Bloomberg’s Campaign Threatens to Turn Our Elections Into an Auction Bloomberg’s Campaign Threatens to Turn Our Elections Into an Auction
In our broken campaign finance system, the barrier to running for office keeps getting higher.
Mar 3, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Does Hollywood Lose When It Works With China? What Does Hollywood Lose When It Works With China?
They may fight over censorship and trade, but the biggest players all want the same thing: movies that make as much money as possible.
Mar 3, 2020 / Phoebe Chen
A Brokered Convention Would Be an Ugly Act of Self-Sabotage A Brokered Convention Would Be an Ugly Act of Self-Sabotage
Are establishment Democrats really willing to destroy the party on live television?
Mar 2, 2020 / Ed Burmila
The Abortion Doctor and His Accuser The Abortion Doctor and His Accuser
What does it mean to take women’s claims of sexual assault seriously?
Mar 2, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The President Poses a Clear and Present Danger to the First Amendment The President Poses a Clear and Present Danger to the First Amendment
A Trump campaign suit against The New York Times shows how far he will take attacks on press freedom.
Feb 27, 2020 / John Nichols
Free Julian Assange! Free Julian Assange!
By depriving the WikiLeaks founder of his freedom, US and Britain prosecutors are intimidating journalists—and abetting torturers, war criminals, and kleptocrats everywhere.
Feb 26, 2020 / Charles Glass
The Failed Russiagate Playbook Can’t Stop Bernie Sanders The Failed Russiagate Playbook Can’t Stop Bernie Sanders
A politics rooted in real issues and real people is far more powerful than the cynical methods that brought us Russiagate.
Feb 25, 2020 / Aaron Maté
Get Ready for the Anti-Sanders Media Avalanche Get Ready for the Anti-Sanders Media Avalanche
Bernie Sander’s political rivals will target him. The question is whether cable-news contributors and other pundits pile on or act as a reality check.
Feb 25, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Trump Has Lifted the Mask From Our Empty Political Traditions Trump Has Lifted the Mask From Our Empty Political Traditions
His naked callousness has shown plainly that these rituals sometimes reveal the nonsense they’re meant to cover up.
Feb 25, 2020 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Mask Off: The 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team Has Long Been a Symbol of Reaction Mask Off: The 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team Has Long Been a Symbol of Reaction
Like it or not, the “Miracle on Ice” team has long allowed itself to be used by the worst actors in our politics.
Feb 24, 2020 / Dave Zirin