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Southeast Asian Refugees Are the Latest Victims of Trump’s Deportation Crackdown Southeast Asian Refugees Are the Latest Victims of Trump’s Deportation Crackdown

While the situation deteriorates at the border, thousands of Southeast Asian refugees who have lived in the US for years are facing renewed pressure.

Jan 3, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Short List

Short List Short List

As the president becomes more toxic, his choices dwindle.

Jan 3, 2019 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

The Best of 2018: Seymour Hersh on Trump, Barbara Ehrenreich on ‘Wellness,’ and Amos Oz Remembered

The Best of 2018: Seymour Hersh on Trump, Barbara Ehrenreich on ‘Wellness,’ and Amos Oz Remembered The Best of 2018: Seymour Hersh on Trump, Barbara Ehrenreich on ‘Wellness,’ and Amos Oz Remembered

Our most popular podcast interviews of the year.

Jan 3, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

After a Century of Delays, the Senate Finally Votes to Outlaw Lynching

After a Century of Delays, the Senate Finally Votes to Outlaw Lynching After a Century of Delays, the Senate Finally Votes to Outlaw Lynching

Congress is finally reckoning with America’s legacy of racism—now it’s time to face our present.

Jan 2, 2019 / Peter Dreier

Anti-government protesters march

A Q&A With Nicaraguan Student Activists Jeancarlo López and Lesther Alemán A Q&A With Nicaraguan Student Activists Jeancarlo López and Lesther Alemán

After participating in the April 2018 protests against the Nicaraguan government, they have become internationally known political activists.

Jan 2, 2019 / Andrés S. Pertierra

Dismantling Care

Dismantling Care Dismantling Care

A judge rules against Obamacare.

Jan 1, 2019 / OppArt / Martin Kozlowski

Russia Facebook Hearing

New Studies Show Pundits Are Wrong About Russian Social-Media Involvement in US Politics New Studies Show Pundits Are Wrong About Russian Social-Media Involvement in US Politics

Far from being a sophisticated propaganda campaign, it was small, amateurish, and mostly unrelated to the 2016 election.

Dec 28, 2018 / Aaron Maté

USPS Trucks

’Tis the Season to Renew and Expand the US Postal Service ’Tis the Season to Renew and Expand the US Postal Service

Threatened by Trump and the GOP with privatization schemes, the postal service is a treasure than must be saved.

Dec 28, 2018 / John Nichols

Istanbul protest

Erdogan’s War on Workers Erdogan’s War on Workers

Turkey’s crackdown on dissent extends to the country’s fractured labor movement.

Dec 28, 2018 / Cole Stangler

Mattis and Nicholson

The ‘Adults’ in the Room Are the Problem The ‘Adults’ in the Room Are the Problem

Maybe it’s time to think of them as the tools of a military-industrial-congressional complex that continues to serve up endless war.

Dec 27, 2018 / Danny Sjursen

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