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On this episode of Start Making Sense, Bhaskar Sunkara analyzes the constraints New York's new mayor will face, and Dave Zirin comments on brain injuries among football players.

With his approval number plummeting, Trump turns to a familiar strategy: launch a culture war against journalists.

She violated every journalism ethics code. But her childhood set her up to fall for a string of incompetent daddy-figures too lame to protect her.

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey is inventing reasons for the National Guard to occupy Washington, DC. We cannot let his outrageous fabrications take hold.

Don't just freeze the rent of rent-stabilized units. Don't allow their demolition at all.

Trump's war crimes deserve legal retribution, but also show why we need an entirely new foreign policy.

Yes. Trump is a Fascist.

The economic force is often seen as a barometer for a nation's mood and health. But have we misunderstood it all along?

Trump's urge to suppress free speech may be about Israel today, but count on one thing: It will be about something else tomorrow.

I traveled through airports and reported in sports stadiums this year. At each, I was asked to scan my face for security.