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How Bill Clinton set the stage for the GOP's war on the poor.

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How Trump boosted his book sales and gamed the New York Times best-seller list.

The '50s noir novelist investigated sources of rot in the American grain.

I argued that demographics favored the Democrats. I was wrong.

No matter how he leaves the White House, we'll never be rid of Trump—and all that he represents about America.

A right-wing economist’s plan to rig democracy for the rich.

How Trump quietly gutted a program to combat homegrown extremists.

Closed off from the world, North Korea weaves a highly militarized mind-set into the fabric of everyday life.

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