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Immigrant strike

Today’s ‘Day Without Immigrants’ Is Giving Trump What He Wants Today’s ‘Day Without Immigrants’ Is Giving Trump What He Wants

Immigrants across the country are showing that America can’t run without immigrants.

Feb 16, 2017 / Julianne Hing

Senator Warren reacts to Sessions' hearing

Honor Is a Tool for Repression in the Age of Trump Honor Is a Tool for Repression in the Age of Trump

Shutting up Elizabeth Warren is part of a long tradition of upholding gentlemen’s status at the expense of truth.

Feb 16, 2017 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

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Letters From the March 6, 2017, Issue Letters From the March 6, 2017, Issue

The illegitimate president… Life, death, and the ACA… Resistance primer
… Where salvation lies?… The meaning of a free press…

Feb 16, 2017 / Letters / Our Readers

Edward Jay Epstein’s Alternative Facts

Edward Jay Epstein’s Alternative Facts Edward Jay Epstein’s Alternative Facts

A new book suggests Snowden may have been a spy, but what it reveals is its author’s own duplicity.

Feb 14, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Sue Halpern

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Congressional Democrats Are Already Warning Trump About Impeachment Congressional Democrats Are Already Warning Trump About Impeachment

Progressive Caucus Vice Chair Mark Pocan says the president must resolve “direct conflicts in both domestic and foreign policy” or face constitutional consequences.

Feb 13, 2017 / John Nichols

PP counter protest

Planned Parenthood Asked These Pro-Choice Activists Not to Rally Outside Its Clinic. Here’s Why They Did Anyway. Planned Parenthood Asked These Pro-Choice Activists Not to Rally Outside Its Clinic. Here’s Why They Did Anyway.

Under Trump, strategies have diverged.

Feb 13, 2017 / Julia Mead

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Is Trump Headed for a War With China? Is Trump Headed for a War With China?

The brewing conflict in the South China Sea could become the next Cuban missile crisis.

Feb 13, 2017 / Rajan Menon

Protest against immigration raid

ICE Has Arrested 600 Undocumented Immigrants in the Last Week ICE Has Arrested 600 Undocumented Immigrants in the Last Week

When does a “routine action” become a raid?

Feb 13, 2017 / Julianne Hing

Immigration protesters

How Local Leaders Can Resist Trump’s Deportation Machine How Local Leaders Can Resist Trump’s Deportation Machine

They should “explicitly remove immigration enforcement from the purview of their local law-enforcement departments.”

Feb 10, 2017 / Kung Li

Donald Trump

Everything Trump Did in His Third Week That Actually Matters Everything Trump Did in His Third Week That Actually Matters

While Trump tried to get tough on crime and suffered two major legal defeats, one of his top advisers appeared to violate ethics rules. 

Feb 10, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter and George Zornick

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