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Trump’s Racist Judicial Attack Deliberately Obscures the Larger Story: For-Profit Schools Trump’s Racist Judicial Attack Deliberately Obscures the Larger Story: For-Profit Schools

By now this should be a familiar Trump tactic: Distract attention from hard ethical questions by playing to everyone’s most base instincts.

Jun 3, 2016 / Julianne Hing

Steph Curry and Lebron James

Is Hillary Clinton Getting Crossed Over During NBA Finals? Is Hillary Clinton Getting Crossed Over During NBA Finals?

The NBA Finals hold a great deal of political potential for any candidate. Does Hillary Clinton notice? Why not?

Jun 3, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Sanders with CWA workers in Brooklyn

Democrats Should Listen a Lot More to Labor Democrats Should Listen a Lot More to Labor

Limiting the number of labor leaders on the committee that will draft the Democratic platform represents a missed opportunity.

Jun 3, 2016 / John Nichols

Emergency room

Cancer Deaths Have Spiked During the Great Recession Cancer Deaths Have Spiked During the Great Recession

An analysis of disease trends in more than 70 nations shows that cancer mortality rose by more than 263,000 deaths

Jun 3, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Chattanooga

Chattanooga Was a Typical Postindustrial City. Then It Began Offering Municipal Broadband. Chattanooga Was a Typical Postindustrial City. Then It Began Offering Municipal Broadband.

Chattanooga’s publicly owned Internet service has helped boost its economy and bridge the digital divide.

Jun 3, 2016 / P.E. Moskowitz

Is the Supreme Court’s Role Overstated?

Is the Supreme Court’s Role Overstated? Is the Supreme Court’s Role Overstated?

In Engines of Liberty, David Cole trains a light on civil society as a more reliable agent of constitutional change.

Jun 3, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell

Pulling Reservation Schools Back From the Brink

Pulling Reservation Schools Back From the Brink Pulling Reservation Schools Back From the Brink

A program to improve American Indian high schools in Montana shows promise, but is it enough?

Jun 3, 2016 / StudentNation / Lillian Mongeau

Asking for a Friend: I’m Doing Good Things With My Wealth. Why Do I Still Feel So Guilty?

Asking for a Friend: I’m Doing Good Things With My Wealth. Why Do I Still Feel So Guilty? Asking for a Friend: I’m Doing Good Things With My Wealth. Why Do I Still Feel So Guilty?

And another woman contemplates marrying her European boyfriend for his healthcare.

Jun 3, 2016 / Liza Featherstone

Time Servers

Time Servers Time Servers

A vision of time travel gets trapped in the media of our time.

Jun 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ava Kofman

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Letters From the June 20-27, 2016, Issue Letters From the June 20-27, 2016, Issue

For if dreams die… Thinking big—by thinking small… A chance to apologize… Unfinished or incomplete?…

Jun 2, 2016 / Our Readers

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