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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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Politics

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

Politics, War & Security

How to Spy on a President

On the legal and ethical scope of surveillance.

Elizabeth Goitein

Politics, Race

Births of a Nation

Surveying Trumpland with Cedric Robinson

Robin D. G. Kelley

Politics

How People Vote

New theories of voting behavior explain bad outcomes, but are they convincing?

Niko Kolodny

Politics

The GOP's Anti-Democratic Fetish Runs Deep

Here's the real reason the GOP made peace with Trump.

William E. Scheuerman

Politics

Funding the Resistance

Taking a stand against Trump has material consequences for government workers. Here's how we can help.

Christopher Kutz

Politics

On Becoming the Enemy

A family of Jewish refugees remembers Berlin before the war.

Jason Stanley

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