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Despair Is Not an Option

Bernie Sanders sat down with us to talk about the future of progressive politics. This is what he said.

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The Conservative Con That Gave Us Trumpcare

The American Health Care Act has a long history that returns us to the New Deal and its critics.

Lawrence B. Glickman

Politics

How George Osborne and Ed Miliband Saved Labour

It has not been an easy path from Blairite centrism to radical socialist hope.

Martin O’Neill

Politics

America's Case of Mistaken Identity

Building a national identity may require offering special accomodations to diverse groups, including those we don't agree with.

Rogers M. Smith

Gender & Sexuality, Politics

He Said, He Said: The Feminization of James Comey

Conservatives routinely deny that gender is fluid. Yet they have feminized Comey in order to bring him down.

Bonnie Honig

Politics

The Ground Beneath Corbyn's Feet

Theresa May came to bury the Labour Party, but instead she and her party have been deeply damaged.

Martin O’Neill

Politics

Trump's Jacksonian Moment

A new biography of Andrew Jackson recounts a bloody history and reveals disturbing parallels with Trump.

Richard White

Politics

Democrats and Labor: Frenemies Forever?

The Democratic Party has hastened the demise of the labor movement, but unions have little choice but to stick with them.

Erik Loomis

Politics

Trump's Latin American Model

The history of Latin America is littered with failed experiments in populism.

Pablo Piccato, Federico Finchelstein

Politics

One Nation Under Gods

Despite what Steve King says, the U.S. was never a Christian nation.

Richard White

Politics

How Immigrants Became Criminals

Immigrants are not committing more crimes than in the past. Rather the definition of “criminal” has broadened significantly.

Alan A. Aja, Alejandra Marchevsky

Politics

Do Outsiders Have Legal Rights?

Stayed or not, Trump's ban highlights the need for strong immigrant rights.

Adam Hosein

Politics

Lessons from the Nuclear Freeze

Trump's populism, like that of Reagan before him, can be resisted through grassroots protest.

Andrew Lanham

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