How Can Democrats Form an Agenda When Trump Looms Over Everything? How Can Democrats Form an Agenda When Trump Looms Over Everything?
Democrats also need to beef up their foreign-policy analyses.
May 19, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage
Joe Lieberman Is a Civil Libertarian’s Nightmare Joe Lieberman Is a Civil Libertarian’s Nightmare
The nation’s top law-enforcement officer shouldn’t have flagrant disregard for constitutional protections.
May 19, 2017 / George Zornick
Trump Is a Cornered Megalomaniac—and That’s a Grave Danger to the Country Trump Is a Cornered Megalomaniac—and That’s a Grave Danger to the Country
He will likely resort to all the tricks of the demagogue as he fights for his survival.
May 19, 2017 / Sasha Abramsky
Factory or Forest, Modernity and Climate Change Factory or Forest, Modernity and Climate Change
In India, the pathology of denial about global warming reveals the real crisis at our door—one of imagination.
May 19, 2017 / Abhrajyoti Chakraborty
The Rev. William Barber Is Bringing MLK’s Poor People’s Campaign Back to Life The Rev. William Barber Is Bringing MLK’s Poor People’s Campaign Back to Life
Barber is stepping down from his post at the North Carolina NAACP to lead what he calls a “national moral revival.”
May 19, 2017 / Dani McClain
The Airport Lawyers Who Stood Up to Trump Are Under Attack The Airport Lawyers Who Stood Up to Trump Are Under Attack
The Department of Justice is perverting a rule to shut down immigrant-rights lawyers.
May 19, 2017 / Rachel B. Tiven
It’s Time for the Government to Give Everyone a Job It’s Time for the Government to Give Everyone a Job
A new plan from CAP is a promising first step.
May 19, 2017 / David Dayen
ICE Has Made Over 41,000 Arrests in Trump’s First 100 Days ICE Has Made Over 41,000 Arrests in Trump’s First 100 Days
Cracking down on undocumented immigrants is one campaign promise he’s keeping.
May 18, 2017 / Julianne Hing
My Only Meeting With Roger Ailes My Only Meeting With Roger Ailes
“I created a TV network for people 55 to dead,” the late, disgraced Fox News founder told me in 2000. “And they don’t want to see anyone like you.”
May 18, 2017 / Joan Walsh
Sheriff David Clarke Is Determined to Suspend Habeas Corpus and Shred the Bill of Rights Sheriff David Clarke Is Determined to Suspend Habeas Corpus and Shred the Bill of Rights
The right-wing extremist’s disregard for the Constitution is well documented, and now he’s reportedly joining Trump’s DHS.
May 18, 2017 / John Nichols