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Speaker Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan’s (Exceptionally Cynical and Self-Serving) Dance With Donald Trump Paul Ryan’s (Exceptionally Cynical and Self-Serving) Dance With Donald Trump

The speaker’s grandstanding has very little to do with political courage, and very much to do with political positioning.

May 9, 2016 / John Nichols

Our Rickety Public Defense System Has Finally Collapsed. Here’s How to Fix It.

Our Rickety Public Defense System Has Finally Collapsed. Here’s How to Fix It. Our Rickety Public Defense System Has Finally Collapsed. Here’s How to Fix It.

The right to counsel is unique in American law, and there is no clear blueprint for how such a right is supposed to be enforced.

May 9, 2016 / Sara Mayeux

Trump supporters in Iowa

Voter Suppression Is the Only Way Donald Trump Can Win Voter Suppression Is the Only Way Donald Trump Can Win

Given his terrible numbers among non-white and young voters, Trump may try to massively suppress Democratic votes.

May 9, 2016 / Ari Berman

Beyoncé

Beyoncé With the Good Art Beyoncé With the Good Art

Is it possible that the most hyped pop performer of our era could also be avant-garde?

May 9, 2016 / Erin Vanderhoof

Everett University Diploma

For-Profit Colleges Have Found a New Way to Hoodwink Their Students For-Profit Colleges Have Found a New Way to Hoodwink Their Students

Read this before you sign anything.

May 9, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Revolutionary Mothering

How to Understand Mother as a Verb This Mother’s Day and Always How to Understand Mother as a Verb This Mother’s Day and Always

A new book reminds us that mothers are voices from the front lines that we all need to hear.

May 7, 2016 / Dani McClain

Donald Trump

Would Donald Trump Let the Muslim Mayor of London Visit the United States? Would Donald Trump Let the Muslim Mayor of London Visit the United States?

The newly elected mayor of one of the world’s great cities decries the Republican’s talk of banning Muslims as “a very serious threat.”

May 6, 2016 / John Nichols

Saadiq Khan

Bus Driver’s Son Beats Billionaire’s Son in London Mayoral Race Bus Driver’s Son Beats Billionaire’s Son in London Mayoral Race

Sadiq Khan overcame the smear campaign leveled against him and Labour colleagues to take back the capital after eight years of Tory rule.

May 6, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

Donald Trump Has No Idea What His Tax Plan Is—but Let’s Talk About Taco Bowls! Donald Trump Has No Idea What His Tax Plan Is—but Let’s Talk About Taco Bowls!

The media is enabling Donald Trump’s Etch-a-Sketch moment.

May 6, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Via Verde South Bronx

The Case for Public Housing The Case for Public Housing

The market can’t solve the nation’s affordable housing crisis. The gap between costs and incomes is just too large.

May 6, 2016 / Matthew Gordon Lasner

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