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Six ways that Biden can make the world safer in 2021.

Let “natural herd immunity” as a pandemic relief strategy be extinguished with the end of 2020.

During the hearing, the High Court justices saw no problem with demoting the status of Arabic and claimed that 'equality' is something best left for the future.

The acceptance of Trump’s behavior by millions of his supporters will be his vilest legacy.

The Persian American poet Majid Naficy warns of celebrating a change of regimes too soon.

After she left office, Clinton criticized Obama’s quip that a central principle of his foreign policy was “don’t do stupid s---,” saying that “Great nations need organizing principles, and ‘Don’t do stupid stuff’ is not an organizing principle.” Maybe so, but it reflects a common sense that Sanders and Obama exhibit, and Clinton consistently does not.

Can some of Trump's white working class supporters switch to vote Democrat. The author believes this is possible.

One of the cornerstones of the campaign Senator Bernie Sanders is waging for the presidency is his opposition to our corrupt campaign finance laws. He often names the Koch brothers as a prime exhibit of the dangers of unregulated big money in politics, and for good reason. In her new book, Jane Mayer traces how the Koch brothers are trying to buy our politics. Greg Waldmann introduces us to what Mayer has found.