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Revisiting the "Starbucks and swimming pool" problem ... A new soft bigotry of low expectations? ... Glenn: Some so-called microaggressions are in fact justified ... John: When I'm microagressed against, I feel superior ... The Nation magazine's racially controversial poem ... John calls Jordan Peterson "kind of sinister" ... The experience of being the only black person at a conference ...

Eve's essay on how the 1990s shaped #MeToo ... Fear and possibility in a '90s childhood ... The decade when testing took over ... What '90s kids did and didn't learn about sex ... Being a cool girl vs. being a good girl ... When and why Eve wanted to say no but couldn't ... How #MeToo has recast women's understanding of old relationships ... Are men capable of being better? ...

David’s new book, Into the Hands of the Soldiers ... How David wound up witnessing the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 ... Al Jazeera as the “Johnny Appleseed” of the Arab Spring ... Varieties of Islamism, from “conservative” to “liberal” ... The Muslim Brotherhood as a bourgeois movement ... Mohamed Morsi’s election, brief tenure, and removal from power in July 2013 ... Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s post-coup struggle for legitimacy ... The Obama administration’s muddled pre-coup messaging to coup-master Sisi ... Did the coup give fuel to Islamist extremists? ...

James explains the Democratic Socialists of America ... What does DSA member Ocasio-Cortez’s win portend for the Democrats? ... Was it smart for DSA members to disrupt the Homeland Security Secretary's dinner? ... Why Medicare for All is the DSA’s flagship policy issue ... The effect of Twitter culture and Chapo Trap House on DSA ... James’s essay on DSA’s future electoral strategy ...

With the economy hot, why are Trump's approval ratings not? ... What if Trump wants to be a one-term president? ... Why Dems should pay more attention to their boring old centrist senators ... Bill: It's time for NeverTrump conservatives to just become Democrats ... Is Trump the "racist uncle" of the GOP family? ... The dangers of watching '80s sitcoms with your kids ...

Kathleen's new book on the white power movement, Bring the War Home ... How some veterans of Vietnam and the Gulf War turned to white nationalism ... Did the 1990s militias' plan to overthrow the federal government make any sense? ... The causes and consequences of the Oklahoma City bombing ... Does PTSD explain the veteran-turned-militiaman? ... "ISIS-associated" Islamist terrorists and "lone-wolf" white nationalists ...

Why Coleman dissents from the racial orthodoxy at Columbia University ... Why is race America's most radioactive topic? ... Social injustice vs. cosmic injustice ... The allure of racial grievance ... Does the black community need better public policies or just self-help? ... What's the point of affirmative action these days? ... The case against Columbia's "Great Books" curriculum ...

Drawing conclusions from Michael Cohen’s secret Trump recording ... Is politics becoming the last refuge of the celebrity? ... Did Communism run rampant in the FDR administration? ... Bill wonders if Trump is the modern-day Alger Hiss ... The surprising alliance between American social conservatives and Putin ... Bill: Far-left candidates should be wary of opportunistic support from Russia ...

What's next after Trump's tweet threatening Iran? ... Bob vs. Eli on whether Iran is a meaningful threat to the US ... Comparing Iranian and Israeli foreign interventions ... Bob: America and its allies turned Syria from a tragedy into a catastrophe ... Why Bob sees no chance of Trump cutting a deal with Iran ... Was the uproar over Trump's Helsinki performance overblown? ... Is the Republic at peril? ...

Stephen's new book, Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics ... The Henry VI trilogy: Making England Great Again ... Why Shakespeare understood demagogues so well ... Shakespeare's distrust of democracy and the mob ... How do you stop a tyrant? ... The mad kings in Lear and The Winter's Tale ... Richard III and Trump, fusing comedy and malice ...