Trump clearly participated in a coup. Itâs less clear that Nixon ordered the Watergate break-in 50 years ago. Letâs look at the evidence. by Timothy Noah
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Patty Murray Is Not Giving Up on Childcare Relief The senator from Washington state hopes to address the urgent needs of working familiesâand shift perceptions of a Democratic Party thatâs struggled to fulfill its promises. by Grace Segers
Thom Gunnâs Anti-Confessional Poetry With a genius for understatement and formal restraint, Gunn wrote some of the most powerful poetry of the AIDS crisis. by Jeremy Lybarger