Politics

Grenfell Tower

The Economic System That Made the Grenfell Tragedy Possible The Economic System That Made the Grenfell Tragedy Possible

In the UK—and in the US—public goods like affordable housing have been neglected to dangerous degrees.

Jun 26, 2017 / Michelle Chen

African Americans Have Lost Untold Acres of Land Over the Last Century

African Americans Have Lost Untold Acres of Land Over the Last Century African Americans Have Lost Untold Acres of Land Over the Last Century

An obscure legal loophole is often to blame.

Jun 26, 2017 / Feature / Leah Douglas

Charleena Lyles

Charleena Lyles Was Killed by a Police Department Under a Consent Decree Charleena Lyles Was Killed by a Police Department Under a Consent Decree

The untimely death of a 30-year-old woman demonstrates the obvious need for more scrutiny of police, not less.

Jun 23, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

republicans guns

Why Does the Far Right Hold a Near-Monopoly on Political Violence? Why Does the Far Right Hold a Near-Monopoly on Political Violence?

Studies show that most people across the political spectrum abhor it. So what might explain the disparity?

Jun 23, 2017 / Joshua Holland

The Republic of Rogue Island

The Republic of Rogue Island The Republic of Rogue Island

Here's what one state's radical experiment after the American Revolution can tell us about democracy today.

Jun 23, 2017 / Tom Cutterham

Bill O'Reilly

Bill O’Reilly Is America’s Best-Selling Historian Bill O’Reilly Is America’s Best-Selling Historian

And other problems we need to solve before we can get out of this mess.

Jun 22, 2017 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Mitch McConnell, Cory Gardner, and John Barrasso

The Senate GOP Isn’t Fixing Health Care. It’s Waging Class War. The Senate GOP Isn’t Fixing Health Care. It’s Waging Class War.

A draft bill released Thursday offers tax cuts to the rich at the expense of the poor and the elderly.

Jun 22, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter

Jon Ossof

The Lessons We Learned From Jon Ossoff’s Defeat The Lessons We Learned From Jon Ossoff’s Defeat

The midterms will be much different, but Democrats need better candidates.

Jun 22, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

Randy Bryce Wisconsin

This Union Ironworker Has a Plan to Beat Paul Ryan This Union Ironworker Has a Plan to Beat Paul Ryan

A construction worker takes on the speaker of the House—and sparks fly.

Jun 22, 2017 / John Nichols

Trumpcare Is the Most Unpopular Legislation in History

Trumpcare Is the Most Unpopular Legislation in History Trumpcare Is the Most Unpopular Legislation in History

George Zornick on the health-care debacle, Sarah Leonard on socialism’s appeal, and Jedediah Purdy on Thoreau.  

Jun 22, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

x