Tag: american politics
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Obama Reckons with a Trump Presidency » The morning after Donald Trump was elected President of the United States, Barack Obama summoned staff members to the Oval Office. Some were… more ›
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An American in a Strange Land » I heard it often, traveling around Europe as a journalist. I even heard it from an immigration officer at Gatwick Airport outside London,… more ›
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Black Lives Matter Isn’t Just a Hashtag Anymore » The first time the White House called me, I was at a protest. It was late November 2014, a week after… more ›
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Vote for the Lying Neoliberal Warmonger: It’s Important » In 1991, former Klansman and American Nazi Party functionary David Duke ran for governor of Louisiana and made the runoff election… more ›
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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 ›