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December 12, 2016
Jeet Heer
The Danger of Politicizing Intelligence
Donald Trump will try to bend the CIA to his will. America is still recovering from the last time a president did that.
December 12, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s response to the allegations of Russian hacking is both dumb and dangerous.
December 12, 2016
MagazineArlie Russell Hochschild
The Left Are Now Strangers in Their Own Land
How Trump redeemed alienated conservatives and cast liberals into the political wilderness.
December 12, 2016
Graham Vyse
The Year Nothing Mattered but Donald Trump
Brexit, the Panama Papers, Zika—almost nothing could bump Trump off the front page in 2016.
December 12, 2016
Brian Beutler
The Democrats Must Stop Ceding the Security State to Republicans
James Comey never should have been FBI director in the first place.
December 12, 2016
Biar Atem, Jonah Cohen
America Must Act to Stop Genocide in South Sudan
Here's how Donald Trump can help—without a full-scale intervention.
December 9, 2016
Brian Beutler
The mainstream media is advertising a huge platform for Trump loyalists.
December 9, 2016
Jeet Heer
Trump’s Anti-Immigration Fans Are Furious at Him
His pick for secretary of labor isn't only raising alarm on the left.
December 9, 2016
Michelle Legro
The first act of the Trump administration will be to build a wall around women.
December 9, 2016
Lovia Gyarkye
It’s almost as if Donald Trump is just a plain old Republican.
December 9, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Is violence against women disqualifying in the age of Trump?
December 9, 2016
Jeet Heer
Trump’s Populism Is a Sham
His cabinet picks prove he's going all in for corporate America. Can Democrats take advantage?
December 9, 2016
Graham Vyse
Trump’s Victory Was Not a Rejection of Liberalism
Conservative columnist Michael Barone declares the "collapse of the political left"—and points to a few magazine covers as evidence.
December 9, 2016
Brian Beutler
Trump’s Distractions Will Provide Republican Cover to Rip Apart the Safety Net
December 8, 2016
Alex Shephard
Rodrigo Duterte should work on his Trump impression, which is bad.
December 8, 2016
Clio Chang
Trump’s Labor pick proves that he was never about the working class.
December 8, 2016
Graham Vyse
Nigel Farage had an even better 2016 than Donald Trump.
December 8, 2016
Jeet Heer
If Donald Trump keeps being a bully on Twitter, someone’s going to get hurt.
December 8, 2016
Sherrilyn Ifill
How Democrats Must Fight the Confirmation of Jeff Sessions
The Trump administration-in-waiting will try to paint Sessions as a civil rights advocate. Nothing could be further from the truth.
December 7, 2016
Jeet Heer
Trump Is Already Implementing an Autocratic Foreign Policy
His Taiwan call and other moves signal a shift from multilateral alliances to bilateral dealmaking. And it could destabilize the world.

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