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Twitter’s White-People Problem Twitter’s White-People Problem

Will the company become a leader in reforming its workforce, or a case study for how the tech industry’s relentless whiteness destroys innovation, too?

Jan 6, 2016 / Donovan X. Ramsey

Bernie Sanders

Sanders Promises to Break Up Big Banks, Tax Speculation, and Establish Postal Banking Sanders Promises to Break Up Big Banks, Tax Speculation, and Establish Postal Banking

“I will rein in Wall Street so they can’t crash our economy again,” the senator declares.

Jan 5, 2016 / John Nichols

Could Machine Guns Become Totally Legal?

Could Machine Guns Become Totally Legal? Could Machine Guns Become Totally Legal?

Despite President Obama’s new executive orders, the gun lobby is still playing offense.

Jan 5, 2016 / George Zornick

Titan II ICBM

Why ISIS Is the Minor Leagues of Terror Why ISIS Is the Minor Leagues of Terror

Putting threats into perspective for 2016.

Jan 5, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt

California Could Sound the Loudest Call Yet for Overturning ‘Citizens United’

California Could Sound the Loudest Call Yet for Overturning ‘Citizens United’ California Could Sound the Loudest Call Yet for Overturning ‘Citizens United’

The California Supreme Court clears the way for voters to demand a constitutional amendment to get big money out of politics.

Jan 5, 2016 / John Nichols

Why Skills Are Not Enough to Land a Job

Why Skills Are Not Enough to Land a Job Why Skills Are Not Enough to Land a Job

Handwringing about the devaluing of high-school diplomas is missing the point.

Jan 5, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Inside the Bundy Brothers’ Armed Occupation

Inside the Bundy Brothers’ Armed Occupation Inside the Bundy Brothers’ Armed Occupation

Residents of Harney County are poor, white, and conservative. Not a single one of them has joined the Bundy militia.

Jan 5, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Why This Socialist Feminist Is Not Voting for Hillary

Why This Socialist Feminist Is Not Voting for Hillary Why This Socialist Feminist Is Not Voting for Hillary

Socialist feminism assumes that redistribution is the best way to improve life for women. Clinton has demonstrated contempt for turning this project into policy.

Jan 5, 2016 / Feature / Liza Featherstone

Why Is the US Deporting Refugee Families?

Why Is the US Deporting Refugee Families? Why Is the US Deporting Refugee Families?

A dangerously speedy process is sending children and their parents back to danger in Central America.

Jan 4, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Where to Invade Next

Michael Moore Has a Plan to Make America Great Again Michael Moore Has a Plan to Make America Great Again

A necessary antidote to buffoonery and cynicism.

Jan 4, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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