Will tearing down statues of Washington, Jefferson, or Columbus contribute to healing, or play into Bannon’s hands?
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Louise Linton, Conservative Id
This week, Louise Linton, the wife of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, was forced to apologize for an “insensitive” comment she made on Instagram. While this may seem like nothing more than a silly social media spat, Linton’s comment is indicative of a much larger issue present in American conservative thought and public policy. After posting […]
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‘Detroit’ and Charlottesville
Fifty years may separate the riots in the two cities, but the root causes and the remedies remain the same.
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Trump Foments Social Unrest in Phoenix, Enabled by Republicans
A U.N. body weighs in on growing U.S. racial unrest, while Republicans refuse to act.
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White Supremacists Stand by Trump, and He Returns the Favor
At a press conference, the president blamed the melee in Charlottesville on the left as much as the right, echoing far-right talking points.
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West Virginia’s One Progressive Party
By the standards of other states’ Green Parties, West Virginia’s Mountain Party has had surprising success in establishing a foothold—chiefly because the Democrats there are the nation’s most conservative.
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Heresy! Jeff Flake Attacks the President
Arizona’s senators are having a moment. Shortly after John McCain made headlines by joining with Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski to cast a Republican health-care bill into the legislative charnel house, Jeff Flake, a first-term Republican from the suburbs east of Phoenix, has put out a new book lambasting President Donald Trump. Flake’s book, […]
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America Glimpses the End Times in the Age of Trump
In a single day, an absurd pile of events suggests that the government may indeed be trying to “immanentize the eschaton.”
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The Party of No Negates Itself
After indulging themselves in fantasies of negation, Republicans can’t agree on what they’re for.
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McConnell Surrenders to The Resistance, For Now
The Kentucky Republican goes down to defeat again, but winning this latest battle doesn’t mean the war over health care has ended.
