How to Beat Trump in 2020 How to Beat Trump in 2020
John Nichols on strategy, Michael Kazin on Southern Democrats, and Katha Pollitt on political victories for women.
Mar 14, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Ilhan Omar Affair Was a Victory for Social Movements and Palestinian Rights The Ilhan Omar Affair Was a Victory for Social Movements and Palestinian Rights
The spirited defense of the freshman congresswoman against unfair attack was the result of years of grassroots organizing. But will it really change the entrenched status quo in Wa...
Mar 13, 2019 / Phyllis Bennis
Progressive ‘Piss and Vinegar’ Takes On Albany Progressive ‘Piss and Vinegar’ Takes On Albany
How a new class of lawmakers is transforming the New York State legislature.
Mar 13, 2019 / Raina Lipsitz
Could the Utah Jazz Be Turning a Corner? Could the Utah Jazz Be Turning a Corner?
A racist heckle and an unrepentant player, and maybe a light of progress.
Mar 13, 2019 / Dave Zirin
A European Spring Is Possible A European Spring Is Possible
The DiEM25 proposes immediate financial changes to end austerity and fund a green—and hopefully post-capitalist—future.
Mar 13, 2019 / Yanis Varoufakis
Confronting Puerto Rico’s Coal-Ash Crisis Confronting Puerto Rico’s Coal-Ash Crisis
A mountain of toxic coal ash is sickening the territory’s residents.
Mar 13, 2019 / Michelle Chen
Hunting for Lions and Liberation Hunting for Lions and Liberation
Rachel Ingalls’s 1983 novel Binstead’s Safari is a fable-like account of the price of feminism and the freedom from domesticity.
Mar 13, 2019 / Maya Binyam
Venezuela’s Deadly Blackout Highlights the Need for a Negotiated Resolution of the Crisis Venezuela’s Deadly Blackout Highlights the Need for a Negotiated Resolution of the Crisis
Maduro is corrupt and increasingly repressive, but US sanctions and violence by the US-supported opposition have contributed to Venezuelans’ suffering.
Mar 13, 2019 / Gabriel Hetland
Israel’s Netanyahu Sounds Familiar Israel’s Netanyahu Sounds Familiar
When all else fails, cry “Witch!”
Mar 13, 2019 / OppArt / Randall Enos
Liberals Are Digging Their Own Grave With Russiagate Liberals Are Digging Their Own Grave With Russiagate
Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen say that the risk of outright conflict between the US and Russia is increasing all the time.
Mar 12, 2019 / The Nation