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Yemen airstrike

Demand an End to US Support for the War in Yemen Demand an End to US Support for the War in Yemen

Spread the word, call your senators, and help refugees in your community.

Dec 6, 2018 / NationAction

Donald Trump

A Presidency on Drugs A Presidency on Drugs

The Trump administration makes the news cycle feel like a bad dose of amphetamines.

Dec 6, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon

Scott Walker State Legislature

The Republican Party Has Become ‘a Conspiracy to Seize Power’ The Republican Party Has Become ‘a Conspiracy to Seize Power’

A brute-force power grab by Republicans in Wisconsin highlights the disregard for democracy that has infected the party of Lincoln. 

Dec 6, 2018 / John Nichols

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Letters From the December 31, 2018, Issue Letters From the December 31, 2018, Issue

The perils of make-work… Government workers, unite!… The edible is political (web-only)…

Dec 6, 2018 / Our Readers and Jon Wiener

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Sunrise Movement

The Best Strategy for the House Dems? Fight for Major Reforms. The Best Strategy for the House Dems? Fight for Major Reforms.

Sure, the Senate will block them. But pushing things like a Green New Deal and Medicare for All will energize grassroots activists and supercharge the coming presidential primary.

Dec 6, 2018 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage

Bannon on Hannity

Actual Journalism Is Under an Asymmetrical Attack Actual Journalism Is Under an Asymmetrical Attack

Far-right media isn’t playing by the same rules.

Dec 6, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman

George H.W. Bush Gave Us Today’s Republican Party

George H.W. Bush Gave Us Today’s Republican Party George H.W. Bush Gave Us Today’s Republican Party

Harold Meyerson on Bush 41, Katha Pollitt on white women and Trump, and Eric Foner on Frederick Douglass.

Dec 6, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Betsy DeVos Hearing

The White House Has Hosted a Predators’ Ball of Corruption The White House Has Hosted a Predators’ Ball of Corruption

Here’s how the incoming Democratic Congress can expose it and make the case for bold reform.

Dec 6, 2018 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel

President George HW Bush in 2010

How George H.W. Bush Paved the Way for Trump Pardons How George H.W. Bush Paved the Way for Trump Pardons

Harold Meyerson on the dark side of Reagan’s successor.

Dec 5, 2018 / Jon Wiener

John Barrow

Georgia Voters Lose Out on a Secretary of State Who Would Have Protected Their Voting Rights Georgia Voters Lose Out on a Secretary of State Who Would Have Protected Their Voting Rights

Stacey Abrams put time and money behind the runoff election for Georgia secretary of state, but in the wake of her loss, a lot of other resources disappeared.

Dec 5, 2018 / Joan Walsh

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