization, and the resulting bitterness brought a vote against shattered expectations.
Andrew J. Bacevich
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September 12, 2016
We, the People Versus We, the Wealthy
How did the United States become the land of the unequal—and how do we find our way back?
Bill Moyers
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May 11, 2016
Don DeLillo’s American Dream
His recent protagonists dream only of money, except perhaps for the technological advances that will allow them to go on acquiring it indefinitely.
Jon Baskin
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April 29, 2016
No Plumbing, No Protection: The Story of Milwaukee’s Evicted
Many of the worst symptoms of American poverty are rooted in the instability brought on by eviction, according to a new book by sociologist Matthew Desmond.
Alyssa Katz