Politics

Women protest global gag rule

Trump’s Global Gag Rule Is Making It Harder to Fight the AIDS Crisis Trump’s Global Gag Rule Is Making It Harder to Fight the AIDS Crisis

The Trump administration says it is leading the global fight against HIV and AIDS—and then shoots itself in the foot.

Mar 25, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Confederate Monument

‘Loyal Slave’ Monuments Tell a Racist Lie About American History ‘Loyal Slave’ Monuments Tell a Racist Lie About American History

These monuments—nearly all of them still standing—prop up the fantasy that slaves were happy, loyal, and devoted to those who enslaved them.

Mar 25, 2019 / Kali Holloway

Robert Mueller

Release the Mueller Report—Immediately and Completely Release the Mueller Report—Immediately and Completely

If we want the truth, we must have transparency.

Mar 22, 2019 / John Nichols

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In Defense of Fusion Voting In Defense of Fusion Voting

It’s the antidote to the winner-take-all electoral system, solves the “wasted vote” or “spoiler” dilemmas that otherwise plague third parties and allows citizens who identify as in...

Mar 22, 2019 / Maurice Mitchell and Dan Cantor

Children at a daycare in California

All Families Should Be Able to Afford Childcare, and Here’s How All Families Should Be Able to Afford Childcare, and Here’s How

A new bill would also make sure childcare providers earn a living wage.

Mar 22, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann

This Is How You Make an Electronic Masterpiece

This Is How You Make an Electronic Masterpiece This Is How You Make an Electronic Masterpiece

Helado Negro’s new album of deeply intimate electronic music is simply stunning.

Mar 22, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Julyssa Lopez

The Trump Ring

The Trump Ring The Trump Ring

The Russiagate gang all together.

Mar 22, 2019 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

A Wisconsin Judge Upends the GOP Power Grab and Restores the Authority of the Democratic Governor

A Wisconsin Judge Upends the GOP Power Grab and Restores the Authority of the Democratic Governor A Wisconsin Judge Upends the GOP Power Grab and Restores the Authority of the Democratic Governor

Governor Tony Evers immediately withdraws Wisconsin from the Republican-led lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act.

Mar 21, 2019 / John Nichols

Trump Opioid Speech

Trump Wants to Take Away Your Citizenship Trump Wants to Take Away Your Citizenship

The current administration is bent on making it easier to denaturalize American citizens. 

Mar 21, 2019 / Karen J. Greenberg

Mike Pompeo

Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court? Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court?

Mike Pompeo’s diplomatic sanctions against war-crimes investigators are consistent with Trump’s “America first” worldview.

Mar 21, 2019 / Nicholas Mulder

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