Jill Stein’s Recount Drive Is Futile and Misdirected Jill Stein’s Recount Drive Is Futile and Misdirected
I’m all for recounts in any close election—but I also believe in facing facts.
Nov 28, 2016 / Bruce Shapiro
The President-Elect Is an Internet Troll The President-Elect Is an Internet Troll
And the media has no idea what to do with him.
Nov 28, 2016 / Joan Walsh
Donald Trump Is the Greatest Threat to American Democracy in Our Lifetime Donald Trump Is the Greatest Threat to American Democracy in Our Lifetime
His lies about voter fraud are a prelude to massive voter suppression.
Nov 28, 2016 / Ari Berman
It’s Time to Retire Steny Hoyer It’s Time to Retire Steny Hoyer
Nancy Pelosi’s leadership is essential to an opposition Democratic Party, but her whip, Steny Hoyer, is a favorite of lobbyists and corporations.
Nov 28, 2016 / Robert L. Borosage
Donald Trump Is a Hypersensitive, Tantrum-Throwing Sore Winner—but the Recount Must Go On Donald Trump Is a Hypersensitive, Tantrum-Throwing Sore Winner—but the Recount Must Go On
Perfectly reasonable plans to recount votes in three battleground states have the president-elect acting even more thin-skinned than Richard Nixon.
Nov 28, 2016 / John Nichols
Donald Trump’s Looming Mass Criminalization Donald Trump’s Looming Mass Criminalization
The only way to quickly deport 3 million immigrants is to first make them into criminals—and he’ll have the tools to do so on day one.
Nov 28, 2016 / Feature / Seth Freed Wessler
After Fidel Castro, What Comes Next? After Fidel Castro, What Comes Next?
Castro’s death comes at a particularly delicate stage in the ongoing effort to normalize Cuba-US relations.
Nov 26, 2016 / Peter Kornbluh
Philip Guston’s Man Beyond Redemption Philip Guston’s Man Beyond Redemption
Guston’s drawings of Richard Nixon stayed private until decades after the artist’s death.
Nov 26, 2016 / Alina Cohen
Fidel Castro, 1926–2016 Fidel Castro, 1926–2016
The Cuban revolutionary almost outlasted 11 US presidents.
Nov 26, 2016 / Greg Grandin
Police Attacked Standing Rock Activists For Hours. Why Are They Calling It A Riot? Police Attacked Standing Rock Activists For Hours. Why Are They Calling It A Riot?
Misleading narratives obscure the reality of the stand at Standing Rock.
Nov 25, 2016 / Evelyn Nieves