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January 15, 2019
Alexis Papazoglou
The Philosophical Roots of Today’s Immigration Debate
President Trump and his critics are falling into camps very reminiscent of a classic philosophical debate of the 1970s: two different conceptions of moral duty.
January 10, 2019
Matt Ford
It’s Not a National Emergency. It’s Also Not the Dawn of Dictatorship.
Trump's unprecedented plan to fund the border wall is enabled by decades of congressional negligence.
October 23, 2017
Rahel Aima
Ai Weiwei Takes on the Migrant Crisis
The artist's massive new work "Good Fences Make Good Neighbors" examines the plight of refugees. But can it change public opinion?
September 12, 2017
Emily Atkin
Trump just waived 26 environmental laws—and two religious freedom laws—to build his wall.
August 30, 2017
Alex Shephard
Republicans think now might be a good time to divert $1 billion from disaster funding to help build The Wall.
August 24, 2017
Brian Beutler
Will Republicans Have the Guts to Head Off a Shutdown?
If GOP lawmakers want to keep the lights on in the fall, they'll have to neutralize Trump. That means working with Democrats.
August 3, 2017
Clio Chang
Donald Trump cucked out on the border wall with Mexico.
July 3, 2017
Magazine
Laura Reston
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Griselda San Martin
Five Minutes of Family
Roughly once a year, the border wall opens to allow a handful of immigrants to reunite with their families on the other side.
April 27, 2017
Jeet Heer
Canada Is Too Nice to Stand Up to Trump
Justin Trudeau tried to befriend Trump, but bullies only respect people who fight back. That's why Trump is beating Trudeau to a pulp over trade.
April 13, 2017
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Rachel Monroe
Texas Doesn’t Want Trump’s Wall Either
The biggest hurdle to the president's proposal isn't money or geography. It's private landowners.
February 2, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump is only slightly more popular than his (very unpopular) executive orders.
January 27, 2017
Graham Vyse
Trump Is Already Betraying the White Working Class
His economic policies, like a potential tax on imports from Mexico, would most hurt the very voters he claims to champion.
January 26, 2017
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump is going to build a wall and American consumers are going to pay for it.
January 25, 2017
Ryan Kearney
The Trump alarmists were right: Our worst fears about his presidency are coming true.
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