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Rick Perlstein: What We Didn’t Understand About Trump Rick Perlstein: What We Didn’t Understand About Trump

Plus Atossa Araxia Abrahamian on redefining money and Heather Ann Thompson on Attica.

May 11, 2017 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Journalists Protest in Veracruz

Mexico’s ‘Drug War’ Is Really a War Against Journalists—Waged by the Government Mexico’s ‘Drug War’ Is Really a War Against Journalists—Waged by the Government

Washington-backed military and economic initiatives have fueled a perfect machine of perpetual war.

May 10, 2017 / Greg Grandin

Comey’s Firing Is Worse Than the Saturday Night Massacre

Comey’s Firing Is Worse Than the Saturday Night Massacre Comey’s Firing Is Worse Than the Saturday Night Massacre

At least during Watergate officials inside the administration refused to collude with Nixon’s orders.

May 10, 2017 / Bruce Shapiro

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Trump Fires Comey, Putting the Country ‘On the Verge of a Constitutional Crisis’ Trump Fires Comey, Putting the Country ‘On the Verge of a Constitutional Crisis’

The decision makes a mockery of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s recusal from the Russia investigation and should prompt his impeachment.

May 10, 2017 / John Nichols

Black Mothers National Bailout Day

This Mother’s Day, Black Lives Matter Activists Will Give More Than 30 Women Their Freedom This Mother’s Day, Black Lives Matter Activists Will Give More Than 30 Women Their Freedom

These women are in jail not because they’ve been convicted of a crime but because they can’t pay to get back to their lives as they await trial.

May 9, 2017 / Dani McClain

Anti-Trump “No Ban, No Wall” Demonstration

Not Just Cities: We Can Become a Sanctuary Nation Not Just Cities: We Can Become a Sanctuary Nation

Now is the time to defend America’s undocumented, to stand for justice in the face of intolerance. 

May 9, 2017 / Video / Robert Greenwald and Angel Padilla

Saudi airstrike aftermath

Congress Is Drawing a ‘Red Line’ Over Trump’s Support for the Saudi War on Yemen Congress Is Drawing a ‘Red Line’ Over Trump’s Support for the Saudi War on Yemen

Millions are threatened by famine, as Riyadh prepares an assault on the country’s key port.

May 8, 2017 / James Carden

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Los Angeles Residents Start to Organize Against the Olympic Bid Los Angeles Residents Start to Organize Against the Olympic Bid

The US Olympic Committee wants the 2024 Olympics in Los Angeles. It won’t happen quietly.

May 8, 2017 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

Civilans look at rubble from Saudi airstrike

24 Things the Media Missed While They Were Obsessing Over Trump’s Latest Soundbite 24 Things the Media Missed While They Were Obsessing Over Trump’s Latest Soundbite

These are major national-security issues—but don’t expect to see them on the news.

May 8, 2017 / Andrew J. Bacevich

The Prisoner Firefighters Battling California’s Wildfires

The Prisoner Firefighters Battling California’s Wildfires The Prisoner Firefighters Battling California’s Wildfires

Three clips from a new film exploring the seemingly ordinary landscapes touched by our prison system.

May 8, 2017 / Video / The Nation

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