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Prison History’s Horror and Hopeby Baz DreisingerFrom 1949 to 1957, the number of young people under criminal-justice supervision more than doubled. |
Bill Clinton Killed the Myth of the Welfare Queenby Anne KimIt’s his most overlooked welfare reform victory. |
The Democratic Party’s Racial Reckoningby Jamelle BouieIn 1992, Bill Clinton had to pander to white bigots to win the presidency. In 2016, Hillary can call them what they are. |
How Donald Trump Uses Anti-Semitic Rhetoric Against Hillary Clintonby Austin Ratner(Even Though She’s Not Jewish) |
Neither Trump nor Clinton Is the End of the Republicby Conor FriedersdorfDiagnosing the republic as dead, a writer at the Claremont Institute takes another step toward giving up on its core project. |
How Humanities Can Help Fix the Worldby John McCumberPeople with humanistic training do tend to succeed both at careers and life. |
Is Trump an Aberration?by Aviva ChomskyThe Dark History of the “Nation of Immigrants” |
Courage and free speechby Timothy Garton AshThroughout human history there have been individuals who have been ready to risk everything for their beliefs. |
America’s Declaration of Independence was pro-immigrantby Steven PincusThe Declaration of Independence outlined the new republic’s fundamental economic principles, ones that Americans would be wise to remember, because they are now under threat. |
Jackie Walker Can’t Stop Saying Offensive Things About Jewsby Yair RosenbergThe Vice-Chair of Britain’s premier far-left group Momentum has claimed Jews were behind the slave trade and argued that Jewish schools don’t need extra security. |