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Kanye West, Donald Trump, and the Truth About Chicago by Jelani Cobb Blaming violence in Chicago on the Democratic Party or welfare is nonsensical.

How Pocahontas — the myth and the slur — props up white supremacy by Honor Sachs The roots of the attacks on Elizabeth Warren.

The Man Who Broke Politics by McKay Coppins During his two decades in Congress, he pioneered a style of partisan combat that poisoned America’s political culture.

The conservative business model that paved the way for the Trump presidency by Davor Mondom How Richard DeVos, one of the pillars of the right, pioneered Trumpian tactics.

So, Senator Warren: You’re Clearly Running for President by Andrew Bacevich Here’s some unsolicited advice on becoming the foreign policy leader America needs.

If You’re Not Scared About Fascism in the U.S., You Should Be by Jason Stanley, Adam Westbrook and Japhet Weeks When fascism starts to feel normal, we’re all in trouble.

Police killings of 3 black men left a mark on Detroit’s history more than 50 years ago by Jeffrey Horner "I believe these events show that police brutality today, perpetrated disproportionately against blacks in urban areas, is more of a continuation of historic patterns than a set of novel events.”

The Roman ‘Brexit’: how life in Britain changed after 409AD by Will Bowden One of the remarkable things about the first decades of the 5th century was the apparent speed with which the things we associate with Roman life disappeared.

The 2018 Presidential Elections and Brazil’s Slave Past by Isadora Moura Mota Bolsonaro has argued that Brazil “owes no debt” to its black citizens for Africans themselves “handed over the slaves” to human traffickers.