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The Supreme Court Has Undone a Century of American Opposition to Sports Gambling The Supreme Court Has Undone a Century of American Opposition to Sports Gambling

Legal sports gambling would generate some of the very problems that the revenue from sports gambling would purportedly solve.

Feb 25, 2019 / Ronald Katz

The Real National Emergency

The Real National Emergency The Real National Emergency

Bloody NRA.

Feb 25, 2019 / OppArt / Jack Swersie

Hasson Weapons

The Obsession With Jussie Smollett’s ‘Hoax’ Is Obscuring the Real Threat of Racist Violence The Obsession With Jussie Smollett’s ‘Hoax’ Is Obscuring the Real Threat of Racist Violence

Where’s the media furor over real-live racists Christopher Paul Hasson and Roger Stone?

Feb 22, 2019 / Joan Walsh

Trump Saudi Arms Deal

US Foreign Policy Is for Sale US Foreign Policy Is for Sale

Washington think tanks receive millions of dollars from authoritarian governments to shape foreign policy in their favor.

Feb 21, 2019 / Benjamin Freeman

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Letters From the March 11-28, 2019, Issue Letters From the March 11-28, 2019, Issue

Laughing Through the Pain Thank you for the good laugh you gave me with the title of John Nichols’s article, “Trump at Two” [Feb. 11/18]. I had to pause to ask myself whether the p…

Feb 21, 2019 / Letters / Our Readers

William Barr

Barr Becomes Attorney General Again Barr Becomes Attorney General Again

Once more you’re head of Justice, William Barr. In your career you’ve surely traveled far. But now we’re going to see just who you are: If told to fold, will you say au revoir Or w…

Feb 21, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Heather Nauert

Heather Nauert’s 15 Minutes at the UN Are Up Heather Nauert’s 15 Minutes at the UN Are Up

The former Fox presenter will not be the next US ambassador to the United Nations—but another Trump crony surely will.

Feb 21, 2019 / Barbara Crossette

A Tale of Two Cities in the Grips of the Opioid Crisis

A Tale of Two Cities in the Grips of the Opioid Crisis A Tale of Two Cities in the Grips of the Opioid Crisis

Vancouver and Philadelphia are both facing overdose epidemics—but one city has found a way to keep people alive.

Feb 21, 2019 / Cities Rising / Maia Szalavitz

How the Failure of Our Foreign Wars Fueled Nativist Fanaticism

How the Failure of Our Foreign Wars Fueled Nativist Fanaticism How the Failure of Our Foreign Wars Fueled Nativist Fanaticism

For nearly two centuries, US politicians have channeled extremism outward. But the frontier is gone, the empire is faltering, and the chickens are coming home to roost.

Feb 21, 2019 / Feature / Greg Grandin

Gucci Blackface

White People Can’t Quit Blackface White People Can’t Quit Blackface

And it’s not because they think it’s funny.

Feb 20, 2019 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

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