Politics

This Is Not a Time for Civility

This Is Not a Time for Civility This Is Not a Time for Civility

White-nationalist rallies are calls for genocide, and must be treated as such.

Aug 10, 2018 / Natasha Lennard

Cuomo Housing Protest

These Democratic Socialists Aren’t Just Targeting Incumbent Politicians These Democratic Socialists Aren’t Just Targeting Incumbent Politicians

They’re going after slumlords and real-estate speculators.

Aug 10, 2018 / Jimmy Tobias

Pence Montenegro

Montenegro and NATO’s Faustian Bargain Montenegro and NATO’s Faustian Bargain

Did Montenegro’s NATO accession increase the collective defense of the West or merely protect a corrupt regime?

Aug 10, 2018 / Gordon N. Bardos

Health-care protest

Single Payer Is Actually a Huge Bargain Single Payer Is Actually a Huge Bargain

It would save both dollars and lives compared to our current system.

Aug 10, 2018 / Steffie Woolhandler, David U. Himmelstein, and Adam Gaffney

Julia Salazar

Can Alessandra Biaggi and Julia Salazar Unseat the GOP in Albany? Can Alessandra Biaggi and Julia Salazar Unseat the GOP in Albany?

Forget the mythical Bernie Bro: New York has a brigade of Red Rosas ready to take on the establishment. 

Aug 9, 2018 / Raina Lipsitz

Ignore the Media Hype: Progressives Won Big Tuesday Night

Ignore the Media Hype: Progressives Won Big Tuesday Night Ignore the Media Hype: Progressives Won Big Tuesday Night

This week’s primaries were won by both democratic socialists and progressive democrats. Who didn’t win? Centrists.

Aug 9, 2018 / Joan Walsh

Rashida Tlaib portrait

Rashida Tlaib Is Running for Congress on a Mission to Expand Civil-Rights Protections Rashida Tlaib Is Running for Congress on a Mission to Expand Civil-Rights Protections

This Michigan congressional nominee has a big vision for renewing and building upon the promise of the Civil Rights Act.

Aug 9, 2018 / John Nichols

Trump speaks to navy and shipyard personnel

Has Trump Ushered In a Golden Age for News Media? Has Trump Ushered In a Golden Age for News Media?

Nichols on journalism, Harold Meyerson on Brett Kavanaugh, and Nomi Prins on Trump and economic entropy.

Aug 9, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Creating a Moral Movement for Our Time

Creating a Moral Movement for Our Time Creating a Moral Movement for Our Time

How a new Poor People’s Campaign is mobilizing, organizing, and building power nationwide.

Aug 8, 2018 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

Bill Schuette Winning the Michigan Governor Nomination

An Enemy of Civil Rights Just Won the GOP Nomination for Governor of Michigan An Enemy of Civil Rights Just Won the GOP Nomination for Governor of Michigan

As governor, Bill Schuette would follow in the footsteps of his backer, Donald Trump.

Aug 8, 2018 / Joseph Hogan

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