Government

Donald Trump shouting at 11-year-old boy

Trump’s War on Children Trump’s War on Children

White House policies form an unprecedented assault on kids—but, of course, not the white kids.

Jul 20, 2018 / Aziz Huq

Bruce Fein

Constitutional Lawyer Bruce Fein on the Effort to Stop ‘Presidential Wars’ Constitutional Lawyer Bruce Fein on the Effort to Stop ‘Presidential Wars’

He’s proposing legislation that could halt extrajudicial US military intervention.

Jul 19, 2018 / James Carden

Medicare for all at Trump Tower

House Progressives Go Big on Medicare for All House Progressives Go Big on Medicare for All

A new congressional caucus recognizes that “health care is a right” politics will defeat Trumpism.

Jul 19, 2018 / John Nichols

Trump and Putin Football

Trump and Putin: Separating the Surreal From the Sensible—Katrina vanden Heuvel Trump and Putin: Separating the Surreal From the Sensible—Katrina vanden Heuvel

Plus John Nichols on Kavanaugh and Adam Winkler on the Supreme Court and corporate “rights.”

Jul 19, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Beto O'Rourke at Texas Democratic Conventions

Beto O’Rourke Understands How Impeachment Works—and That’s Why He Supports Impeaching Trump Beto O’Rourke Understands How Impeachment Works—and That’s Why He Supports Impeaching Trump

A top Democratic contender recognizes that the House has a constitutional duty to hold the president to account.

Jul 18, 2018 / John Nichols

Brett Kavanaugh with Ted Cruz

Keeping Kavanaugh off the Supreme Court Keeping Kavanaugh off the Supreme Court

Senate confirmation of Trump’s pick is not a done deal, and a quick look at the judge’s influences tells you why it shouldn’t be.

Jul 18, 2018 / Bruce Shapiro

Helsinki Summit: Handshake between Putin and Trump

Parsing the Surreal From the Sensible in Trump’s Helsinki Performance Parsing the Surreal From the Sensible in Trump’s Helsinki Performance

He made many bizarre comments, but he is right to want to reduce tensions with Russia.

Jul 18, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, and Kevin McCarthy

Russiagate Is Far Wider Than Trump and His Inner Circle Russiagate Is Far Wider Than Trump and His Inner Circle

It isn’t just the story of a few corrupt officials, or even a corrupt president. It’s the story of a corrupt Republican Party.

Jul 17, 2018 / David Klion

I Came as a Journalist to Ask Important Questions

I Came as a Journalist to Ask Important Questions I Came as a Journalist to Ask Important Questions

If I hadn’t been forcibly ejected from the Trump-Putin press conference, here’s what I would have asked.

Jul 17, 2018 / Sam Husseini

Brett Kavanaugh

Judge Kavanaugh: An Originalist With a New—and Terrifying—Interpretation of Executive Power Judge Kavanaugh: An Originalist With a New—and Terrifying—Interpretation of Executive Power

With an ultraconservative majority on the Supreme Court, it will be up to Congress to save our civil rights.

Jul 13, 2018 / Patricia J. Williams

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