Tag: american politics
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Is Everything Wrestling? » The charms of professional wrestling — half Shakespeare, half steel-chair shots — may never be universally understood. Every adult fan of the sport has encountered those… more ›
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American Capitalism’s Great Crisis » Rana Foroohar is TIME’s assistant managing editor in charge of economics and business. This represents more than just millennials not minding the label “socialist” or… more ›
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A force unto itself » In the decades since the draft ended in 1973, a strange new military has emerged in the United States. Think of it, if you will,… more ›
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The Violence to Come » What will happen to American politics if, as now appears likely, the Republican Party nominates Donald Trump? Here’s one bet: It will get more violent. more ›
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Obama, Guns, and the Politics of Hopelessness » Like many parents, I suspect, my first reaction to the news of the shootings at Umpqua Community College, in Oregon, on Thursday… more ›
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America's Oligarch Problem » Poking fun at the über-oligarch: Donald Trump pinatas are displayed in the window of a store in San Francisco’s Mission District. The sky’s the limit when… more ›
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The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration » Never marry again in slavery. Wherever the law is, crime can be found. more ›
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So Wrong for So Long » Over the past few weeks, proponents of the nuclear deal with Iran — from President Barack Obama on down — have marshaled a powerful… more ›
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Hurricane Katrina 10th anniversary : How the Black Lives Matter movement was directly shaped by the events in New Orleans. http://ift.tt/1U8DbmS On the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, in 2010,… more ›
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“Trump is a sham, of course, but for many Americans in 2015 the whole political process is a sham. Trump, however, is an entertaining sham, and some voters think that… more ›