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The Unvarnished Cruelty of Donald Trump’s GOP

In one day, his team weakened police oversight, defunded a global family planning program, and drafted a plan gutting the most popular provision of the ACA.

Joan Walsh

Europe

Hungary Is Forcing All Asylum Seekers into Detention Camps

Victor Orbán is taking Fortress Europe to new extremes.

Jeanne Carstensen
Books & the Arts

Le Pen’s Long Shadow

If you want to understand the wave of right-wing populism erupting in Europe and the United States, France is a good place to start.

David A. Bell
Sports

How To Win a Sports Strike

The Women’s Hockey Strike, the Oakland Raiders move, and Frank Martin.

Dave Zirin
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World Politics

Trump Embraces the Most Repressive Dictator in Modern Egyptian History

President Sisi presents himself as a faithful ally in the war on terror, so Trump will ignore the tens of thousands he’s imprisoned.

Sharif Abdel Kouddous

Trump’s Generals Are Considering a Wider War in Yemen

A humanitarian crisis already threatens to starve millions. Deeper US involvement in the civil war will only make it far worse.

Juan Cole

Donald Trump’s Election Was Part of a Startling Global Trend in 2016

Around the world, violent populism is on the rise.

Alfred McCoy

Politics

The Democratic Filibuster of Neil Gorsuch Is On

Five good reasons why Democrats are right to block Trump’s nominee.

Ari Berman

Bernie Sanders Just Introduced His Free College Tuition Plan

Joining with Elizabeth Warren, Sanders wants students to organize around the legislation. 

George Zornick

Does California Hold the Key to Progressive Success?

The left coast will be integral to the 2018 and 2020 elections. 

Sean McElwee, Matt McDermott and William Jordan
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Culture

Ali Smith’s Novel of Disintegration

One of Autumn’s recurring themes is our willed blindness to what threatens our sense of order—from climate change to financial and political insecurity. 

Namara Smith

The Red Emigrant

For Isaac Deutscher, exile helped him discover his real community—the internationalist left.

Bruce Robbins

The Weakness of ‘Iron Fist’

The latest addition to the Netflix/Marvel cinematic universe is like a bag full of brown M&Ms.

Loren A. Lynch

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March 30, 2017

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Watch: Clean In: How Hotel Workers Fought For a Union—And Won

A feminism for the 99 percent has been forged by working-class immigrant women who confronted Harvard’s first female president and Sheryl Sandberg.

March 8, 2017
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