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A Year of US Militarism
US militarism was on full display in 2016 with a continued “war on terror” and bombing in at least five countries.
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Urban Gentrification Is Rippling Out Into the Suburbs: A Dispatch From California
Rising rents in Concord exemplify a nationwide trend: gentrification is spreading to city suburbs and outer exurbs.
Do Countries Have a Legal Obligation to Protect Refugees Fleeing Oppression?
It is difficult to determine whether or not Trump's refugee ban would violate international refugee law.
Christmas at Guantánamo: Proof That Anything Can Be Normalized
The screening of “Bad Santa 2” at Guantanamo is proof that, given time, even Trump's transgressions could be normalized.
The Hole in the Safety Net Widens: Trump’s Plan to Dismantle Obamacare
Can progressives use backlash against Trump's regressive health policies to accelerate the fight for Medicare for All?
All the President’s Generals
Trump's team could not be more symbolic of the ongoing process of subversion of civilian control of the military.
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Universities Cut Services for a Big Group of Their Students: Those Over 25
Though more adults need higher educations, their enrollment has begun to fall.
Trump’s Carbon-Obsessed Energy Policy and the Planetary Nightmare to Come
His slogan should be: Make America Smoggy Again.
Nothing in the Constitution Stands in the Way of Dumping Trump in the Electoral College
Will Republicans in the Electoral College utilize the safety valve written into this country's founding documents?
Recharging the Batteries of Whiteness: Trump’s New Racial Identity Politics
Trump has built on Republican white supremacy politics and stoked a narrative of white victimhood.