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Cold-War News Not Fit to Print Cold-War News Not Fit to Print

The mainstream media’s orthodox narrative of the new Cold War and “Russiagate” deletes important aspects of current developments.

Jul 19, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Trump’s Allies Are Taking Over the Media and Creating Their Own Reality

Trump’s Allies Are Taking Over the Media and Creating Their Own Reality Trump’s Allies Are Taking Over the Media and Creating Their Own Reality

Is anybody paying attention?

Jul 19, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman

ALEC Is Talking About Changing the Way Senators Are Elected and Taking Away Your Vote

ALEC Is Talking About Changing the Way Senators Are Elected and Taking Away Your Vote ALEC Is Talking About Changing the Way Senators Are Elected and Taking Away Your Vote

A proposed resolution advocates for overturning the 17th Amendment so Republican-controlled state legislatures could pick senators.

Jul 18, 2017 / John Nichols

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

The Absolutely, Positively 100% True Story of Trump and Russia* The Absolutely, Positively 100% True Story of Trump and Russia*

*This story subject to revision.

Jul 18, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

Supporters of the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York on November 9, 2016.

Democrats Are Trying to Win the 2018 Midterms in All the Wrong Ways Democrats Are Trying to Win the 2018 Midterms in All the Wrong Ways

If there are 7 million Obama-to-Trump voters, why didn’t Trump’s vote total increase by 7 million?

Jul 18, 2017 / Steve Phillips

Ben Jealous in West Baltimore

Bernie Sanders Bets on Ben Jealous Bernie Sanders Bets on Ben Jealous

With his endorsements of candidates like Jealous, Sanders is framing the next American politics.

Jul 13, 2017 / John Nichols

Al Franken Versus the De-Humorizer

Al Franken Versus the De-Humorizer Al Franken Versus the De-Humorizer

Plus Joan Walsh on Donald Trump Jr. and Ari Berman on voting.

Jul 13, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Donald Trump Jr.

Donald Jr. Meets the Russians Donald Jr. Meets the Russians

No meetings with Russians he said. That story changed two times or three. To judge by the lies that he tells, This apple fell close to the tree.

Jul 13, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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Letters From the July 31-August 7, 2017, Issue Letters From the July 31-August 7, 2017, Issue

Friend in the end… Pyrrhic impeachment… Defending the fourth estate… Backlash as whiplash…

Jul 13, 2017 / Our Readers

New Study: The Communities Most Affected by War Turned to Trump in 2016

New Study: The Communities Most Affected by War Turned to Trump in 2016 New Study: The Communities Most Affected by War Turned to Trump in 2016

He promised to put this forgotten part of America first—but he’s done little so far.

Jul 13, 2017 / James Carden

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