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His plan for fixing the legal immigration system is simple and disturbing: Bring back 1890.
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Republicans Are Planning to Rush Through Jeff Sessions’s Confirmation Hearing
Despite his controversial record, Democrats will only get to call four witnesses during the course of a two-day hearing.
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Just 18 Percent of Americans Approve of the Congress Paul Ryan Leads
But Republicans are sticking with him.
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Can New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Be the Anti-Trump?
To succeed he’ll have to overcome controversy and the limits of his office.
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Get ready for a rush to plunder our public lands.
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If these officials get their way, America’s schools, roads, prisons, immigrant-detention centers, and critical social-insurance programs will soon fall into private hands.
David DayenThe American Press Is Under Threat as Never Before
A supplicant media will be no match for the compulsive liar in the White House.
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Harvey Cox's Radicalism
How the theologian and social critic reminds us of the radical possibilities and egalitarian hopes of a Christian left.
Elizabeth Bruenig
Birth of an Imperial Nation
A new history of 19th-century America captures how the United States was always an empire.
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The Donald Glover Experiment
Who says the comedian, actor, rapper, TV writer can’t be everything all at once?
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