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No Senator Can Uphold Their Oath of Office and Vote for Kavanaugh’s Nomination

No Senator Can Uphold Their Oath of Office and Vote for Kavanaugh’s Nomination No Senator Can Uphold Their Oath of Office and Vote for Kavanaugh’s Nomination

Senators cannot provide advice and consent when basic questions have not been answered.

Sep 27, 2018 / John Nichols

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Mass Surveillance Begins at the Local Level. So Does the Resistance to It. Mass Surveillance Begins at the Local Level. So Does the Resistance to It.

Grassroots groups are leading the pushback against government spying.

Sep 27, 2018 / Andrew Tan-Delli Cicchi

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Our Housing-Voucher Program Is Broken Our Housing-Voucher Program Is Broken

Landlords regularly refuse to rent to voucher holders, defeating the point of the program. 

Sep 27, 2018 / Michelle Chen

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Brett Kavanaugh and the Case of the Vanishing Rape Victim Brett Kavanaugh and the Case of the Vanishing Rape Victim

Long before the recent charges against him, we already had evidence of Kavanaugh’s disturbing lack of empathy for rape victims.

Sep 27, 2018 / Bruce Shapiro

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Letters From the October 22, 2018, Issue Letters From the October 22, 2018, Issue

Lessons From and for AOC Thank you for an excellent cover story, “The AOC Effect,” about the Democratic Party’s new rock star, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [Sept. 10/17]. Although I am…

Sep 27, 2018 / Our Readers

The Odyssey of Seymour Hersh

The Odyssey of Seymour Hersh The Odyssey of Seymour Hersh

The legendary reporter and the ambiguities of investigative reporting.

Sep 27, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Michael Massing

Rachel Cusk’s Struggle to Break Free

Rachel Cusk’s Struggle to Break Free Rachel Cusk’s Struggle to Break Free

In her Outline trilogy, the English novelist finds a freedom in art that she cannot locate in life.

Sep 27, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Doherty

Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?

Is the World Bank Group Above the Law? Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?

A fishing community in India challenges the bank’s private-lending arm in the US Supreme Court.

Sep 27, 2018 / Feature / Barry Yeoman

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For Justice, Not Apartheid, in Palestine For Justice, Not Apartheid, in Palestine

A quarter-century after Oslo, Israel is consolidating its domination—but the global resistance movement is growing.

Sep 27, 2018 / The Editors

Honorable Brett Kavanaugh

Senator Merkley Is Suing to Halt the Lawless Kavanaugh Confirmation Process Senator Merkley Is Suing to Halt the Lawless Kavanaugh Confirmation Process

Citing Trump administration secrecy, he asks a federal judge to issue an injunction to prevent this mangled process from continuing.

Sep 26, 2018 / John Nichols

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