Politics

Putin Annual Address

Debasing US Policy Discourse About Russia Debasing US Policy Discourse About Russia

Is Putin really a “pariah” and Russia “isolated from the international community”?

May 30, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Dawuane Smoot

Dawuane Smoot and the Subterranean Fire in the NFL Dawuane Smoot and the Subterranean Fire in the NFL

A little-known player’s response to the NFL’s punitive anthem decision just shows how badly the league screwed this up.

May 30, 2018 / Dave Zirin

East Lansing union protest

Here’s a Candidate Who Is Serious About Opposing ‘Right-to-Work’ Laws Here’s a Candidate Who Is Serious About Opposing ‘Right-to-Work’ Laws

A Colorado legislative candidate just shredded an appeal from an anti-labor group.

May 29, 2018 / John Nichols

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Nazis? Or Just Really Big Racists? Nazis? Or Just Really Big Racists?

Trump supporters can’t handle the name-calling.

May 29, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

Schumer and Democrats

Democrats Are Missing the Opportunity to Offer an Alternative to Endless War Democrats Are Missing the Opportunity to Offer an Alternative to Endless War

The Democrats’ failure to advance a bold progressive alternative to President Trump’s belligerent policies and bloated defense budgets is a huge missed opportunity.

May 29, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

immigrant detention women

ICE Is Sending a Message to the World’s Asylum Seekers: The US Is No Place of Refuge ICE Is Sending a Message to the World’s Asylum Seekers: The US Is No Place of Refuge

Separating children from their family members, imposing excessively long detention, and other ways the immigration bureaucracy is making life impossible for asylum seekers.

May 29, 2018 / John Washington

Roger Goodell

Roger Goodell’s Father Had a Political Backbone—Why Doesn’t Roger? Roger Goodell’s Father Had a Political Backbone—Why Doesn’t Roger?

The NFL commissioner is bending to pressure from a reactionary Republican president—something Senator Charles Goodell refused to do.

May 27, 2018 / John Nichols

It’s ‘Feminist Christmas’ in Ireland

It’s ‘Feminist Christmas’ in Ireland It’s ‘Feminist Christmas’ in Ireland

“We'll never go back,” say activists, as a vote to repeal the ban on abortion wins by an overwhelming margins.

May 27, 2018 / Katha Pollitt

tom perez gloom

Breaking a Promise, Tom Perez Puts His Thumb on the Scale for Andrew Cuomo Breaking a Promise, Tom Perez Puts His Thumb on the Scale for Andrew Cuomo

By abandoning a commitment to strict neutrality and endorsing in a key race, the DNC chair undermines confidence in the Democratic Party.

May 25, 2018 / John Nichols

School cafeteria

What if School Lunch Programs Promoted Public Health, Good Jobs, and the Environment? What if School Lunch Programs Promoted Public Health, Good Jobs, and the Environment?

From LA to Cook County, local governments are using their purchasing power to transform the food system.

May 25, 2018 / Anna Lappé and Jose Oliva

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