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In Arizona, High-School Students Are Making Mental Health the Focus of Anti-Gun-Violence Legislation In Arizona, High-School Students Are Making Mental Health the Focus of Anti-Gun-Violence Legislation

They’re tired of seeing overworked counselors, and they’re tired of not being listened to—students’ mental health, they say, matters.

Apr 9, 2019 / StudentNation / Jordan Harb and Emma Rowland

Elizabeth Warren We the People Summit

Why Democratic Contenders Now Call for Abolishing the Electoral College Why Democratic Contenders Now Call for Abolishing the Electoral College

After the 2000 election, when Al Gore won the popular vote, Democrats were slow to respond, seeming to lack a basic sense of what was at stake. Not anymore.

Apr 8, 2019 / John Nichols

Campus Segregation

American Meritocracy Is a Myth American Meritocracy Is a Myth

Recent scandals in politics and higher education show how the rich perpetuate inequality in the US.

Apr 2, 2019 / Rajan Menon

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Letters From the April 15, 2019, Issue Letters From the April 15, 2019, Issue

What about the Marshall Court?… The white supremacists around us… Debating the need for debate…

Mar 28, 2019 / Our Readers

Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr.

New Jersey Is Addicted to ICE New Jersey Is Addicted to ICE

North Jersey is a Democratic stronghold. Why is it complicit with Trump’s deportation machine?

Mar 26, 2019 / Whitney Strub

Vietnam War protest

The VA Is Socialism in Action. We Must Defend It From Privatization. The VA Is Socialism in Action. We Must Defend It From Privatization.

The right is hell-bent on dismantling the most progressive agency in government.

Mar 18, 2019 / Jasper Craven

Ilhan Omar

The Democratic Party Attacks on Ilhan Omar Are a Travesty The Democratic Party Attacks on Ilhan Omar Are a Travesty

I’m Jewish and have worked against anti-Semitism for decades. I was sitting a few feet from Omar at Busboys & Poets and I heard nothing—nothing—that smacked of anti-Semitism, o...

Mar 5, 2019 / Phyllis Bennis

Senators at AIPAC

This Is How AIPAC Really Works This Is How AIPAC Really Works

An AIPAC and Capitol Hill veteran explains the lobby’s tactics of reward and retribution.

Feb 14, 2019 / M.J. Rosenberg

What Ilhan Omar Said About AIPAC Was Right

What Ilhan Omar Said About AIPAC Was Right What Ilhan Omar Said About AIPAC Was Right

I’m ashamed to admit that endorsing AIPAC positions was all about the Benjamins for me and my candidate.

Feb 12, 2019 / Ady Barkan

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Letters From the February 11-18, 2019, Issue Letters From the February 11-18, 2019, Issue

Military-industrial complexity… Worth 1,000 words… Parsing the new NAFTA… Greenspan’s historical amnesia…

Jan 24, 2019 / Our Readers

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