Politics

Rural America Has a Young People Problem

Rural America Has a Young People Problem Rural America Has a Young People Problem

Democratic politics will lose all remaining connection with rural areas of the country if young people leave home and never come back.

Nov 29, 2019 / Karen Rothmyer

WTO Protest Turtles

The Seattle Protests Showed Another World Is Possible The Seattle Protests Showed Another World Is Possible

Twenty years ago, demonstrations against the World Trade Organization opened the space for today’s critics of neoliberal capitalism.

Nov 29, 2019 / Mark Engler

The Resistance of Kathy Griffin

The Resistance of Kathy Griffin The Resistance of Kathy Griffin

“I was the test case. I want to make sure that they can never do to anyone what they did to me, not on my watch.”

Nov 29, 2019 / Danny Goldberg

Talking Turkey

Talking Turkey Talking Turkey

Quid pro gobble.

Nov 28, 2019 / OppArt / Mike Luckovich

IVF Genetic testing

France Debates Single Women’s and Lesbians’ Access to IVF France Debates Single Women’s and Lesbians’ Access to IVF

This is not just a fight about individual rights. It is a challenge to the patriarchal conception of the family unit.

Nov 28, 2019 / Isabel Kaplan

FDR Got Everything that Trump Does Not About Thanksgiving

FDR Got Everything that Trump Does Not About Thanksgiving FDR Got Everything that Trump Does Not About Thanksgiving

Roosevelt used the holiday to preach about sacrifice and solidarity. Trump thanks himself.

Nov 28, 2019 / John Nichols

I Asked Biden About Obama-Era Deportations. He Told Me to Vote for Trump.

I Asked Biden About Obama-Era Deportations. He Told Me to Vote for Trump. I Asked Biden About Obama-Era Deportations. He Told Me to Vote for Trump.

I was shocked to hear the 2020 Democratic front-runner tell me to my face to vote for Trump, simply because I pressed him on a question about basic dignity for immigrants.

Nov 28, 2019 / Carlos E. Rojas Rodriguez

Thanksgiving dinner

This Thanksgiving, It’s Time to Take On Your Conservative Relatives This Thanksgiving, It’s Time to Take On Your Conservative Relatives

Contrary to popular opinion, the holidays are not a time to “navigate” your uncle’s bigoted MAGA jokes. They’re the time to confront him.

Nov 27, 2019 / Elie Mystal

‘It Can’t All Be Bernie’

‘It Can’t All Be Bernie’ ‘It Can’t All Be Bernie’

The candidate with John Nichols, Adam Hochschild on deportation, and John Powers on The Irishman.

Nov 27, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

61 Percent of Women Are Ready to Impeach and Remove Trump

61 Percent of Women Are Ready to Impeach and Remove Trump 61 Percent of Women Are Ready to Impeach and Remove Trump

A new CNN poll finds a 21 percent gender gap, as women form the vanguard for presidential accountability.

Nov 27, 2019 / John Nichols

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