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Trump’s Policies Offer Plutocracy on Steroids, Not Economic Populism Trump’s Policies Offer Plutocracy on Steroids, Not Economic Populism

Democrats must expose the president’s broken promise to working people.

Jan 9, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Disney World Orlando

A Labor Battle at… Disney World? A Labor Battle at… Disney World?

Unionized workers across Disney’s Orlando properties are fighting for a living wage and a permanent place in the community.

Jan 9, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Big-Time Sports in the Big Apple

Big-Time Sports in the Big Apple Big-Time Sports in the Big Apple

Author Sean Deveney on Joe Namath and New York City in the 1960s.

Jan 9, 2018 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Trump ends TPS

Trump to 200,000 Salvadoran Immigrants: Drop Dead Trump to 200,000 Salvadoran Immigrants: Drop Dead

The end of Temporary Protected Status will be catastrophic for people who have made their homes here for nearly two decades.

Jan 8, 2018 / Sasha Abramsky

Child at Trump protest

How Can I Prepare My Children to Grow Up in Trump’s America? How Can I Prepare My Children to Grow Up in Trump’s America?

I get breathless and sweaty thinking about what life will be like for my kids.

Jan 8, 2018 / Frida Berrigan

Atlanta’s new $1.5 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Donald Trump and College Football: A Match Made in Hell Donald Trump and College Football: A Match Made in Hell

Trump and the NCAA agree on the fundamentals: silencing black athletes and exploitation.

Jan 8, 2018 / Dave Zirin

France secularism

French Secularism Is in Crisis. What Does That Mean for Muslim Youth? French Secularism Is in Crisis. What Does That Mean for Muslim Youth?

Three years after the Charlie Hebdo attacks, students in the banlieues debate secularism and the state.

Jan 8, 2018 / Karina Piser

Nikki Haley Iran

Donald Trump and Nikki Haley Take Aim at the UN Human Rights Council Donald Trump and Nikki Haley Take Aim at the UN Human Rights Council

Haley has been voicing skepticism about the council’s value since her Senate confirmation hearing almost a year ago.

Jan 8, 2018 / Barbara Crossette

Aaron Maybin

Aaron Maybin Stands Up for Baltimore Students on the Brink Aaron Maybin Stands Up for Baltimore Students on the Brink

Palace intrigue makes for good copy. But real suffering takes place in its shadows.

Jan 5, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Trump

New Reporting Suggests the Trump Presidency Is Even Scarier and More Dysfunctional Than We Realized New Reporting Suggests the Trump Presidency Is Even Scarier and More Dysfunctional Than We Realized

The takeaway from the latest revelations is that a lot of Republicans who knew better have colluded—and still collude—to cover up Trump’s unfitness for office.

Jan 5, 2018 / Joan Walsh

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