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Trump RNC Speech

Donald Trump Is Not Too Big to Fail Donald Trump Is Not Too Big to Fail

His victory illustrates the weakness of the Republican Party, not its strength. And despite his braggadocio, he’s vulnerable.

Jan 6, 2017 / Column / Gary Younge

New York MTA MetroCard

Public Transportation Is a Necessity. Why Does New York Price It Like a Luxury? Public Transportation Is a Necessity. Why Does New York Price It Like a Luxury?

It’s time for the city to subsidize MetroCards for low-income New Yorkers.

Jan 6, 2017 / David R. Jones and Nancy Rankin

Honduran Military Police

Will the Trump Administration Approve a Military Deal Between Honduras and Israel? Will the Trump Administration Approve a Military Deal Between Honduras and Israel?

Allowing the deal would be a powerful sign that the new administration plans to revive the Nixon Doctrine.

Jan 5, 2017 / Greg Grandin

Jeff Sessions

Republicans Are Planning to Rush Through Jeff Sessions’s Confirmation Hearing Republicans Are Planning to Rush Through Jeff Sessions’s Confirmation Hearing

Despite his controversial record, Democrats will only get to call four witnesses during the course of a two-day hearing.

Jan 5, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Trump and Obama meet

Obama Didn’t Talk Much About Race. Did that Open the Door to Trump? Obama Didn’t Talk Much About Race. Did that Open the Door to Trump?

Kai Wright on Obama’s racial legacy, Harold Meyerson on California without Republicans, and Amy Wilentz on Michelle Obama.

Jan 5, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Anti-Putin Protest Portrait

A New Era in American-Russian Relations A New Era in American-Russian Relations

So what if Putin next annexes
 Some country that’s the size of Texas Or throws some Russians in the clink For what they write or say or think? No strong objections will be lodged I…

Jan 5, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Donald Trump Christmas

The American Press Is Under Threat as Never Before The American Press Is Under Threat as Never Before

A supplicant media will be no match for the compulsive liar in the White House.

Jan 5, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman

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Letters From the January 30, 2017, Issue Letters From the January 30, 2017, Issue

The kids are all right… A people’s party?… Acting, yes, locally…
A college education… Popularity contest(ed)…

Jan 5, 2017 / Our Readers

Harvey Cox’s Radicalism

Harvey Cox’s Radicalism Harvey Cox’s Radicalism

How the theologian and social critic reminds us of the radical possibilities and egalitarian hopes of a Christian left.

Jan 5, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Bruenig

Can New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Be the Anti-Trump?

Can New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Be the Anti-Trump? Can New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Be the Anti-Trump?

To succeed he’ll have to overcome controversy and the limits of his office.

Jan 5, 2017 / Feature / Jarrett Murphy

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