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Kanye West, Donald Trump, and the Truth About Chicago

by Jelani Cobb

Blaming violence in Chicago on the Democratic Party or welfare is nonsensical.


How Pocahontas — the myth and the slur — props up white supremacy

by Honor Sachs

The roots of the attacks on Elizabeth Warren.


The Man Who Broke Politics

by McKay Coppins

During his two decades in Congress, he pioneered a style of partisan combat that poisoned America’s political culture.


The conservative business model that paved the way for the Trump presidency

by Davor Mondom

How Richard DeVos, one of the pillars of the right, pioneered Trumpian tactics.


So, Senator Warren: You’re Clearly Running for President

by Andrew Bacevich

Here’s some unsolicited advice on becoming the foreign policy leader America needs.


If You’re Not Scared About Fascism in the U.S., You Should Be

by Jason Stanley, Adam Westbrook and Japhet Weeks

When fascism starts to feel normal, we’re all in trouble.


Police killings of 3 black men left a mark on Detroit’s history more than 50 years ago

by Jeffrey Horner

"I believe these events show that police brutality today, perpetrated disproportionately against blacks in urban areas, is more of a continuation of historic patterns than a set of novel events.”


The Roman ‘Brexit’: how life in Britain changed after 409AD

by Will Bowden

One of the remarkable things about the first decades of the 5th century was the apparent speed with which the things we associate with Roman life disappeared.


The 2018 Presidential Elections and Brazil’s Slave Past

by Isadora Moura Mota

Bolsonaro has argued that Brazil “owes no debt” to its black citizens for Africans themselves “handed over the slaves” to human traffickers.