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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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What Is Putin's Endgame?

Russiagate is causing more stress than glee for Putin, who always thought Hillary would win.

Thomas Graham, Rajan Menon

Politics

Mourning in America

Why the left needs melancholy.

Peter E. Gordon

Politics

Populism's Perfect Storm

The very forces that sustain populist politics could eventually undermine populism.

Rogers Brubaker

Politics

At G20, All Eyes on Germany

Can Angela Merkel circumvent Trump to build a multipolar alliance on climate change?

Paul Hockenos

Politics

For Labour, Victory Next Time

Were Labour's gains in the recent British election overblown, or is there real cause for hope?

Martin O’Neill

Politics

How Trump Builds: On the Hollow Promise of #InfrastructureWeek

Trump's infrastructure proposal is more propaganda than plan.

Max B. Sawicky

Politics

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

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