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Republican Candidates Give Trump a Pass for Violence at His Rallies

You’d think a string of violence at his rallies would leave Trump vulnerable. It hasn’t.

George Zornick

Campaigns and Elections

Will a Conservative Court Uphold Texas’ Discriminatory Voter ID Law?

The toughest voting restriction in the country has been blocked three times by the Voting Rights Act yet remains in effect.

Ari Berman
Latin America

Before Her Murder, Berta Cáceres Singled Out Hillary Clinton for Criticism

The presidential candidate has ignored criticism of her role in enabling the consolidation of the Honduran coup.

Greg Grandin
Disaster Capitalism

How Wall Street Caused a Water Crisis in America's Cities

Vulnerable residents are paying the price for dangerous financial deals.

Carrie Sloan
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Special Report

Will the Los Angeles River Become a Playground for the Rich?

The revitalization of LA’s neglected riverfront has gone from social-justice crusade to money-soaked land grab.
Richard Kreitner

In the early 13th century, a wealthy merchant’s son knelt 
before a crucifix in a small, crumbling chapel near Assisi, a village in Italy, and received a message from the Lord: “Go, Francis, and repair my house, which as you see is falling into ruin.” Taking the message literally, Francis… Continue Reading >

Watch and Listen

Listen: Mouth to Ear

In the first episode of our new podcast series, we visit Bed-Stuy to learn how developers find properties to flip—and what happens to people who already live there.

March 9, 2016

Listen: Start Making Sense: Trump, Master of Hate

The front-runner’s terrifying supporters, the state of the GOP field, and American Muslims and Trump.

March 3, 2016
March 2, 2016
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Election 2016

Hillary Clinton Is Exposing the Dark Underbelly of the Democrats’ Money Machine

Her campaign has put a spotlight on the cozy relationships between Democratic operatives and corporate America.

Joshua Holland

The Gaping Hole in Clinton’s and Sanders’s Plans for Criminal Justice Reform

Why aren’t more reform-minded politicians talking about the public defender shortfall?

Zoë Carpenter

Before Her Murder, Berta Cáceres Singled Out Hillary Clinton for Criticism

The presidential candidate has ignored criticism of her role in enabling the consolidation of the Honduran coup.

Greg Grandin

Books & the Arts

Stranger Than ‘House Of Cards’

Given the absurdities of the current political season, it is worth asking why the return of the Netflix drama was so highly anticipated.

K. Leander Williams

A Critic’s Job of Work

I don’t see my job as making or breaking an artist. I have other responsibilities toward art.

Barry Schwabsky

A European Union?

Stefan Zweig’s essays in Messages From a Lost World are a product of his displacement and a sharp reminder to citizens about the agony in the present age of the refugee.

Gavin Jacobson

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