Bernie Sanders Is Making a National Issue of This Strike Bernie Sanders Is Making a National Issue of This Strike
Democrats and progressives need to focus on what the United Electrical union calls the “first major US manufacturing strike of the Trump era.”
Feb 26, 2019 / John Nichols
Let’s Fight for Universal Childcare Let’s Fight for Universal Childcare
It’s good for the economy and consistent with our values.
Feb 26, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Democratic Consultants Should Stop Working for Corporate Clients Democratic Consultants Should Stop Working for Corporate Clients
The Democratic Party’s top talent is working to undermine the party’s progressive agenda.
Feb 22, 2019 / Rebecca Kirszner Katz
The Obsession With Jussie Smollett’s ‘Hoax’ Is Obscuring the Real Threat of Racist Violence The Obsession With Jussie Smollett’s ‘Hoax’ Is Obscuring the Real Threat of Racist Violence
Where’s the media furor over real-live racists Christopher Paul Hasson and Roger Stone?
Feb 22, 2019 / Joan Walsh
American Democracy Has Been Eclipsed American Democracy Has Been Eclipsed
There is today no institutional counterpower to a presidential tyrant.
Feb 21, 2019 / Bernard E. Harcourt
US Foreign Policy Is for Sale US Foreign Policy Is for Sale
Washington think tanks receive millions of dollars from authoritarian governments to shape foreign policy in their favor.
Feb 21, 2019 / Benjamin Freeman
Fixing Tech’s Ethics Problem Starts in the Classroom Fixing Tech’s Ethics Problem Starts in the Classroom
In the age of big data, some universities are trying to train future technologists to consider the implications of tools before they’re used.
Feb 21, 2019 / Stephanie Wykstra
Heather Nauert’s 15 Minutes at the UN Are Up Heather Nauert’s 15 Minutes at the UN Are Up
The former Fox presenter will not be the next US ambassador to the United Nations—but another Trump crony surely will.
Feb 21, 2019 / Barbara Crossette
The Southern Paradox: The Democratic Party Below the Mason-Dixon Line The Southern Paradox: The Democratic Party Below the Mason-Dixon Line
Why and how the region switched from being the stronghold of one party to the base of its adversary.
Feb 21, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin
Elizabeth Warren Is Not Afraid of the Democrats Elizabeth Warren Is Not Afraid of the Democrats
The 2020 presidential candidate has a long track record of opposing lobbyists, billionaires, the Republicans—and her own party.
Feb 21, 2019 / Feature / George Zornick