Trump’s War on Children Trump’s War on Children
White House policies form an unprecedented assault on kids—but, of course, not the white kids.
Jul 20, 2018 / Aziz Huq
This Washington State Ballot Measure Fights for Both Jobs and Climate Justice This Washington State Ballot Measure Fights for Both Jobs and Climate Justice
Initiative 1631 would put a carbon fee on big polluters, using the revenue to invest in clean energy and protections for workers in fossil-fuel industries.
Jul 20, 2018 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
My Houseguest Was a Brocialist Jerk. How Should I Respond? My Houseguest Was a Brocialist Jerk. How Should I Respond?
Another reader asks if it’s helpful to offer to be a personal suicide hotline.
Jul 20, 2018 / Liza Featherstone
Constitutional Lawyer Bruce Fein on the Effort to Stop ‘Presidential Wars’ Constitutional Lawyer Bruce Fein on the Effort to Stop ‘Presidential Wars’
He’s proposing legislation that could halt extrajudicial US military intervention.
Jul 19, 2018 / James Carden
House Progressives Go Big on Medicare for All House Progressives Go Big on Medicare for All
A new congressional caucus recognizes that “health care is a right” politics will defeat Trumpism.
Jul 19, 2018 / John Nichols
The Worst Way to Pay for Family Leave The Worst Way to Pay for Family Leave
A plan for paid family leave put forward by Marco Rubio and Ivanka Trump would steal from the elderly.
Jul 19, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Trump and Putin: Separating the Surreal From the Sensible—Katrina vanden Heuvel Trump and Putin: Separating the Surreal From the Sensible—Katrina vanden Heuvel
Plus John Nichols on Kavanaugh and Adam Winkler on the Supreme Court and corporate “rights.”
Jul 19, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Beto O’Rourke Understands How Impeachment Works—and That’s Why He Supports Impeaching Trump Beto O’Rourke Understands How Impeachment Works—and That’s Why He Supports Impeaching Trump
A top Democratic contender recognizes that the House has a constitutional duty to hold the president to account.
Jul 18, 2018 / John Nichols