2 Progressives Are Fighting to Represent Chicago in Congress 2 Progressives Are Fighting to Represent Chicago in Congress
But is the race between Chuy Garcia and Carlos Ramirez-Rosa a sign of progressive strength—or weakness?
Dec 5, 2017 / D.D. Guttenplan
Donald Trump Is Just the Front Man for a Massive Heist Donald Trump Is Just the Front Man for a Massive Heist
Republican elites are pushing through their agenda while the president acts a fool.
Dec 5, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage
A New Poor People’s Campaign Wants to Change How Society Defines Morality A New Poor People’s Campaign Wants to Change How Society Defines Morality
In the wealthiest country in the world, poverty is still taking a devastating toll on millions of people of all races.
Dec 5, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What We Can Learn From Art Painted Inside Guantánamo What We Can Learn From Art Painted Inside Guantánamo
A New York exhibition gives a rare glimpse into America’s most controversial prison.
Dec 4, 2017 / Erin L. Thompson
Republicans Are Looting the Treasury While They Still Can Republicans Are Looting the Treasury While They Still Can
They know a backlash is coming, and they’re making the most of their power while they have it.
Dec 2, 2017 / Joshua Holland
Flynn Pleads Guilty: Is He Singing on Trump-Russia? Flynn Pleads Guilty: Is He Singing on Trump-Russia?
Apart from the president’s own family, the former national-security adviser could do the most damage to the president.
Dec 1, 2017 / Bob Dreyfuss
Rick Perlstein: The Trouble With Anti-Trump Republicans Rick Perlstein: The Trouble With Anti-Trump Republicans
Jeff Flake, Bob Corker, and John McCain still vote with Trump 90 percent of the time.
Dec 1, 2017 / Jon Wiener
Democrats Don’t Need Trump Supporters to Win Elections Democrats Don’t Need Trump Supporters to Win Elections
The 2017 elections made clear that the Obama coalition is the majority.
Dec 1, 2017 / Steve Phillips
Long Sacrosanct, the Mortgage-Interest Deduction Comes Under Scrutiny Long Sacrosanct, the Mortgage-Interest Deduction Comes Under Scrutiny
But Republicans want to funnel savings to the rich—not renters, who could use the help.
Dec 1, 2017 / Bryce Covert
Trump Begins to Feel His Way Toward a Post-American World Trump Begins to Feel His Way Toward a Post-American World
Whether or not by design, Trump seems to recognize that Xi’s dynamically emergent China has to be accommodated, not resisted.
Nov 30, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence