‘The Media Needs to Call a Lie a Lie’ ‘The Media Needs to Call a Lie a Lie’
On CNN’s Reliable Sources, Katrina vanden Heuvel holds the press accountable for letting Trump’s deceptions slide.
Nov 30, 2015 / Press Room and Katrina vanden Heuvel
How the Phony Planned Parenthood Videos Degraded the Abortion Debate How the Phony Planned Parenthood Videos Degraded the Abortion Debate
Abortion foes know Americans want choice to stay legal, so they’ve shifted their strategy to reduce access and demonize providers.
Nov 30, 2015 / Joan Walsh
Let the GOP Hunger Games Begin Let the GOP Hunger Games Begin
The six top Republican candidates take economic policy into the wilderness.
Nov 30, 2015 / Nomi Prins
Which Democrat Will Pass the Working Families Test? Which Democrat Will Pass the Working Families Test?
The Working Families Party is asking its members to help decide whom to back for president.
Nov 30, 2015 / John Nichols
Why Do Former Goldman Sachs Bankers Keep Landing Top Slots at the Federal Reserve? Why Do Former Goldman Sachs Bankers Keep Landing Top Slots at the Federal Reserve?
During the last year, three vacancies opened up to head regional Federal Reserve banks. They all went to Goldman Sachs alumni.
Nov 30, 2015 / Jordan Haedtler
Making the Paris Climate Talks Count Making the Paris Climate Talks Count
At the bottom of all the jargon that will be thrown about this week’s climate conference are human lives.
Nov 29, 2015 / Naomi Klein
The Colorado Shooting Comes Amid an ‘Alarming’ Escalation of Anti-Abortion Violence The Colorado Shooting Comes Amid an ‘Alarming’ Escalation of Anti-Abortion Violence
Threats and attacks on clinics and abortion providers have risen dramatically since an undercover video sting aimed at Planned Parenthood.
Nov 28, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
The Deafening Silence of the Republican Field in the Wake of the Planned Parenthood Shooting The Deafening Silence of the Republican Field in the Wake of the Planned Parenthood Shooting
Republican contenders who have had so very much to say against Planned Parenthood were largely mum after Friday’s deadly violence.
Nov 28, 2015 / John Nichols
Giving Thanks for a Nation of Migrants, Refugees, and Immigrants Giving Thanks for a Nation of Migrants, Refugees, and Immigrants
Rejecting the ugly politics of now, President Obama recalls an American Thanksgiving tradition of paying “tribute to people of every background and belief.”
Nov 26, 2015 / John Nichols
We’ve Used Racial and Ethnic Profiling for Centuries, and It Hasn’t Worked Yet We’ve Used Racial and Ethnic Profiling for Centuries, and It Hasn’t Worked Yet
Too many politicians choose to play to the lowest common denominator, pushing measures that make them sound tough but respond to no identifiable problem.
Nov 25, 2015 / David Cole