Government

Russ Feingold Wisconsin

The Billionaire Class Is Terrified That Russ Feingold Will Return to the Senate The Billionaire Class Is Terrified That Russ Feingold Will Return to the Senate

The very rich are spending very heavily to prevent the return of a very serious reformer to the Senate.

Oct 27, 2016 / John Nichols

Prison Barbed Wire

ICE Plans to Reopen the Very Same Private Prison the Feds Just Closed ICE Plans to Reopen the Very Same Private Prison the Feds Just Closed

Advocates cheered when the Justice Department began shuttering its private prisons. But immigration officials saw an opportunity.

Oct 27, 2016 / Seth Freed Wessler

Maine ranked choice voting

This Maine Initiative Could Shake Up the Two-Party System This Maine Initiative Could Shake Up the Two-Party System

Ranked-choice voting opens up elections to a broader, more diverse range of candidates and ideas.

Oct 27, 2016 / Hendrik Hertzberg

Dakota Pipeline police

Militarized Police Are Cracking Down on Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Militarized Police Are Cracking Down on Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters

As police prepare to clear a camp set up in the pipeline's path, human-rights groups are concerned about abuses by law enforcement. 

Oct 26, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Hillary at Brookings

The Geniuses Who Brought You the Iraq War Are at It Again The Geniuses Who Brought You the Iraq War Are at It Again

Washington’s bipartisan foreign-policy elite are pushing for renewed influence in the next administration.

Oct 26, 2016 / Robert L. Borosage

AT&T’s Plan to Control Media Won’t Let Freedom Ring

AT&T’s Plan to Control Media Won’t Let Freedom Ring AT&T’s Plan to Control Media Won’t Let Freedom Ring

The company’s mega-merger with Time Warner would erode equity in media. Don’t let its fake interest in racial justice make you think differently.

Oct 26, 2016 / Malkia Devich-Cyril

Obama’s Foreign Policy: A Hostage to Bipartisan Consensus

Obama’s Foreign Policy: A Hostage to Bipartisan Consensus Obama’s Foreign Policy: A Hostage to Bipartisan Consensus

He may have criticized the “Washington playbook,” but he couldn’t overcome DC's interventionist orthodoxy.

Oct 26, 2016 / Feature / James Carden

Paul Ryan and Bernie Sanders

It’s Paul Ryan Versus Bernie Sanders, and Sanders Is Winning It’s Paul Ryan Versus Bernie Sanders, and Sanders Is Winning

Since Ryan warned that Republican losses would empower Sanders, the senator has used the attack to raise millions for Democrats.

Oct 25, 2016 / John Nichols

Hillary Clinton CAP

Why Is the Foreign Policy Establishment Spoiling for More War? Look at Their Donors. Why Is the Foreign Policy Establishment Spoiling for More War? Look at Their Donors.

War is first and foremost a profitable racket.

Oct 25, 2016 / Dennis Kucinich

Trump supporters

A Progressive’s Answer to Trumpism A Progressive’s Answer to Trumpism

It will be a political and moral imperative for Democrats to start paying attention to many of Trump’s supporters and working to advance an inclusive populism that gives them ...

Oct 25, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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