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Mike Pence and Donald Trump

The Religious Right Helped Put Trump in Office—Now He Owes Them Big The Religious Right Helped Put Trump in Office—Now He Owes Them Big

You can call it hypocrisy, or you can call it keeping your eyes on the prize.

Feb 9, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt

This WWII Military Strategy Perfectly Explains What Trump Is Doing to the Media

This WWII Military Strategy Perfectly Explains What Trump Is Doing to the Media This WWII Military Strategy Perfectly Explains What Trump Is Doing to the Media

He’s making it difficult to pick out the signal from the noise.

Feb 9, 2017 / D.D. Guttenplan

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Letters From the February 27, 2017, Issue Letters From the February 27, 2017, Issue

The power of the peacemakers… Language matters… Christianity, facing left… Logic for puzzling times…

Feb 9, 2017 / Our Readers and Eric Alterman

The Rise and Resilience of Black Lives Matter

The Rise and Resilience of Black Lives Matter The Rise and Resilience of Black Lives Matter

Wesley Lowery’s new book charts the origins of a movement

Feb 9, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Nathalie Baptiste

6 Years, 8 Countries: A Refugee Couple’s Harrowing Search for Safety

6 Years, 8 Countries: A Refugee Couple’s Harrowing Search for Safety 6 Years, 8 Countries: A Refugee Couple’s Harrowing Search for Safety

Daniel and Kedijah’s story reveals everything wrong with the response by wealthy nations to record-high global displacement.

Feb 9, 2017 / Caitlin L. Chandler

In a World of Closed Borders, Deciding Who Deserves Asylum

In a World of Closed Borders, Deciding Who Deserves Asylum In a World of Closed Borders, Deciding Who Deserves Asylum

At Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, workers face few humane options.

Feb 9, 2017 / Feature / Jacob Kushner

Coretta KingCoretta Scott King and Jeff Sessions

The Silencing of Coretta Scott King Is an Act of Systemic Racism The Silencing of Coretta Scott King Is an Act of Systemic Racism

Elizabeth Warren wasn’t attacking Jeff Sessions’s character; she was using King’s observations to expose his support for racist policies.

Feb 8, 2017 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Underground Railroad And Slave Act

What the Fugitive Slave Act Teaches Us About How States Can Resist Oppressive Federal Power What the Fugitive Slave Act Teaches Us About How States Can Resist Oppressive Federal Power

The actions of attorneys general in California and other states have their antecedents in the fight against that draconian law.

Feb 8, 2017 / Eric Foner

Trump May

Theresa May Is Totally Crushing on Donald Trump Theresa May Is Totally Crushing on Donald Trump

Other European leaders: No thanks.

Feb 8, 2017 / Column / Gary Younge

Betsy Devos

Betsy DeVos Has Been Confirmed. Now the Fight Really Begins. Betsy DeVos Has Been Confirmed. Now the Fight Really Begins.

DeVos will have significant influence over how civil-rights protections for students are enforced, and how the for-profit college and student-loan industries are regulated. 

Feb 8, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter

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