Why the Democrats Fear Populism
Thomas Frank reviews the history of how the Democratic Party became the party of liberal elites, why right-wing populism is fake populism, and more insights from his decades-long writing career.
Guantánamo Is The Place Where Presidents Abuse Human Rights
Guantánamo Bay has a sordid history of human rights abuses. There is no reason to keep people there except to evade oversight, which is why Trump has big plans for it.
The Super Bowl Exposed the Brutality of America’s Class Divide
In New Orleans, the government forced unhoused people into a grim warehouse—and paid a private contractor $17.5 million for it—while billionaires’ superyachts floated on the Mississippi. How much longer will we tolerate this obscene inequality?
- by Alex Skopic
How Gambling Took Over America
An unhealthy fixation with financial speculation pervades American culture generally and sports particularly.
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