Rebranding White Nationalism: Inside the Alt-Right
An exclusive look at a radical movement whose leaders hail the rise of Trump
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How North Korea Became a Crisis
To understand how the standoff between Pyongyang and the world became so dire, it helps to go back to the country's founding
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Trump’s Ignorance Won’t Save Him
If the president obstructed justice, inexperience will not work as a defense.
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Environmental Racism Is the New Jim Crow
Vann R. Newkirk II argues that America’s air and water systems disadvantage communities of color.
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Trump's Most Drastic Statement Yet
The U.S. abandons the Paris Accord—and the global community it helped build.
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America Needs an Independent Investigation on Russia—Now
David Frum argues that Comey’s firing makes a probe more urgent than ever.
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Church Militant: A Right-Wing Media Empire in the Making
A Catholic news outlet is fighting to save Americans from sin, while its founder grapples with his own complicated past.
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How the Obamacare Repeal Could Cost Republicans the House
David Frum argues most Americans have accepted the principle of universal coverage.
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Why Launching a War Against North Korea Would Be Immoral
Peter Beinart argues that preventive war is betrayal of American principles
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Can the Left Rebuild in the Deep South?
Republicans have held Georgia's sixth district for nearly 40 years, but Jon Ossoff could change that. We go inside his record-breaking campaign.
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Americans See Discrimination in Radically Different Ways
People don’t agree on who is facing the most persecution in the country.
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A Better Way to Argue About Politics
There’s a simple psychological trick that might change people’s minds.
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Bill Nye on the Nature of Regret
In an animated interview, the scientist describes the importance of taking chances.
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O.J.: The Pioneer Before the Prisoner
Director Ezra Edelman on how the football player’s commercial success became a beacon for African Americans
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Is the Anti-Trump Resistance Another Tea Party?
The two movements are strikingly similar.
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Chimamanda Adichie on What Americans Get Wrong About Africa
In an animated interview, the author explains the problem with stereotypes.
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Have Conspiracy Theories Gone Mainstream?
How Alex Jones and Steve Bannon pushed a paranoid new media into the spotlight
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Asking Questions That Have No Answers
In a short animation, the writer describes the lifelong curiosity that led him into journalism.
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The Crippling Fear of Everlasting Life
While many dream of an afterlife, people with apeirophobia are terrified of eternal existence.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Perspective That Comes With Motherhood
In an animated interview, the Supreme Court justice describes her early career.
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Is Trump a Populist Authoritarian?
What he does and does not have in common with the likes of Hitler, Chavez, Berlusconi, and Erdoğan
