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Lawmakers Warn of a ‘Constitutional Crisis’ as Refugees and Green-Card Holders Remain in Detention Lawmakers Warn of a ‘Constitutional Crisis’ as Refugees and Green-Card Holders Remain in Detention

Attorneys across the country continue to fight to free travelers targeted by Trump’s executive order.

Jan 30, 2017 / Alex Kane

Don’t Give In to Donald Trump’s Shock-and-Awe Campaign—Stand Up and Speak Out

Don’t Give In to Donald Trump’s Shock-and-Awe Campaign—Stand Up and Speak Out Don’t Give In to Donald Trump’s Shock-and-Awe Campaign—Stand Up and Speak Out

Your silence will not protect you.

Jan 29, 2017 / Column / Laila Lalami

This Is the Beginning of Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban

This Is the Beginning of Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban This Is the Beginning of Donald Trump’s Muslim Ban

Friday’s executive order extended to seven countries—but that list could grow.

Jan 28, 2017 / Julianne Hing

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Everything Donald Trump Did in His First Week as President Everything Donald Trump Did in His First Week as President

It’s been a dizzying week—but it’s crucial to keep an eye on what’s really happening. 

Jan 27, 2017 / George Zornick and Zoë Carpenter

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Donald Trump Is a Symptom of America’s Dark Side Donald Trump Is a Symptom of America’s Dark Side

In a country that continues to embrace fear and violence, is it any wonder that a “birther” bully was elected president?

Jan 26, 2017 / William J. Astore

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‘Trump Made Idiots of Us All’ ‘Trump Made Idiots of Us All’

Matt Taibbi on Trump, Joan Walsh on the Women’s March, and Erwin Chemerinsky on suing Trump.

Jan 26, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Nobody Wanted to Take Us In: The Story of Jared Kushner’s Family, and Mine

Nobody Wanted to Take Us In: The Story of Jared Kushner’s Family, and Mine Nobody Wanted to Take Us In: The Story of Jared Kushner’s Family, and Mine

As Trump bars refugees and Muslim immigrants from coming to this country, it’s worth remembering the Jews who were shut out the last time we closed our borders—like Jared Kush...

Jan 26, 2017 / Feature / Lizzy Ratner

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We Can’t Throw Other Immigrants Under the Bus to Save DACA We Can’t Throw Other Immigrants Under the Bus to Save DACA

The good-immigrants-versus-bad-immigrants narrative is dangerous for all of us.

Jan 25, 2017 / Cesar Vargas

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Trump Did Not Fulfill His Day-One Promise to Drain the Swamp Trump Did Not Fulfill His Day-One Promise to Drain the Swamp

The president has signed a lot of executive orders—but not this one.

Jan 25, 2017 / David Dayen

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Incessant Kremlin-Baiting of President Trump Is a Threat to US National Security Incessant Kremlin-Baiting of President Trump Is a Threat to US National Security

Allegations that the president is a “puppet of Putin” could prevent him from making decisions in America’s best interests.

Jan 25, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

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