To dismiss the attraction of Bannon’s dystopian nationalism is folly.
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Both Red and Blue States Rely on Prison Labor
As a Louisiana sheriff’s off-the-cuff remarks and the California wildfires remind us, all states depend on and profit from putting prisoners to work—and that’s a problem.
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What If Trump Wins on Obamacare and Taxes?
Trump is screwing not just the rest of America, but tens of millions of people who voted for him.
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How to Wipe Out Puerto Rico’s Debt
Shift the debt onto the books of the Federal Reserve. If that kind of help is good enough for our largest banks, it’s also good for disaster-stricken Puerto Rico.
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Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump, and the (Sometimes) Beneficial Politics of Reaction
We’re living not only in the age of Trump, but in the age of reaction to Trump.
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Three Minutes with Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards
The women’s reproductive-rights leader shares some thoughts on President Trump and community activism.
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Baby Money: Can Cash Allowances Help Young Brains Grow?
A groundbreaking new study looks at how reducing parents’ financial stress affects childhood brain development.
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Will Trump Really Give Us a Better NAFTA?
It depends on how much influence the corporate lobby has in the final deal, and it’s not over.
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Team Trump’s Travel Travails
Of all the many ethics controversies dogging the Trump administration, jet-setting cabinet officials may prove the most politically damaging.
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How the Prison Phone Industry Further Isolates Prisoners
The high profits of expensive phone calls and video visits are often too lucrative for prisons—which can get a share of those profits—to pass up.
