The Class Politics of the Civil War The Class Politics of the Civil War
By naming a common enemy—the privileged class of slaveholders—the Republican Party and Union Army were able to build and then steer a coalition of Americans toward the systematic d...
Jul 15, 2019 / Books & the Arts / James Oakes
The Worlds of Kathleen Collins The Worlds of Kathleen Collins
The quiet brilliance of her films and fiction was found in her ability to to place the interior and subjective in the context of the social and political.
Jul 15, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Farah Jasmine Griffin
When Trump Is Tweeting Racist Attacks on Progressive Democratic Women, It’s Time to Impeach When Trump Is Tweeting Racist Attacks on Progressive Democratic Women, It’s Time to Impeach
Rashida Tlaib sums it up: “Want a response to a lawless and complete failure of a President? He needs to be impeached.”
Jul 15, 2019 / John Nichols
Stars and Stripes. ‘Never Again’ Is Now. Stars and Stripes. ‘Never Again’ Is Now.
Conditions at migrant detention camps are unconscionable, and we all know it.
Jul 15, 2019 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
How Do We Build Resistance Before Disaster Strikes? How Do We Build Resistance Before Disaster Strikes?
Thirty-five years ago, organizers devised a new way to fight injustice before our government enacts a horrific policy: a pledge of resistance.
Jul 15, 2019 / Mark Engler
Donald Trump and the Plot to Take Over the Courts Donald Trump and the Plot to Take Over the Courts
How the 45th president has packed the courts with ultraconservatives—and reshaped the judiciary for a generation.
Jul 15, 2019 / Feature / Elie Mystal
Trump Wants to Use ‘Citizenship Data’ to Gerrymander Democracy Trump Wants to Use ‘Citizenship Data’ to Gerrymander Democracy
The Census won’t include a citizenship question, but a scheme to use citizenship data for redistricting threatens representation.
Jul 13, 2019 / John Nichols
Unions Are Finally Learning to Love the Green New Deal Unions Are Finally Learning to Love the Green New Deal
A blue-green coalition between organized labor and climate activists is no longer a pipe dream.
Jul 12, 2019 / Bob Massie
Trump’s Retreat on the Census Question Is Not a Victory Trump’s Retreat on the Census Question Is Not a Victory
It’s a warning for the next time the Supreme Court rules against him.
Jul 12, 2019 / Elie Mystal
Leftists Shouldn’t Go on Tucker Carlson Leftists Shouldn’t Go on Tucker Carlson
But they should keep talking to the Fox News audience—without normalizing racists.
Jul 12, 2019 / Jeet Heer