Ben Carson Just Keeps Getting More Awful. Why?

Ben Carson Just Keeps Getting More Awful. Why? The mild-mannered reactionary used to be the anti-Trump. Now he’s one-upping him on guns. This won’t end well. JOAN WALSH

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Why We Can’t Have Nice Things—Like Gun Control Gun extremists in Congress, heavily backed by weapons manufacturers and the NRA, wield wildly disproportionate influence. THE EDITORS

Fetal-Tissue Bans Are All About Making Abortion Providers Look Like Monsters Life-saving research is collateral damage in the war on Planned Parenthood. KATHA POLLITT

Did Predatory Lenders Pay These 12 Lawmakers to Hobble the CFBP? An ethics complaint filed this week alleges that industry lobbyists and donors crossed the fuzzy line between routine fundraising and a quid pro quo arrangement. JOSHUA HOLLAND

Hillary Clinton Just Made Passage of the TPP Much More Difficult Forget 2016–Hillary just changed the congressional debate on the trade pact. GEORGE ZORNICK

Major Report Exposes Insidious Campaign Against Pro-Palestine Activists on US Campuses Universities often face overwhelming, disproportionate pressure from powerful donors to censor the speech of professors and students. RADHIKA SAINATH

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