Politics

What’s Next After Trump’s Worst Week: Joan Walsh

What’s Next After Trump’s Worst Week: Joan Walsh What’s Next After Trump’s Worst Week: Joan Walsh

Plus, David Cole on Brett Kavanaugh and Michael Kazin on Jimmy Carter.

Jul 26, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Erdogan Between the Lines

Erdogan Between the Lines Erdogan Between the Lines

Turkish X-ray.

Jul 26, 2018 / OppArt / Necdet Yilmaz

Children of the Opiod Crisis in Foster Care

Our Foster-Care System Shouldn’t Separate Families Either Our Foster-Care System Shouldn’t Separate Families Either

It’s not just our immigration system; taking children away from their parents should always be a last resort.

Jul 26, 2018 / Rachel Blustain

Kem Monovithya

‘The Election Is a Sham’: A Q&A With Cambodian Opposition Leader Kem Monovithya ‘The Election Is a Sham’: A Q&A With Cambodian Opposition Leader Kem Monovithya

Cambodians head to the polls on July 29, but there is no viable opposition left on the ballot.

Jul 26, 2018 / Q&A / Safiya Charles

Daily News Tronc Layoffs

These Are the Worst of Times for American Journalism These Are the Worst of Times for American Journalism

Newsroom layoffs at the New York Daily News and papers nationwide remind us that things are going from bad to worse.

Jul 25, 2018 / John Nichols

Children’s Camp

Children’s Camp Children’s Camp

(In)security blanket.

Jul 25, 2018 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández

Helsinki Summit: Handshake between Putin and Trump

It’s a Mistake to Assume Trump Doesn’t Have a Foreign-Policy Strategy It’s a Mistake to Assume Trump Doesn’t Have a Foreign-Policy Strategy

In fact, there appears to be a very specific blueprint in place.

Jul 24, 2018 / Michael T. Klare

Empty Congress

The Republican Congress Isn’t Even Pretending to Do Its Job The Republican Congress Isn’t Even Pretending to Do Its Job

It’s much easier to let judges and appointees do the unpopular work of stripping workers of their rights, outlawing abortion, and running the administrative state into the ground.

Jul 24, 2018 / Ed Burmila

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

A Series of Inevitable Walkbacks A Series of Inevitable Walkbacks

Trump walks back on Russia, the GOP nods right along.

Jul 24, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

South Texas Family Residential Center

Wall Street’s Ties to the Private Immigrant-Detention Network Wall Street’s Ties to the Private Immigrant-Detention Network

A grassroots movement to divest from private prison companies running immigrant-detention facilities is gaining steam.

Jul 24, 2018 / Michelle Chen

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