The NFL’s War Against Colin Kaepernick The NFL’s War Against Colin Kaepernick
Leading media members are carrying on a disinformation campaign against the greatest political lightning rod in sports.
Jun 8, 2017 / Dave Zirin
Breaking Up the Banks Is Easier Than You Might Think Breaking Up the Banks Is Easier Than You Might Think
If Trump really wanted to go after the banks, there’s a simple way he could do it.
Jun 8, 2017 / Nomi Prins
David Cole: Are the Courts Going Too Far in Rejecting Trump’s Travel Ban? David Cole: Are the Courts Going Too Far in Rejecting Trump’s Travel Ban?
The national legal director of the ACLU says Trump’s ban just does not pass legal muster.
Jun 5, 2017 / Jon Wiener
Trump Is Like a Cornered Animal Trump Is Like a Cornered Animal
Sasha Abramsky on our irrational president, David Cole on the courts, and Paul Mason on Corbyn.
Jun 1, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The White House Assembles Its Defense The White House Assembles Its Defense
Though they’re thinking a war room might help To avoid all these stinging defeats, It seems clear that the aide they should add Is a special assistant for tweets.
Jun 1, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Texas’s SB 4 Is the Most Dramatic State Crackdown Yet on Sanctuary Cities Texas’s SB 4 Is the Most Dramatic State Crackdown Yet on Sanctuary Cities
The law is Texas’s acknowledgement that the federal government is dependent on local law enforcement to carry out its deportation agenda.
Jun 1, 2017 / StudentNation / Julianne Hing
The Outcome of This Obscure Lawsuit Could Undermine Constitutional Government The Outcome of This Obscure Lawsuit Could Undermine Constitutional Government
The Georgia Supreme Court is about to decide whether citizens can sue the state. It’s chilling to imagine what could happen if the justices say they cannot.
May 31, 2017 / Cara Sabatini
To Impeach or Not to Impeach? And Is That Even the Question? To Impeach or Not to Impeach? And Is That Even the Question?
Four writers debate whether Trump's removal from office is a priority or a distraction.
May 31, 2017 / Doug Henwood, Steve Phillips, Christopher D. Cook, and Medea Benjamin
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
How the 1989 War on Manuel Noriega’s Panama Super-Charged US Militarism How the 1989 War on Manuel Noriega’s Panama Super-Charged US Militarism
It brought together neocons and realists in a warm-up act for the first Gulf War.
May 30, 2017 / Greg Grandin