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From Collapse to Mystique
François Hollande failed French Socialists, and France. Emmanuel Macron is promising France a glorious rebirth—but without the “Socialist” label.
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Marine Le Pen is running on resentment, but is it enough to win her the French presidency?
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Trump’s Courageous, Valiant Decision to Gut Government Worker Safety
Truly admirable: The president has undone regulation ensuring fair pay and safety standards for federal contractors.
Michelle Chen
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The Oregon senator filibustered for more than 15 hours in order to challenge the awarding of a stolen seat to Trump’s nominee.
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Susan Rice Did Her Job—and Boy Are Republicans Pissed
A report that originated in the alt-right sewer leads a GOP senator to slur Rice as “the Typhoid Mary of the Obama administration.”
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Three new books on the early republic explore the critical, if contested, role equality has played in shaping American political culture.
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The Red Emigrant
For Isaac Deutscher, exile helped him discover his real community—the internationalist left.
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