Features
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Attacks on Immigrants Are Attacks on Workers
A longtime labor and community organizer responds to the Trump’s anti-immigrant measures. MORE
By Carlos Ballesteros
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PHOTOS: This Is What Resistance Looks Like
From pussy hats to airports, images of protest in the age of Trump. MORE
By Rachel K. Dooley
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Cities Go Rogue Against Trump and the Radical Right
In a sea of red, blue enclaves test their power to rebel. MORE
By Theo Anderson
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Meet the U.S. Nonprofit That Funds the Israeli Guards Who Terrorize Palestinians
Settlements in the West Bank are illegal, but equipping their guards is tax-deductible. MORE
By Alex Kane
Act Locally
Culture
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Take Two
Asghar Farhadi Is One of the Most Important Directors Working Today—And Trump Has Banned Him
The Iranian filmmaker’s masterful, Oscar-nominated The Salesman shows the futility of progressives trying to tolerantly endure repressive regimes. MORE
By Michael Atkinson
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Exit Signs
George Saunders' New Novel Follows Abraham Lincoln's Son to a Buddhist Afterlife
In his first full-length novel, the short story virtuoso weaves U.S. history with the otherworldly. MORE
By Chris Lehmann
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books
How Today’s White Middle Class Was Made Possible By Welfare
Whites, angered at blacks and immigrants receiving “government handouts,” forget they were lifted out of poverty through racially exclusive welfare programs in the 30s. MORE
By Margaret Garb
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From the Old Country
Brexit From the Side of a Volcano
Contemplating capitalism and democracy in the Canary Islands. MORE
By Jane Miller
Columnists
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Editorial
If the Democratic Party Won't Take Risks, It's Up to Us
Now is not the time to play it safe. MORE
By Christopher Hass
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Views
The New York Times Missed Trump's Biggest Lie
The corporate media is fact-checking our new Liar-in-Chief–but only to a point. MORE
By Jim Naureckas
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Back Talk
If Nixon Could Tweet
The similarities between our current president and Tricky Dick don’t bode well for the country—or for Trump. MORE
By Susan J. Douglas
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Views
Is Russia a Red Herring?
A debate over whether the Left should focus on collusion between Trump and Russia. MORE
By Chris Edelson and Bhaskar Sunkara
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Public Defender
It's Not Enough to Fight Trump—Progressives Need a Vision for the Future
Either decorporatize the Democrats or create a viable third party. MORE
By Leonard C. Goodman
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Views
Slavoj Zizek: We Must Rise from the Ashes of Liberal Democracy
Trump is a threat to global stability—only a new Left international can beat him. MORE
By Slavoj Žižek