Politics

Cory Booker Kavanaugh hearing

Cory Booker Rips Open the Web of Secrecy Republicans Have Woven Around Brett Kavanaugh Cory Booker Rips Open the Web of Secrecy Republicans Have Woven Around Brett Kavanaugh

The Democrat says he willingly violated Senate rules in order to expose e-mails that reveal the nominee’s views on racial discrimination.

Sep 6, 2018 / John Nichols

Nancy Pelosi News Conference

The Perils of Pelosi’s ‘Pay-Go’ Promise The Perils of Pelosi’s ‘Pay-Go’ Promise

Democratic leaders need to present a vision of a progressive future, not run as fiscal conservatives.

Sep 6, 2018 / Justin Talbot-Zorn

Towards a new past : dissenting essays in American history

Remembering Jesse Lemisch, Radical Historian Remembering Jesse Lemisch, Radical Historian

Jesse helped to pioneer history from below, which erupted in late 1960s and early 1970s as various social movements demanded power.

Sep 6, 2018 / Marcus Rediker

Trump Prayer Breakfast

Trump’s Biggest Crime Isn’t Being Covered by the Mainstream Media Trump’s Biggest Crime Isn’t Being Covered by the Mainstream Media

It’s been overlooked, but it probably makes him the most criminal president in history.

Sep 6, 2018 / Tom Engelhardt

Municipal broadband

Universal Broadband Won’t Save Us Universal Broadband Won’t Save Us

Broadband for all is a necessary policy. Just don’t expect it to end poverty.

Sep 6, 2018 / Julianne Tveten

Kentucky teachers protest inside Capitol builing

We’re at a ‘Which Side Are You On?’ Moment We’re at a ‘Which Side Are You On?’ Moment

Randi Weingarten on unions and politics, Mark Hertsgaard on climate, and David Cole on Kavanaugh.

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

Donald Trump

Donald Trump Just Committed a Fully Impeachable Offense Donald Trump Just Committed a Fully Impeachable Offense

The president is signaling that he wants to see the politicization of prosecutions.

Sep 5, 2018 / John Nichols

Rahm Emanuel Will Be Remembered as Chicago’s ‘Murder Mayor’

Rahm Emanuel Will Be Remembered as Chicago’s ‘Murder Mayor’ Rahm Emanuel Will Be Remembered as Chicago’s ‘Murder Mayor’

The outgoing mayor's legacy will be defined by austerity, privatization, displacement, gun violence, and police brutality.

Sep 5, 2018 / Miles Kampf-Lassin

Brett Kavanaugh

Brett Kavanaugh Must Answer These Questions Brett Kavanaugh Must Answer These Questions

The ACLU’s David Cole on the three most important questions the Supreme Court nominee should be asked.

Sep 5, 2018 / Jon Wiener

Children Detention Center

The Family-Separation Crisis Is Not Over The Family-Separation Crisis Is Not Over

One father deported to Honduras struggles to describe the pain of remaining separated from his son.

Sep 5, 2018 / John Washington

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