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Bill Browder and Vladimir Putin: A tangled tale of two nations, two centuries and a lot of history
Andrew O'Hehir
Behind this week's Helsinki headlines lies a fascinating mystery with deep roots and many unanswered questions
Donald Trump, Brexit and the Russians: A dangerous turning point in “World War IV”
Andrew O'Hehir
Trump's week of grand spectacle wasn't as crazy as it looked: Once again, he's trying to lure his foes into a trap
Fox News runs the government
John Whitehouse
Former Fox News executive Bill Shine is likely to become the next White House communications director
Forget Stephen Miller and Sarah Sanders, dining-while-black is the real test of civility in America
Lucian K. Truscott IV
Where were cries for civility when blacks were mistreated in restaurants like Denny's, Starbucks & Waffle House?
Why are poor people in America so patriotic? One man went on an odyssey to find out
Chauncey DeVega
Francesco Duina visited bus stations and laundromats to find out why inequality's victims still love America
Bill Clinton’s Lewinsky fail is a symptom of something bigger: Democrats’ lack of integrity
Sophia A. McClennen
Bill Clinton's blithe refusal to apologize reflects the same ethical rot that sank Hillary's presidential campaign
Author Steven Brill: Election of Donald Trump was a “revolt against meritocracy”
Chauncey DeVega
Steven Brill on his new book "Tailspin" and how American meritocracy actually produced an era of oligarchy
America’s “Tailspin” and the rise of oligarchy: History says it’s happened before
Paul Rosenberg
Steven Brill's new book on the rise of modern inequality is important, but to fix it we need a bigger picture
How will history textbooks of the future judge us? I brought back five of them so you can find out
Andrew O'Hehir
I have traveled forward in time and returned with verdicts from the future. Spoiler: America is great again!
The right’s Parkland problem: A symptom of authoritarian parenting
Chauncey DeVega
Conservatives see the Parkland students as disrespectful and dangerous — and those feelings stem from primal fears
Vladimir Putin wins another term, but the results are sketchy
Jeremy Binckes
This time there's proof that the Russian election may not have been on the level
The Trump administration is a government of billionaires and their sycophants
Thom Hartmann
The GOP lackeys are eager to do the bidding of whichever oligarch will give them the most money
Can the red-blue partisan divide be overcome? Bernie Sanders thinks so
Conor Lynch
In a trip to deep-red Texas, Sanders argues that real economic populism can overcome partisanship. It won't be easy
Timothy Snyder: Trump may use Russian interference as a pretext for canceling elections
Chauncey DeVega
Yale historian fears Trump could use Mueller investigation to claim the midterm elections "don't really count"
The Russia election investigation is important — but it’s not everything
Sophia A. McClennen
The hyper-focus on Russian meddling in the election won’t help the anti-Trump movement make the progress it needs
The uncomfortable truth about Whole Foods and Amazon’s grocery monopoly
Jacob Bacharach
Late capitalism resembles Soviet logic, especially when it comes to consumer options
America’s imperial decline may be best hope to save democracy
Jacob Bacharach
Painful as it will be, it's a necessary precondition to creating a more just country
Dark gifts of the Trumpus: Hey, who needs the Enlightenment anyway?
Andrew O'Hehir
Don't shun the goblin who vows to make Christmas great again — if we refuse his presents he'll eat democracy
Frightening ways Trump’s America mirrors Hitler’s Germany
Thom Hartmann
Even the usually restrained Barack Obama warns Americans we're slipping dangerously close to authoritarianism
Robert Reich: A new oligarchy arises thanks to the GOP’s tax bill
Robert Reich
The American oligarchs couldn’t care less about what the GOP tax plan will cost America
The FCC sold us out to Big Telecom
Jason Rhode
There isn't a good excuse for ending net neutrality, other than that we live in an oligarchy now
What’s at stake if we lose net neutrality? A guide for the perplexed
Nicole Karlis
Tomorrow is the day the FCC commissioners vote on whether to scrap net neutrality rules. What does that mean?
Historian Nancy MacLean on the right’s ultimate goal: Rolling back the 20th century
Chauncey DeVega
Author of "Democracy in Chains" says Koch brothers and GOP want a new Gilded Age, where "property reigns supreme"
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