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Roger Stone

Russiagate Is Devolving Into an Effort to Stigmatize Dissent Russiagate Is Devolving Into an Effort to Stigmatize Dissent

An amicus brief to a lawsuit filed against Roger Stone and the Trump campaign raises troubling questions over the right to political speech.

Dec 28, 2017 / James Carden

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Letters From the January 15-22, 2018, Issue Letters From the January 15-22, 2018, Issue

The long con…

Dec 28, 2017 / Letters / Our Readers and Richard Kreitner

Donald Trump speaking at the final session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.

Detour Detour

The Trump administration has prohibited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from using seven words or phrases, such as “fetus” and “science-based,” in agency budget docu…

Dec 28, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Stewart ICE detention

Why Numbers Alone Obscure the Real Deportation Story Why Numbers Alone Obscure the Real Deportation Story

The total number of deportations is down under Trump, but don’t confuse that with leniency.

Dec 28, 2017 / Editorial / Julianne Hing

#MeToo March

From Bill O’Reilly to Al Franken: Katha Pollitt on #MeToo in 2017 From Bill O’Reilly to Al Franken: Katha Pollitt on #MeToo in 2017

Plus, John Nichols on The Resistance in 2017 and Howell Raines on Alabama’s amazing year.

Dec 28, 2017 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Marcus Raskin

Marcus Raskin’s Resurgent and Expansive Citizenship Marcus Raskin’s Resurgent and Expansive Citizenship

The former Kennedy aide, whose radical democratic faith defined progressive activism and ideas across six decades, has died at 83.

Dec 27, 2017 / John Nichols

Bleeding

Bleeding Bleeding

Bleeding through the ages.

Dec 27, 2017 / OppArt / Randall Enos

White Christmas

White Christmas White Christmas

White makes right.

Dec 25, 2017 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

House Speaker Paul Ryan

A Scrooge Walks Among Us A Scrooge Walks Among Us

Charles Dickens would surely recognize the cruelty he disdained in modern Republicans like Paul Ryan.

Dec 24, 2017 / John Nichols

Robert Mueller

Democrats Need to Make Clear that Firing Mueller Triggers Impeachment Democrats Need to Make Clear that Firing Mueller Triggers Impeachment

When a president creates a constitutional crisis, there is only one remedy.

Dec 22, 2017 / John Nichols

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