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The DNC’s Bad Rules Are Mangling the 2020 Race by Excluding Diverse Voices From the Debates

The DNC’s Bad Rules Are Mangling the 2020 Race by Excluding Diverse Voices From the Debates The DNC’s Bad Rules Are Mangling the 2020 Race by Excluding Diverse Voices From the Debates

Cory Booker and Julián Castro belong on the debate stage.

Dec 17, 2019 / John Nichols

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Democrats Aren’t Forcing Jeff Van Drew to Join the GOP Democrats Aren’t Forcing Jeff Van Drew to Join the GOP

The New Jersey representative is leaving the party because he doesn’t have the courage to face the voters who elected him—and because Democrats have stronger candidates.

Dec 17, 2019 / Joan Walsh

Hagel speaks with Afghanistan troops

Those Who Ran the Afghanistan War Lied. They Must Be Held to Account. Those Who Ran the Afghanistan War Lied. They Must Be Held to Account.

Activists often pledge to “speak truth to power.” The sad reality is that power often knows the truth.

Dec 17, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Democratic Presidential Field

The Democratic Presidential Field The Democratic Presidential Field

The leading candidates present a plight: They’re mostly old, and they’re completely white. They need, to keep the plight from getting starker, To add someone not old and somewhat…

Dec 17, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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Letters From the December 30, 2019/January 6, 2020 Issue Letters From the December 30, 2019/January 6, 2020 Issue

Debating Biden… Andrew Yang’s fuzzy math…

Dec 17, 2019 / Our Readers

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The Detective In Chief Strikes Back The Detective In Chief Strikes Back

Logic, facts, and mountains of evidence are no match for the greatest intellect of all time.

Dec 17, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

North Korea Threatens to Give the US a ‘Christmas Gift’

North Korea Threatens to Give the US a ‘Christmas Gift’ North Korea Threatens to Give the US a ‘Christmas Gift’

With a mysterious message from Kim Jong-un’s government and a US missile test over the Pacific, tensions have refused to cool this month.

Dec 17, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky

F-35 Lockheed Martin

How Our Defense Budget Became So Bloated How Our Defense Budget Became So Bloated

Defense spending is higher now than it was during the Korean or Vietnam conflicts and may soon be twice the Cold War average.

Dec 17, 2019 / William D. Hartung

Impeachment Needs to Move to the Streets

Impeachment Needs to Move to the Streets Impeachment Needs to Move to the Streets

Only mass protests can turn a narrow Beltway scandal into a massive anti-Trump weapon.

Dec 16, 2019 / Feature / Jeet Heer

Bernie Sanders Holds Campaign Rally In Detroit With Rep. Rashida Tlaib

These Democratic Insiders Want to Keep the Party From Moving Left on Israel-Palestine These Democratic Insiders Want to Keep the Party From Moving Left on Israel-Palestine

Democratic Majority for Israel is on a mission to make sure the party remains a reliable backer of the US-Israel alliance.

Dec 16, 2019 / Alex Kane

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