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February 20, 2018
Cristian Farias
Baltimore’s Lonely Fight for Police Reform
The trial of two crooked cops could mark a turning point for the broken department, despite Trump's indifference to the problem.
February 15, 2018
Ryan Kearney
This Is the Real “American Carnage”
The most apocalyptic problem facing the nation is its mass-shooting epidemic.
January 25, 2018
Matt Ford
Jeff Sessions’s American Crime Story
The attorney general's recent claims about crime rates don't hold up to scrutiny.
January 22, 2018
Jo Livingstone
The New Domestic Horror
Leïla Slimani's Prix Goncourt–winning novel hangs some fine social observations on a thin, sensationalized plot.
December 1, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump and the right-wing media continue to lie about the Kate Steinle case.
October 26, 2017
Jeet Heer
When the “Weinstein Effect” Hits Washington
A wave of sexual misconduct revelations has sparked a cultural rebellion. But a political agenda is needed to effect lasting change.
August 8, 2017
David Dayen
The Left’s Misguided Debate Over Kamala Harris
My article about a bank's law-breaking during the housing crisis became a political football, obscuring the real issue at hand.
August 1, 2017
David Dayen
Give Wells Fargo the Corporate Death Penalty
The bank is a serial corporate criminal that has screwed over millions of Americans. Here's what the government should do about it.
July 24, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump keeps attacking his most Trumpian cabinet official.
July 6, 2017
Paul Blest
Clay Higgins and the Rise of Trumpism in the GOP
The congressman's controversial video from Auschwitz is a reminder that Trump is merely the figurehead of an increasingly extreme Republican Party.
June 19, 2017
Jeet Heer
Only Democrats Can Restore Faith in the Political Process
Trump has caused a crisis in American democracy, and the minority party can't rely on "prosecutorial liberalism" to solve it.
June 15, 2017
Jeet Heer
America Has Always Been Angry and Violent
Wednesday's shooting has prompted much handwringing about the state of the nation. But political violence and anger are embedded in America's DNA.
June 15, 2017
Graham Vyse
The New York Times
had two embarrassing takes on the Alexandria shooting.
June 14, 2017
Jeet Heer
How Congress Can Fight Political Violence
Partisan polarization is getting worse, and gun control has stalled. But Democrats and Republicans can unite over treatment for troubled people.
June 12, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump Is a Mobster President
He demands loyalty not just from bureaucratic professionals like James Comey, but everyone. What are the consequences for America?
June 5, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump Is Not a Builder. He’s a Destroyer.
The president only wants to sabotage and tear down what already exists—and the Republican Party is eager to let him.
May 26, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Republicans Broke American Politics, and Media Elites Are Blind to It
Greg Gianforte's victory, after assaulting an America reporter, should horrify anyone who cares about the strength of our political institutions.
May 15, 2017
Magazine
Ted Genoways
“The Only Good Muslim Is a Dead Muslim”
A meatpacking town in Kansas opened its doors to Somali refugees. Then a group of Trump supporters plotted to kill them after Election Day.
May 3, 2017
Graham Vyse
Facebook is hiring for the worst job ever.
May 1, 2017
Austin Sarat
The Overwhelming Evidence Against the Death Penalty
Arkansas' recent, gruesome executions are further proof that we'll never find a humane way to put people to death.
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