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The NFL Still Only Cares About Violence Against Women When There’s Video The NFL Still Only Cares About Violence Against Women When There’s Video

Without public outcries, this is a league that constantly does the wrong thing.

Dec 3, 2018 / Dave Zirin

War With Russia?

War With Russia? War With Russia?

The New Cold War is more dangerous than the one the world survived.

Dec 3, 2018 / Feature / Stephen F. Cohen

President George HW Bush in 2010

It’s a Disgrace to Celebrate George H.W. Bush on World AIDS Day It’s a Disgrace to Celebrate George H.W. Bush on World AIDS Day

The 41st president’s “civility” hid the vast nature of American state violence.

Dec 1, 2018 / Steven W. Thrasher

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The Notebook: Asylum Seekers Improvise a New Border Bureaucracy The Notebook: Asylum Seekers Improvise a New Border Bureaucracy

In Tijuana, migrants and officials are breaking the law to create some semblance of order.

Nov 30, 2018 / Lolita Brayman and Robert Langellier

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The Mueller Investigation Is Closing in on Trump—and the Next Congress Won’t Protect Him The Mueller Investigation Is Closing in on Trump—and the Next Congress Won’t Protect Him

Incoming House Judiciary Committee chair Jerry Nadler says latest revelations make it clear that “my colleagues and I must step in and provide accountability.”

Nov 29, 2018 / John Nichols

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The New Federal Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Would Remedy Decades of Injustice The New Federal Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Would Remedy Decades of Injustice

America’s 2 million domestic workers have minimal protections on the job. The bill announced today would fundamentally change their industry.

Nov 29, 2018 / Bryce Covert

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DNA Tests Make Native Americans Strangers in Their Own Land DNA Tests Make Native Americans Strangers in Their Own Land

Reviving race science plays into centuries of oppression.

Nov 29, 2018 / Aviva Chomsky

A New Report Charts the Increase in Limitations on Free Speech in Russia

A New Report Charts the Increase in Limitations on Free Speech in Russia A New Report Charts the Increase in Limitations on Free Speech in Russia

The new restrictions are only being applied to critical and independent voices.

Nov 29, 2018 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

They’re Refugees, Fleeing Gang Violence and Domestic Abuse. Why Won’t the Trump Administration Let Them In?

They’re Refugees, Fleeing Gang Violence and Domestic Abuse. Why Won’t the Trump Administration Let Them In? They’re Refugees, Fleeing Gang Violence and Domestic Abuse. Why Won’t the Trump Administration Let Them In?

How one immigration case has led to a major impact on asylum claims.

Nov 28, 2018 / Laura Gottesdiener and John Washington

There Is No Left Case for Nationalism

There Is No Left Case for Nationalism There Is No Left Case for Nationalism

Endorsing nationalism isn’t compromise. It’s compromised.

Nov 28, 2018 / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

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