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Trump’s Biggest Scandal Might Tear the Democrats Apart Trump’s Biggest Scandal Might Tear the Democrats Apart

Until the Democrats have a real leader, they can’t unite against Trump, no matter what he does.

Sep 23, 2019 / Jeet Heer

Why Would a Whistle-Blower Save This Nation of Cowards?

Why Would a Whistle-Blower Save This Nation of Cowards? Why Would a Whistle-Blower Save This Nation of Cowards?

For nearly three years, none of our leaders have held Trump accountable—yet we expect the Ukraine scandal to be different.

Sep 23, 2019 / Elie Mystal

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Trump Will Snub the Climate Summit for a Religious Freedom Meeting at the UN Trump Will Snub the Climate Summit for a Religious Freedom Meeting at the UN

Senior UN official confirms White House booked a room so Trump can attend a gathering in the same building as the summit.

Sep 20, 2019 / Oliver Milman

Edward Snowden Is a 2020 Election Issue

Edward Snowden Is a 2020 Election Issue Edward Snowden Is a 2020 Election Issue

The Trump administration is suing the whistle-blower over his new book. But what would a Democratic president do? That’s a good debate question.

Sep 20, 2019 / John Nichols

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Donald Trump Is Holding a Rally With… Narendra Modi? Donald Trump Is Holding a Rally With… Narendra Modi?

With this weekend’s stadium event in Houston, America First will meet India First.

Sep 20, 2019 / Jeet Heer

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With Trump, We’re in the Realm of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ With Trump, We’re in the Realm of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

Roundups of the homeless, destruction of environmental and housing safeguards, collusion with foreign despots to savage reproductive rights—the president is an outlaw.

Sep 20, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky

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The ‘Jacobin’ Outrage About the Working Family Party’s Elizabeth Warren Endorsement Is Foolish and Unjustified The ‘Jacobin’ Outrage About the Working Family Party’s Elizabeth Warren Endorsement Is Foolish and Unjustified

Nobody owns the working class—or the warrant of “History.”

Sep 19, 2019 / Jeffrey C. Isaac

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Hands Off Exarcheia: Athens’s Anarchist Community Fights Back Hands Off Exarcheia: Athens’s Anarchist Community Fights Back

The police and Airbnb threaten to transform Athens’s radical enclave into a “tourist-friendly caricature.”

Sep 19, 2019 / Ella Fassler

Margaret Atwood Shouldn’t Exonerate Aunt Lydia

Margaret Atwood Shouldn’t Exonerate Aunt Lydia Margaret Atwood Shouldn’t Exonerate Aunt Lydia

The Testaments, Atwood’s sequel to Handmaid’s Tale, gives undue credit to Gilead’s misogynistic female enabler.

Sep 19, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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What Would Real Commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement Look Like? What Would Real Commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement Look Like?

The United States will be a nonentity at this fall’s UN climate summit. But the 2020 election is a chance to change the game.

Sep 19, 2019 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter

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