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west Virginia statehouse, capitol, economic bill of rights

In West Virginia, Can the Left Win Back “Trump Country”? In West Virginia, Can the Left Win Back “Trump Country”?

Not until coastal journalists stop viewing rural people as an exotic species.

Oct 16, 2023 / Richard Eskow

Texas Republicans

Texas Republicans Want to Ban the State From Taxing the Rich Texas Republicans Want to Ban the State From Taxing the Rich

Proposition 3 would prohibit the creation of a “wealth tax” in the Lone Star State, putting businesses and billionaires over the average citizen.

Oct 16, 2023 / StudentNation / Aina Marzia

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US President Joe Biden in New York on September 20, 2023.

Israelis Are Rejecting Netanyahu. So Why Is Biden Giving Him a Blank Check? Israelis Are Rejecting Netanyahu. So Why Is Biden Giving Him a Blank Check?

The president needs to recognize that Israelis are right when they criticize Netanyahu as a failed leader. Then he needs to stop giving him the green light to destroy Gaza.

Oct 14, 2023 / John Nichols

Lost in a fog.

Oct 13, 2023 / Steve Brodner

House majority leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) announces that he is pulling out of the race to become speaker following a House Republican Conference meeting on Capitol Hill on Thursday evening, October 12, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

The House GOP Is Irretrievably Broken The House GOP Is Irretrievably Broken

It couldn’t happen to a more deserving group of people. The problem is that their dysfunction could break the country, too.

Oct 13, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Silence Is Complicity

Silence Is Complicity Silence Is Complicity

Let’s speak out against white supremacy, human trafficking, bigotry, sexual abuse, gun violence, oppression, mass shootings, domestic violence…

Oct 13, 2023 / OppArt / Judy Polstra

The Supreme Court Is Going to Rubber-Stamp Racial Gerrymandering

The Supreme Court Is Going to Rubber-Stamp Racial Gerrymandering The Supreme Court Is Going to Rubber-Stamp Racial Gerrymandering

The court has found a loophole that could allow districts to exclude Black voters—and still call it constitutional.

Oct 12, 2023 / Elie Mystal

Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) enters the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.

Omar and Tlaib Are Condemned in the US for Saying What Prominent Israelis Are Saying Omar and Tlaib Are Condemned in the US for Saying What Prominent Israelis Are Saying

The White House is ripping Squad members for proposing de-escalation and diplomacy to stop the killing of Israelis and Palestinians.

Oct 12, 2023 / John Nichols

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks to reporters at a press conference on government funding in the U.S. Capitol on September 29, 2023.

Democrats Can Win Big in 2024. But They Have to Fight for It. Democrats Can Win Big in 2024. But They Have to Fight for It.

Republican chaos may help Democrats some in 2024. But if they want to win, they really need to help themselves.

Oct 12, 2023 / John Nichols for The Nation

Donald Trump in 2016

It’s No Mystery Why Racists Have Fallen in Love With Trump’s Republican Party It’s No Mystery Why Racists Have Fallen in Love With Trump’s Republican Party

The KKK did not choose to support Donald Trump because he was a Republican—but because they agreed with the ideas that he and other far-right politicians spout.

Oct 11, 2023 / Clarence Lusane

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