Government

Right to BDS

Nearly 50 Senators Want to Make It a Felony to Boycott Israel Nearly 50 Senators Want to Make It a Felony to Boycott Israel

The goal is to frighten people from engaging in the completely legal act of living out their values.

Aug 4, 2017 / Aniqa Raihan

Chuck Schumer Better Deal

The Quiet Audacity of the Democratic ‘Better Deal’ The Quiet Audacity of the Democratic ‘Better Deal’

An alphabet soup of new agencies could shake up federal oversight.

Aug 4, 2017 / David Dayen

Unveiling of 'A Better Deal'

Democrats Need to Find Their Voice on Tax Reform Democrats Need to Find Their Voice on Tax Reform

And they need to do it fast. 

Aug 4, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

Trump Golfing

Donald Trump Has Just 1 Thing in Common With Past American Presidents Donald Trump Has Just 1 Thing in Common With Past American Presidents

Now watch him screw that up, too.

Aug 3, 2017 / Robert Lipsyte

Medicare for all at Trump Tower

Medicare-for-All Isn’t the Solution for Universal Health Care Medicare-for-All Isn’t the Solution for Universal Health Care

The health-care debate is moving to the left. But if progressives don’t start sweating the details, we’re going to fail yet again.

Aug 2, 2017 / Joshua Holland

Donald Trump and Ryan Zinke Are Purging Climate Scientists for Telling the Truth

Donald Trump and Ryan Zinke Are Purging Climate Scientists for Telling the Truth Donald Trump and Ryan Zinke Are Purging Climate Scientists for Telling the Truth

Dozens of senior officials have been reassigned at the Department of the Interior, including Dr. Virginia Burkett, who contributed to the IPCC reports that won the Nobel Peace Priz...

Aug 2, 2017 / Adam Federman

Unveiling of 'A Better Deal'

There’s an Even Better Deal the Democrats Could Be Considering There’s an Even Better Deal the Democrats Could Be Considering

Democrats have an opportunity to draw an even sharper contrast with the GOP by embracing the kind of bold populism that this moment demands.

Aug 1, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tom Tomorrow Cartoon

This Is All Very, Very, Very Normal This Is All Very, Very, Very Normal

An oh-so-normal week in Washington, in review.

Aug 1, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

Redlining Returns To Denver, but With a Neoliberal Twist

Redlining Returns To Denver, but With a Neoliberal Twist Redlining Returns To Denver, but With a Neoliberal Twist

The last great surge in highway-based urban renewal projects displaced residents and divided communities. Now an attempt to correct those mistakes might only compound them.

Jul 31, 2017 / Caroline Tracey

John Kelly and Donald Trump

Meet John Kelly, Donald Trump’s New Enabler in Chief Meet John Kelly, Donald Trump’s New Enabler in Chief

Kelly has a record of coddling Trump—and no good will come of that.

Jul 28, 2017 / John Nichols

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