Politics

Trump sexual misconduct

Boasting Limitations Boasting Limitations

There’s something Trump won’t brag about? Well, yes, as other gropers fall, We’ve never heard him boast he has The most accusers of them all.

Dec 14, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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Letters From the January 1-8, 2018, Issue Letters From the January 1-8, 2018, Issue

What happened—and what didn’t… The postmortem continues… Troubling the water [web only]…

Dec 14, 2017 / Our Readers

White Whale

White Whale White Whale

The captain of the American ship continues dangerously off course.

Dec 14, 2017 / OppArt / Eric Drooker

Melissa Mark-Viverito

From Paid Sick Leave to Municipal ID Cards: New York’s City Council Leaves an Impression From Paid Sick Leave to Municipal ID Cards: New York’s City Council Leaves an Impression

During the last four years, the council has passed significant legislation to stem inequality. Can it do better during the next four?

Dec 14, 2017 / Jarrett Murphy

Savor This Victory: Doug Jones Is Taking Jeff Sessions’s Old Seat

Savor This Victory: Doug Jones Is Taking Jeff Sessions’s Old Seat Savor This Victory: Doug Jones Is Taking Jeff Sessions’s Old Seat

Howell Raines on Alabama, Joan Walsh on #MeToo after Al Franken, and John Nichols on Net Neutrality.

Dec 14, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Roy Moore

With Apologies to B.D. With Apologies to B.D.

Who beat Roy Moore?

Dec 13, 2017 / D.D. Guttenplan

White Nationalist

The Media Must Stop Normalizing Nazis The Media Must Stop Normalizing Nazis

When one side is fascist, there’s no reason to show “both sides.”

Dec 13, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman

(Reuters / Aaron Bernstein)

Roy Moore Isn’t the Only One Who Thinks Dating Kids Is Fine Roy Moore Isn’t the Only One Who Thinks Dating Kids Is Fine

Just ask their parents first.

Dec 13, 2017 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Michael Flynn White House

Media Malpractice Is Criminalizing Better Relations With Russia Media Malpractice Is Criminalizing Better Relations With Russia

The pillorying of General Flynn and hounding of Secretary of State Tillerson equate détente with “collusion with the Kremlin.”

Dec 13, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

The Second Klan

The Second Klan The Second Klan

Linda Gordon’s new book captures how white supremacy has long been part of our political mainstream.

Dec 13, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Kevin M. Kruse

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