The DCCC’s Plan to Punish Democrats for Backing Primary Challengers Is Sparking Major Backlash The DCCC’s Plan to Punish Democrats for Backing Primary Challengers Is Sparking Major Backlash
This attempt to protect incumbents will tamp down on the energy and diversity the party desperately needs.
May 8, 2019 / John Nichols
Russiagate Zealotry Continues to Endanger American National Security Russiagate Zealotry Continues to Endanger American National Security
If Venezuela becomes a Cuban Missile–like Crisis, will Trump be free to resolve it peacefully?
May 8, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
Liberal America’s Single-Family Hypocrisy Liberal America’s Single-Family Hypocrisy
Increasing the density of America’s cities is a crucial part of progressive city planning.
May 8, 2019 / Benjamin Schneider
Women’s Rights Are Human Rights Women’s Rights Are Human Rights
Patriarchy is violence.
May 8, 2019 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Trump and Bolton Are Putting War With Iran on a Hair Trigger Trump and Bolton Are Putting War With Iran on a Hair Trigger
The announcement that the Pentagon is sending a strike force to the Middle East caps a yearlong campaign of threats and intimidation.
May 7, 2019 / Bob Dreyfuss
America’s Defense Budget Is Bigger Than You Think America’s Defense Budget Is Bigger Than You Think
Each year, Congress approves hundreds of billions of dollars for the US defense budget—but the real number exceeds $1 trillion.
May 7, 2019 / William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger
DC’s Leaders Shouldn’t Wait to Prioritize Racial Equity DC’s Leaders Shouldn’t Wait to Prioritize Racial Equity
Activists in Washington say the mayor’s proposed budget would worsen disinvestment in black communities.
May 7, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann
Trump Promised Restraint but Has Delivered More Calamitous Intervention Trump Promised Restraint but Has Delivered More Calamitous Intervention
He is sowing chaos and intervening from Yemen to Iran to Venezuela and beyond.
May 7, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Take Action Now: No Way to Treat a Child Take Action Now: No Way to Treat a Child
Push Congress and corporations to acknowledge the rights of Palestinians.
May 7, 2019 / NationAction
Las Comadres Is Fighting to Make Abortion Safe in Ecuador—Even While It’s Illegal Las Comadres Is Fighting to Make Abortion Safe in Ecuador—Even While It’s Illegal
The group represents a new tactic in abortion-rights activism, which skirts legal restrictions and the often risky surgical procedures that defined clandestine abortions in the pas...
May 7, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter