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Cincinnati, Ohio poll station

The Supreme Court Could Make It Easier for States to Purge Voters The Supreme Court Could Make It Easier for States to Purge Voters

The Court has decided to hear a new case from Ohio, where Democrats were twice as likely as Republicans to be purged from the rolls in the state’s largest counties.

May 30, 2017 / Ari Berman

Christine Pellegrino Win

No, the ‘Resistance’ Isn’t Failing at the Voting Booth. Here’s Where It’s Winning. No, the ‘Resistance’ Isn’t Failing at the Voting Booth. Here’s Where It’s Winning.

The demand for fundamental change sparked by the Sanders insurgency is still building inside and outside the Democratic Party.

May 30, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

No Rational Nation Would Ever Elect Such a Leader No Rational Nation Would Ever Elect Such a Leader

How much stress can democracy withstand before it collapses? Hmm...

May 30, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

hillary clinton wellesley

Hillary Clinton Roasts the Toxic Trump Administration in a Remarkable Speech Hillary Clinton Roasts the Toxic Trump Administration in a Remarkable Speech

“When people in power invent their own facts and attack those who question them, it can mark the beginning of the end of a free society.”

May 26, 2017 / John Nichols

CNN Roundtable on Trump's Civil War Comments

Conservatives Complain That Republicans Have a Liberal Bias Conservatives Complain That Republicans Have a Liberal Bias

Trump’s negative media coverage is being driven not by Democrats but by law-enforcement sources and pissed-off Republicans.

May 26, 2017 / Joshua Holland

Rob Quist Concession Montana

While Democrats Bicker, Another Bully Wins an Election While Democrats Bicker, Another Bully Wins an Election

The “resistance” to Trump still needs to get a national win on the board.

May 26, 2017 / D.D. Guttenplan

medicare for all protest

Will the Republican Health-Care Debacle Pave the Way for ‘Medicare for All’? Will the Republican Health-Care Debacle Pave the Way for ‘Medicare for All’?

Only if progressives force the debate.

May 25, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

Paul Ryan demonstrator

More Proof Republicans Are Just Lying About Trumpcare More Proof Republicans Are Just Lying About Trumpcare

A long-awaited analysis from the Congressional Budget Office confirms that the GOP’s health-care bill punishes people with preexisting conditions.  

May 25, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter

Democrats Are Launching a Commission to Protect American Democracy From Trump

Democrats Are Launching a Commission to Protect American Democracy From Trump Democrats Are Launching a Commission to Protect American Democracy From Trump

In response to Trump’s “election integrity” commission, the DNC is going on offense on voting rights.

May 25, 2017 / Ari Berman

Trump's budget cuts

Donald Trump to Hungry Seniors: Drop Dead Donald Trump to Hungry Seniors: Drop Dead

Some 10 million elders are threatened by hunger—but the president’s budget would slash desperately needed funding for food programs.

May 24, 2017 / Trudy Lieberman

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