Sherrod Brown Is More Than Just a Midwestern Populist Sherrod Brown Is More Than Just a Midwestern Populist
He has a long history of championing voting rights—and of bluntly challenging the “despicable” voter-suppression schemes of Republicans.
Jan 31, 2019 / John Nichols
The War in Afghanistan Shows the Bankruptcy of Our Foreign-Policy Elite The War in Afghanistan Shows the Bankruptcy of Our Foreign-Policy Elite
It’s clear the United States can’t win, but the “experts” insist on delaying defeat forever.
Jan 31, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage
Trump’s Wall—and the Walls of the Future Trump’s Wall—and the Walls of the Future
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian on borders, Joan Walsh on Pramila Jayapal, and Harold Meyerson on politics after the shutdown.
Jan 31, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Trump’s Withdrawals From Afghanistan and Syria Are Hardly ‘A Gift to Putin’ Trump’s Withdrawals From Afghanistan and Syria Are Hardly ‘A Gift to Putin’
Why would Moscow want to fight terrorists without the US? It doesn’t.
Jan 30, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
Howard Schultz Is Just Like Every Other Billionaire—Afraid of Losing His Wealth and Privilege Howard Schultz Is Just Like Every Other Billionaire—Afraid of Losing His Wealth and Privilege
He calls Medicare for All “far too extreme,” but he is the real extremist.
Jan 30, 2019 / John Nichols
State Universities Are Being Resegregated State Universities Are Being Resegregated
Nearly half of all elite public universities are enrolling a lower percentage of black students than they were in the mid-1990s.
Jan 30, 2019 / StudentNation / Mark Huelsman
Q&A: Congress Takes a Historic Step to End the War on Yemen Q&A: Congress Takes a Historic Step to End the War on Yemen
California Congressman Ro Khanna tells us about his co-sponsorship of the House War Powers Resolution.
Jan 30, 2019 / James Carden
There Are Still Migrant Children Separated From Their Families There Are Still Migrant Children Separated From Their Families
The coercion and cruelty at the border is not over.
Jan 30, 2019 / Michelle Chen
The Dark Side of the Cult of Ruth Bader Ginsburg The Dark Side of the Cult of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Justice Ginsburg is an essential voice on the Supreme Court— but portraying her as a dissenter obscures the work of more radical women of color.
Jan 30, 2019 / Mari Uyehara