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On Tuesday Night, Trump Will Double Down on His Broken Promises On Tuesday Night, Trump Will Double Down on His Broken Promises

Trump’s victories have not been victories for the American people he claimed to represent.

Jan 30, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

What Causes Some Cities to Become Sites of Revolution?

What Causes Some Cities to Become Sites of Revolution? What Causes Some Cities to Become Sites of Revolution?

To understand the American and French revolutions, one must look not simply at their origins in the wider world but also at how particular environments could become crucibles of in...

Jan 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell

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The Most Important Story This Month Was Not the Government Shutdown The Most Important Story This Month Was Not the Government Shutdown

It’s the grassroots activism that could end Republican control of Congress.

Jan 25, 2018 / John Nichols

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The American Bipartisan Policy Establishment Declares Its ‘Second Cold War’ vs. Russia After Years of Denying It The American Bipartisan Policy Establishment Declares Its ‘Second Cold War’ vs. Russia After Years of Denying It

The most influential US foreign-policy membership society has issued a report affirming the new Cold War and its eagerness to fight it.

Jan 24, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Feminist Living: Lynne Segal

Feminist Living: Lynne Segal Feminist Living: Lynne Segal

For Segal, politics is not just about liberation but about collective joy.

Jan 24, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Charlotte Shane

California Shows How to Beat Trump, Now and in November

California Shows How to Beat Trump, Now and in November California Shows How to Beat Trump, Now and in November

America’s future arrives first in California, and that bodes ill for the president and his Republican enablers.

Jan 23, 2018 / Feature / Peter Schrag

Women's March

What Happens When Women Fight Back What Happens When Women Fight Back

A year after Donald Trump’s inauguration—and the Women’s March that eclipsed it—women are the best hope to save the country—as long as we stay out of our own way.

Jan 19, 2018 / Joan Walsh

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Democrats Are Repudiating FDR’s Precedent of Détente With Russia Democrats Are Repudiating FDR’s Precedent of Détente With Russia

By criminalizing alleged “contacts with the Kremlin”—and by demonizing Russia itself—today’s Democrats are becoming the party of the new and more perilous Cold War.

Jan 17, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Trump War Protest Bethesda

Will Our Endless Wars Fuel the Next Populist Revolt? Will Our Endless Wars Fuel the Next Populist Revolt?

The lives lost and money wasted are real. The only question is who has the courage to state that the emperor has no clothes.

Jan 16, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Marc Raskin

Marcus Raskin, an Activist Heart and Soul Marcus Raskin, an Activist Heart and Soul

He was a man at ease in his own skin, though not in the world, which he constantly sought to change for the better.

Jan 15, 2018 / The Nation

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