Inconvenient Truths Inconvenient Truths
Alarming things we have learned under Trump, but not always about him.
Nov 6, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
Democrats Need to Stop Freaking Out About Polls Democrats Need to Stop Freaking Out About Polls
Centrists are overplaying the prospect of Trump’s reelection to scare Democrats away from progressive candidates.
Nov 6, 2019 / Jeet Heer
The Pentagon Won’t Acknowledge Hundreds of Military Bases The Pentagon Won’t Acknowledge Hundreds of Military Bases
Nov 6, 2019 / Nick Turse
Trump’s Attempt to Weaponize Impeachment Blew Up on Him in Kentucky Trump’s Attempt to Weaponize Impeachment Blew Up on Him in Kentucky
By the president’s own rubric, Democrats won where it mattered in Tuesday’s election.
Nov 6, 2019 / John Nichols
The Democratic Wins in Virginia Are What Happens When You Have a Smart Ground Game—and Fair Elections The Democratic Wins in Virginia Are What Happens When You Have a Smart Ground Game—and Fair Elections
Democrats flipped both chambers of the state legislature thanks to years of hard work, diverse and inspiring candidates—and district maps that didn’t discriminate against black vot...
Nov 6, 2019 / Joan Walsh
Trump’s Immigrant Horror Show Trump’s Immigrant Horror Show
Goya’s Saturn revisited.
Nov 6, 2019 / OppArt / Edel Rodriguez
Pro-Brexit Sentiment Is Still Strong in a Region That Stands to Lose the Most From It Pro-Brexit Sentiment Is Still Strong in a Region That Stands to Lose the Most From It
In Sunderland, which has borne austerity cuts on top of the ravages of a neoliberal economy, this is one more issue on which people’s voices aren’t being heard.
Nov 6, 2019 / Rachel Shabi
Nationalism Is Global. The Left Is on the Defensive. Nationalism Is Global. The Left Is on the Defensive.
But the climate crisis is the right’s Achilles’ heel.
Nov 6, 2019 / John Feffer
Violence Is in the Air Violence Is in the Air
A new study shows that the rate of violent crime increases with the level of smog.
Nov 6, 2019 / Michelle Chen
The Queerness of Bruce Springsteen The Queerness of Bruce Springsteen
The Boss’s songs of self-discovery and longing find an unexpected home with queer people.
Nov 6, 2019 / Naomi Gordon-Loebl