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The People’s Voice Is Heard The People’s Voice Is Heard

“Giving Advice, Business Titans Feel at Home in White House.” —Headline, The New York Times No worries for those workers left behind, For Trump has found some folks to plead their…

May 4, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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Letters From the May 22/29, 2017, Issue Letters From the May 22/29, 2017, Issue

Schlesinger and Navasky on McCarthyism… Pollitt, Navasky, Grandin, and Lawrence on ‘Russiagate’…

May 4, 2017 / Letters / Our Readers, Victor Navasky, Patrick Lawrence, Greg Grandin, and Katha Pollitt

No Muslim Ban

The Most Important Story of Trump’s First 100 Days The Most Important Story of Trump’s First 100 Days

The United States is a constitutional democracy, whether Trump likes it or not.

May 4, 2017 / Editorial / David Cole

Fred Upton and Greg Walden

The New Republican Health-Care Plan Is Single-Payer for Dummies The New Republican Health-Care Plan Is Single-Payer for Dummies

It’s important to understand what the GOP is trying to do. 

May 3, 2017 / David Dayen

Putin 2016

Again, Is the Possibility of a Trump-Putin Détente Really Dead? Again, Is the Possibility of a Trump-Putin Détente Really Dead?

“Kremlingate” is said to have killed any prospect for Trump administration cooperation with Putin’s Kremlin, but the May 2 phone talk between the two leaders showed it is still ali...

May 3, 2017 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

People’s Climate March

What We Can Learn from Our ‘Radical’ Past What We Can Learn from Our ‘Radical’ Past

The clashes of the past teach us that we must stay committed to a cause bigger than any one person and be willing to fight for years to come.

May 2, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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Trump Wants to Build a Giant Steel Dome Trump Wants to Build a Giant Steel Dome

“And we’ll make the liberals pay for it!”

May 2, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

US Capitol

It’s Not a Government Shutdown. It’s a Right-Wing Coup. It’s Not a Government Shutdown. It’s a Right-Wing Coup.

Programs designed to help the vulnerable are gutted, while institutions designed to serve the rich and powerful remain unscathed.

Apr 28, 2017 / Adam Johnson

Barack Obama University of Chicago Speech

Do We Need Obama in the Trump Resistance? Do We Need Obama in the Trump Resistance?

We’ve got a president who wants to take away people’s health care, build a border wall, and ban refugees. Should Obama attack him directly?

Apr 27, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

Donald Trump Thumbs

Relax, Donald: After 100 Days, You’ve Already Done So Much Relax, Donald: After 100 Days, You’ve Already Done So Much

President Trump shouldn’t be so defensive about Saturday’s milestone. The list of his accomplishments is long.

Apr 27, 2017 / Peter Dreier

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