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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

Ford CEO Mark Fields

When Corporations Pay CEOs Way More Than Employees, Make Them Pay! When Corporations Pay CEOs Way More Than Employees, Make Them Pay!

Portland’s groundbreaking strategy for curbing executive compensation should be a model for the rest of the country.

Jan 17, 2019 / Sarah Anderson and Sam Pizzigati

Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference

Democrats Must Slam the Revolving Door Shut Democrats Must Slam the Revolving Door Shut

Former members of Congress are already migrating like geese from Capitol Hill to K Street.

Jan 4, 2019 / George Zornick

Robert Mueller sworn in

Don’t Let Russophobia Warp the Facts on Russiagate Don’t Let Russophobia Warp the Facts on Russiagate

Despite the media hoopla, Mueller’s latest filings do not bring us any closer to proving the long-sought Trump-Russia conspiracy.

Dec 14, 2018 / Aaron Maté

Betsy DeVos Hearing

The White House Has Hosted a Predators’ Ball of Corruption The White House Has Hosted a Predators’ Ball of Corruption

Here’s how the incoming Democratic Congress can expose it and make the case for bold reform.

Dec 6, 2018 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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Americans Not Only Favor Democrats, They Favor Democracy Americans Not Only Favor Democrats, They Favor Democracy

This election cycle, voters vigorously embraced broader enfranchisement, campaign-finance reform, and an end to partisan gerrymandering—Democratic leaders should, too.

Nov 20, 2018 / Adam Eichen

Tim Wu

Tim Wu Goes After the Titans of the New Gilded Age Tim Wu Goes After the Titans of the New Gilded Age

The Columbia law professor says the economy has been “conquered by inhuman creatures’’—corporations.

Nov 13, 2018 / Q&A / Christopher Shay

Ed Zschau Reagan

How Silicon Valley Hacked the Economy How Silicon Valley Hacked the Economy

Tech entrepreneurs like to present themselves as nerdy tinkerers—but they've been politically active since the earliest days of the microelectronics industry.

Oct 15, 2018 / Zack Wasserman

Trump Saudi Arms Deal

How Much It Costs to Buy US Foreign Policy How Much It Costs to Buy US Foreign Policy

Everything—even support for human-rights atrocities—has a price.

Oct 4, 2018 / Benjamin Freeman

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