Politics

Sanctuary City Immigration

4 Ways Cities and States Can Become Sanctuaries Now 4 Ways Cities and States Can Become Sanctuaries Now

From providing legal representation to investing in education, localities can help shield immigrants from Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda.

Dec 5, 2016 / Daniel Altschuler and Peter L. Markowitz

Barack Obama

9 Things Obama Can Do Before Leaving Office to Prepare for the Trump Takeover 9 Things Obama Can Do Before Leaving Office to Prepare for the Trump Takeover

In the next 40 days, the President can declassify secret documents, pardon whistle blowers, and punish high-level officials who abused their power.

Dec 5, 2016 / Pratap Chatterjee

A Proof, a Test, an Instruction

A Proof, a Test, an Instruction A Proof, a Test, an Instruction

Obama is ours, in the deep sense that Lincoln is ours.

Dec 5, 2016 / Feature / Marilynne Robinson

Resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline Turns the Course of History

Resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline Turns the Course of History Resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline Turns the Course of History

The Army Corps of Engineers says it will not grant a necessary easement to complete the pipeline.

Dec 4, 2016 / John Nichols

The Lesson from Standing Rock: Organizing and Resistance Can Win

The Lesson from Standing Rock: Organizing and Resistance Can Win The Lesson from Standing Rock: Organizing and Resistance Can Win

Indigenous water protectors are showing us how to fight back—and how to live again.

Dec 4, 2016 / Naomi Klein

Trump Mattis

Donald Trump Just Hired a Current Theranos Board Member to Run the Pentagon Donald Trump Just Hired a Current Theranos Board Member to Run the Pentagon

General Mattis is still associated with the quack medical company. So much for “extreme vetting.”

Dec 2, 2016 / David Dayen

Sanctuary Coalition

Inside the Churches That Are Leading New York’s Sanctuary Movement Inside the Churches That Are Leading New York’s Sanctuary Movement

New York’s sanctuary movement is ready to become more radical. The question is, How?

Dec 2, 2016 / Jake Offenhartz

Rutland Welcomes Logo

Rutland, Vermont, Will Soon Be the New Home to 100 Syrian Refugees. How Will a Divided Community Embrace Them? Rutland, Vermont, Will Soon Be the New Home to 100 Syrian Refugees. How Will a Divided Community Embrace Them?

The small city is struggling to figure out who it is and just how welcoming it wants to be.

Dec 2, 2016 / Daniel Judt

Donald Trump Carrier Factory

Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is a Full-on Privatization Assault Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is a Full-on Privatization Assault

There’s a much better way to create jobs and rebuild our country’s crumbling infrastructure.

Dec 2, 2016 / Michelle Chen

DNC sign

Want a More Progressive Democratic Party? Stop Donating to It. Want a More Progressive Democratic Party? Stop Donating to It.

Who among us can say in a few sentences what the Democratic Party stands for? We can fix that.

Dec 2, 2016 / Lawrence Hess

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