The Wisconsin Idea

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Roy Moore’s Loss Signals a GOP Tearing Itself Apart Ahead of 2018

The upset win by Doug Jones in Alabama shows the Republicans have nothing to offer and everything to lose.

Theo Anderson

Culture

The Self-Help Guru Who Shaped Trump’s Worldview

How the commander-in-chief succumbs to the perils of positive thinking.

Chris Lehmann

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Meet the European Petrochemical Giant Trying to Profit from the Fracking of Pennsylvania

The controversial Mariner East 2 pipeline would carry gas liquids for plastics production overseas.

Wenonah Hauter

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Berniecrats Score Another Major Win Against the Democratic Establishment

Under proposed reforms pushed by backers of Bernie Sanders, the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential primary would take place on a much fairer playing field than in 2016.

Cole Stangler

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Inside Honduras’ Torch-Lit Marches Against the U.S.-Backed Dictatorship

Thousands are defying military curfew to protest what they say is a fraudulent election.

Heather Gies

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The Limits of the “Resistance” in Congress? Key Democrats Back Trump’s Disastrous Israel Policy.

Trump's reckless move on Jerusalem was abetted by leading figures in the Democratic Party.

David Palumbo-Liu

Rural America

Cannibal Economics: Why the Black Snake Will Eventually Eat Itself

Winona LaDuke

Labor

Grad Students Take Tax Bill Fight to Paul Ryan’s Office

Sarah Jaffe

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Trump’s FCC Bids Farewell to the Internet as We Know It

The internet is about to become more expensive and far less free.

Mark Dunbar