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Anti-Religious Politics
One party needs to stand against god in public policy.
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Getting Yelled at By Dumbasses
The defining experience of fascism.
Sep 16 • Hamilton Nolan
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Where Does News Come From?
This damn media machine stole my money!
Sep 10 • Hamilton Nolan
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New York Socialist City
Where taking care of everyone is common sense.
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All the Things That You Need a Billion Dollars to Buy Are Bad
One way to think about inequality.
Sep 3 • Hamilton Nolan
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Symbolic Battlefields
Fighting to tell America's story.
Sep 1 • Hamilton Nolan
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Thinking Ahead to the Full Military Takeover of Cities
A new executive order gives Trump his army.
Aug 27 • Hamilton Nolan
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More DEI! Louder!
Racism has turned a corporate buzzword into a moral imperative.
Aug 24 • Hamilton Nolan
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Three Crises of Labor
"Organize or Die" gets uncomfortably relevant.
Aug 20 • Hamilton Nolan
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How Pretexts Work
A manufactured crisis unfolds.
Aug 15 • Hamilton Nolan
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