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Letters From the December 17-24, 2018, Issue Letters From the December 17-24, 2018, Issue

Down the rabbit hole… Bird is the word… Forgotten victory… Dump the hump… Road map for change… History repeats itself…

Nov 22, 2018 / Our Readers

Black rural vote

What Was the Real Midterm Victory? What Was the Real Midterm Victory?

The Democratic Party is used to writing off much of the electorate. It can’t get away with that anymore.

Nov 21, 2018 / Column / Kai Wright

How Democrats Won in the White-Hot Heart of the Republican Right

How Democrats Won in the White-Hot Heart of the Republican Right How Democrats Won in the White-Hot Heart of the Republican Right

Gustavo Arellano on Orange County, L.A. Kauffman on protest, and Andrew Delbanco on the history of fugitive slaves.

Nov 21, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Saint Spyridon the New Church in Bucharest

How the ‘Natural Family’ Movement Brought Its War of Values to the Balkans How the ‘Natural Family’ Movement Brought Its War of Values to the Balkans

Populist leaders with an increasingly autocratic bent are finding that it pays to jump on this ultraconservative bandwagon.

Nov 21, 2018 / Claudia Ciobanu

Liberty and Justice

Liberty and Justice Liberty and Justice

A cautionary tale in the land of the free.

Nov 21, 2018 / OppArt / Salley Mavor

Sheryl Sandberg

‘Lean In’ Has Been Discredited For Good ‘Lean In’ Has Been Discredited For Good

To defend Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg put capitalism before feminism—and democracy.

Nov 20, 2018 / Mari Uyehara

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Can the Blue Wave Deliver a Green New Deal? Can the Blue Wave Deliver a Green New Deal?

The base is demanding a bold plan from the newly empowered Democrats—and the planet is crying out for it.

Nov 20, 2018 / Christopher D. Cook

Democrats Made a Fatal Mistake in the 2000 Florida Recount—and They Are on the Verge of Making It Again

Democrats Made a Fatal Mistake in the 2000 Florida Recount—and They Are on the Verge of Making It Again Democrats Made a Fatal Mistake in the 2000 Florida Recount—and They Are on the Verge of Making It Again

Trusting in lawyers—instead of protesters—didn’t work out so well then.

Nov 16, 2018 / Jane McAlevey

Paradise, California wildfire

The Fire This Time The Fire This Time

California’s Camp Fire is a reckoning, an alarm shrieking that our leaders won’t save us from climate change—but perhaps we can.

Nov 15, 2018 / Ben Ehrenreich

Won’t Be Erased

Won’t Be Erased Won’t Be Erased

At rallies and online, transgender activists and allies are mobilizing against bigotry.

Nov 15, 2018 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

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