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David Duke

This timeline illustrates how some of the most outward-looking presidents, men who insisted that the prosperity of the nation was inseparable from the prosperity of the world, also presided over the erection of a deadly run of border barriers, be they called fences or walls, that would come to separate the United States from Mexico.(Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

How Not to Build a “Great, Great Wall”

A timeline of border fortification

Greg Grandin ·

Trump picked up Bolton for the post of national security adviser from the Gatestone Institute, a known hate group dedicated to spreading disinformation about Muslims and Islam, which he chaired. (Photo: Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images)

Who’s Running John Bolton to Start a War With Iran? He Worried Even Mad Dog Mattis

Bolton has been agitating for a war on Iran for two decades

Juan Cole ·

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii)

Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard Is Running for President With Focus on 'War and Peace'

While Gabbard backs key progressive domestic proposals like Medicare for All and a Green New Deal, her foreign policy has provoked some alarm

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

Welcome to the struggle for the country’s soul. We haven’t seen anything yet. (Photo: Susan Stocker / Associated Press)

Midterm America

A blue wave from another universe

Ben Fountain ·

Ayanna Pressley secured her upset victory with a 59-41 landslide. She was one of dozens of insurgents who prevailed in Democratic primaries during the course of the first nine months of 2018. (Photo: Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

Evolution or Death

The midterms are a battle for the soul of both parties

John Nichols ·

This makes him and his administration criminals of a historic sort. (Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr/cc)

What Will Donald Trump Be Remembered For?

The world according to the Don(ald)

Tom Engelhardt ·

memorial

Heather Heyer Remembered 'for Daring to Stand Up' as Anti-Racists Counter DC White Supremacist Rally

"Today, we honor Heather, and all who stood up to hate, by recommitting ourselves to fighting all forms of racism and bigotry."

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

Tucker Carlson, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" speaks onstage at IGNITION: Future of Media at Time Warner Center on November 29, 2017 in New York City. (Photo: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

Watching Tucker Carlson Eats At My Soul. Here’s Why I Do It Anyway

Fox News is still the highest-viewed news network in the country, which means the stories it focuses on and the language it uses to report them holds a tremendous amount of sway

Madeline Peltz ·

"Beyond any possible dispute, the sharia conspiracy is a fabrication, an imaginary threat conjured up to stoke public fear and hostility toward Muslims." (Photo: Sue Ogrocki / AP)

Giving a Pass to Anti-Muslim Bigotry

Islamophobia enters the government, is incorporated into the law, and becomes increasingly acceptable in America.

Arnold R. Isaacs ·

Needed Now: A Real and Radical Left

Without a functioning left able to fight and do things for ordinary working and poor people, we will have nothing to defend and sustain our households, families and communities when the next big capitalist meltdown comes—an event that is due in the very near future

Paul Street ·