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Trump’s FCC Just Moved Closer to Destroying Net Neutrality. Here’s How You Can Fight Back Trump’s FCC Just Moved Closer to Destroying Net Neutrality. Here’s How You Can Fight Back

The future of the Internet depends on what we do next. 

May 18, 2017 / NationAction

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Why Are Canada’s Prescription Drugs So Much Cheaper Than Ours? Why Are Canada’s Prescription Drugs So Much Cheaper Than Ours?

US drug prices are out of control—Bernie Sanders wants to change that.

May 18, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Bret Stephens

Why Does ‘The New York Times’ Have So Little Respect for Its Readers? Why Does ‘The New York Times’ Have So Little Respect for Its Readers?

In the name of ideological diversity, the paper of record has hired a proud and deliberate purveyor of propaganda and misinformation.

May 18, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman

Girls and Soldier Conflict Over Soccer

FIFA Punts on Palestine and Fouls Its Own Bylaws FIFA Punts on Palestine and Fouls Its Own Bylaws

The world soccer body has decreed that the West Bank is just land without teams for teams without a land.

May 18, 2017 / Dave Zirin

Robert Mueller

4 Reasons Why Robert Mueller Is an Ideal Special Counsel 4 Reasons Why Robert Mueller Is an Ideal Special Counsel

By temperament and experience, Mueller represents an antidote to the Trump administration’s defiant stance against the laws of the land.

May 18, 2017 / Karen J. Greenberg

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Letters From the June 5-12, 2017, Issue Letters From the June 5-12, 2017, Issue

A history of colonization… Democracy or disintegration?… Borne back ceaselessly…

May 18, 2017 / Our Readers

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The Republican Health-Care Bill The Republican Health-Care Bill

They needed a triumph the White House could share, No matter how many it left without care. They managed to clear a congressional clot, But “First, do no harm” was what they forgot…

May 18, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin

How the ‘Populist’ President is Creating an Aristocracy

How the ‘Populist’ President is Creating an Aristocracy How the ‘Populist’ President is Creating an Aristocracy

Not quite what voters expected.

May 18, 2017 / Mike Konczal

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Georgia Can Elect the First African-American Woman Governor in History Georgia Can Elect the First African-American Woman Governor in History

Democrats, please don’t mess this one up!

May 17, 2017 / Steve Phillips

Rikers: An American Jail Documentary

A New Film About Rikers Lets Inmates Describe the Jail’s Brutality in Their Own Words A New Film About Rikers Lets Inmates Describe the Jail’s Brutality in Their Own Words

Rikers: An American Jail is coming out just as debate over how to close the notorious facility is reaching a fever pitch.

May 17, 2017 / Ed Rampell

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