If Trump Fires Mueller, We Must Impeach If Trump Fires Mueller, We Must Impeach
The country will find itself in a constitutional crisis, where the executive branch rejects checks and balances and the rule of law.
Dec 15, 2017 / John Nichols
Retail Jobs Don’t Have to Be Awful Retail Jobs Don’t Have to Be Awful
There are a lot of ways to turn retail jobs into living-wage careers—profit-hungry companies just aren’t doing them.
Dec 15, 2017 / Michelle Chen
How Do Politicians Get Away With Cutting Taxes for the Rich? How Do Politicians Get Away With Cutting Taxes for the Rich?
Americans don’t want this tax bill, yet it’s likely to pass.
Dec 15, 2017 / Sean McElwee and Spencer Piston
What’s Going to Save Journalism? What’s Going to Save Journalism?
Killing net neutrality, which the Republican-controlled FCC voted to do yesterday, is only the most recent gut punch to a free press.
Dec 15, 2017 / Leslie Savan
Lil Peep’s Optimist Love Songs Lil Peep’s Optimist Love Songs
Gustav Åhr was emo-rap’s most visible representative and the genre’s most mainstream success, but what set his music apart was not its despair but its deep sense of hope.
Dec 15, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen
These Pharmaceutical Companies Are Making a Killing Off the Opioid Crisis These Pharmaceutical Companies Are Making a Killing Off the Opioid Crisis
Why do the manufacturers of naloxone, the life-saving overdose antidote, keep hiking the price?
Dec 15, 2017 / Daniel Denvir
Moore Is Less: Two Artists’ Responses Moore Is Less: Two Artists’ Responses
Roy Moore rides off, leaving a trail of accusations.
Dec 15, 2017 / OppArt / Peter Kuper and Michael de Adder
How Should I Deal With My 11-Year-Old Daughter Who Wants to Dress Slutty? How Should I Deal With My 11-Year-Old Daughter Who Wants to Dress Slutty?
Another reader asks what Jesus would do about a creepy guy at church.
Dec 15, 2017 / Liza Featherstone
Gutting Net Neutrality Is the Trump Administration’s Most Brutal Blow to Democracy Yet Gutting Net Neutrality Is the Trump Administration’s Most Brutal Blow to Democracy Yet
This cannot be the end of a free and open Internet. Activists must fight on in the courts, in Congress, and in the streets.
Dec 14, 2017 / John Nichols
Trump Is Playing a Fascinating Game With NAFTA Negotiations Trump Is Playing a Fascinating Game With NAFTA Negotiations
Corporate America might regret calling the president’s bluff.
Dec 14, 2017 / David Dayen