Why Bernie Sanders Is Beating All Fundraising Expectations Why Bernie Sanders Is Beating All Fundraising Expectations
He’s proving that there are alternatives to politics-as-usual.
Jan 5, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Inside the Bundy Brothers’ Armed Occupation Inside the Bundy Brothers’ Armed Occupation
Residents of Harney County are poor, white, and conservative. Not a single one of them has joined the Bundy militia.
Jan 5, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter
Why This Socialist Feminist Is Not Voting for Hillary Why This Socialist Feminist Is Not Voting for Hillary
Socialist feminism assumes that redistribution is the best way to improve life for women. Clinton has demonstrated contempt for turning this project into policy.
Jan 5, 2016 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
How to Understand Donald Trump’s Sexist New Low How to Understand Donald Trump’s Sexist New Low
Calling Clinton an “enabler” of her husband’s misbehavior, Trump brings more hate from the right-wing fever swamp into the mainstream.
Jan 5, 2016 / Joan Walsh
Why Is the US Deporting Refugee Families? Why Is the US Deporting Refugee Families?
A dangerously speedy process is sending children and their parents back to danger in Central America.
Jan 4, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Michael Moore Has a Plan to Make America Great Again Michael Moore Has a Plan to Make America Great Again
Jan 4, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Do the Bundy Brothers Have Against Wildlife? What Do the Bundy Brothers Have Against Wildlife?
The occupiers at Malheur are seeking to overturn vital federal land management and environmental protection.
Jan 4, 2016 / John Nichols
Grief at the Heart of a Moral Movement Grief at the Heart of a Moral Movement
A personal meditation for 2016.
Jan 4, 2016 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
January 4, 2007: Nancy Pelosi Becomes the First Woman Elected Speaker of the House of Representatives January 4, 2007: Nancy Pelosi Becomes the First Woman Elected Speaker of the House of Representatives
“She will be aided if others turn up the heat on her, raising their expectations for what Democrats can achieve.”
Jan 4, 2016 / Richard Kreitner
Resolution for 2016: Let’s Have Lots More Presidential Debates Resolution for 2016: Let’s Have Lots More Presidential Debates
Robert Reich is petitioning the DNC to open up the process. Let’s make this the start of a fight for more debates in the primary season and this fall.
Jan 1, 2016 / John Nichols