Politics

Donald Trump Indiana primary

This Is What Happens When Republican Voters Get What They Want This Is What Happens When Republican Voters Get What They Want

It’s Donald Trump’s party now.

May 4, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Is War With Russia Possible?

Is War With Russia Possible? Is War With Russia Possible?

The US is undermining opportunities for cooperation in Syria and Ukraine, while escalating NATO’s military presence near Russia.

May 4, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

Bernie Sanders

Indiana Tells Bernie Sanders to Stay in the Race, and Keep Talking About Trade Indiana Tells Bernie Sanders to Stay in the Race, and Keep Talking About Trade

The challenger wins a key primary by declaring that “we must rewrite our disastrous trade policies.”

May 4, 2016 / John Nichols

The Roots of American Conservatism

The Roots of American Conservatism The Roots of American Conservatism

Why do the politics of free markets and cultural reaction keep returning like some Republican Freddy Krueger?

May 4, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

‘Weiner’: If They Cheer, or if They Jeer

‘Weiner’: If They Cheer, or if They Jeer ‘Weiner’: If They Cheer, or if They Jeer

The outstanding political film of the 2016 presidential season is about the 2013 New York City mayoral race.

May 4, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 9: There Went the Neighborhood

There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 9: There Went the Neighborhood There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 9: There Went the Neighborhood

The team behind There Goes the Neighborhood talks about what they’ve learned, and the way forward in a post-gentrified Brooklyn.

May 4, 2016 / Podcast / There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright

Protesters for Berta Caceres

Berta Cáceres’s Killers Are Getting Good at the PR Game Berta Cáceres’s Killers Are Getting Good at the PR Game

State terrorists in Honduras have learned that to be effective, they can’t just kill and torture. They also have to be able to tell good stories.

May 3, 2016 / Greg Grandin

Bernie Sanders Should Push for a New Realism in Foreign Policy

Bernie Sanders Should Push for a New Realism in Foreign Policy Bernie Sanders Should Push for a New Realism in Foreign Policy

Sanders is helping to energize and educate a new generation coming into American politics—it is imperative that a real security agenda be part of that education.

May 3, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A Contested Convention Is Exactly What the Democratic Party Needs

A Contested Convention Is Exactly What the Democratic Party Needs A Contested Convention Is Exactly What the Democratic Party Needs

Bernie Sanders will go to Philadelphia with more pledged delegates than any insurgent in modern history. Here’s what he could do with them.

May 3, 2016 / Feature / John Nichols

Rally against budget cuts

Making Sense of the Boston Public Schools Walkout Making Sense of the Boston Public Schools Walkout

The Boston Public Schools have been under sustained budget cuts for several years. This year students decided they'd had enough.

May 2, 2016 / StudentNation / Keegan O’Brien

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