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Bye-Bye, Bill Barr: Trump’s Roy Cohn Impersonator Resigns

Bye-Bye, Bill Barr: Trump’s Roy Cohn Impersonator Resigns Bye-Bye, Bill Barr: Trump’s Roy Cohn Impersonator Resigns

It turns out there were some things Barr wasn’t willing to do.

Dec 15, 2020 / Joan Walsh

The Madness of Kook Donald

The Madness of Kook Donald The Madness of Kook Donald

The Supreme Court ruling on Friday should finally have put a stop to Trump’s seditionist antics, but he and his sycophants only amped up the tension.

Dec 15, 2020 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky

Agents with guns standing in camp

The Border Patrol Is Cracking Down on Humanitarian Aid The Border Patrol Is Cracking Down on Humanitarian Aid

Agents have targeted Arizona’s No More Deaths after the group went public with evidence of abuses of power in immigration enforcement.

Dec 15, 2020 / Q&A / Jessica Suriano

Justice for the Innocent

Justice for the Innocent Justice for the Innocent

Fighting for justice at the border.

Dec 15, 2020 / OppArt / Pamela Enriquez-Courts

Republicans Will Take Their Assault on Democracy to Congress—and It Will Be Awful

Republicans Will Take Their Assault on Democracy to Congress—and It Will Be Awful Republicans Will Take Their Assault on Democracy to Congress—and It Will Be Awful

Despite Biden’s Electoral College win, Republicans are plotting to disrupt the formal process of accepting the Electoral College result on January 6.

Dec 15, 2020 / John Nichols

People Are Taking the Wrong Lesson From Trump’s Failed Coup

People Are Taking the Wrong Lesson From Trump’s Failed Coup People Are Taking the Wrong Lesson From Trump’s Failed Coup

Trump failed to steal the election because of incompetence, not because our robust institutions defeated him.

Dec 15, 2020 / Column / Elie Mystal

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Letters From the December 28, 2020/January 4, 2021, Issue Letters From the December 28, 2020/January 4, 2021, Issue

No great mystery… Supreme obstacle… Paradise lost…

Dec 15, 2020 / Letters / Our Readers

How Did We End Up With Our Current Public Defender System?

How Did We End Up With Our Current Public Defender System? How Did We End Up With Our Current Public Defender System?

Sara Mayeux’s new history highlights how without a more fundamental transformation of criminal law, public defenders often provide only a limited form of equality and fairness befo...

Dec 14, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Clair

Fighting From Federal Death Row in the Memory of My Friends

Fighting From Federal Death Row in the Memory of My Friends Fighting From Federal Death Row in the Memory of My Friends

“These are the names of the humans on federal death row and the dates that the Trump administration intends to kill them before leaving office.”

Dec 11, 2020 / Billie Allen

Trump’s Dilemma: Who Will Give Him Asylum Now?

Trump’s Dilemma: Who Will Give Him Asylum Now? Trump’s Dilemma: Who Will Give Him Asylum Now?

The best candidate, by far, is Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, the despotic ruler of North Korea.

Dec 8, 2020 / Ariel Dorfman

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