Americans Deserve to Know the Specific Allegations on Trump and Russia Americans Deserve to Know the Specific Allegations on Trump and Russia
Trump’s sex life is his own affair. But his ties to foreign autocrats—whether Russian, Chinese, or Emirati—should have been fully aired long before now.
Jan 11, 2017 / D.D. Guttenplan
Obama Spoke to a Better America—but Does that Country Still Exist? Obama Spoke to a Better America—but Does that Country Still Exist?
On a day marked by Jeff Sessions’s disturbing hearing and shocking allegations about Trump, Obama took the high road.
Jan 10, 2017 / Joan Walsh
Susan Collins Just Disgraced Herself at Jeff Sessions’s Confirmation Hearing Susan Collins Just Disgraced Herself at Jeff Sessions’s Confirmation Hearing
The senator proved once and for all that she’s no moderate.
Jan 10, 2017 / John Nichols
If We Want to Fight Against Trump, We Have to Know What We’re Fighting For If We Want to Fight Against Trump, We Have to Know What We’re Fighting For
Defending against fascism is good—but having a vision for what kind of society we actually desire is even better.
Jan 10, 2017 / Rebecca Gordon
Where’s the GOP’s Health-Care Plan? Where’s the GOP’s Health-Care Plan?
This isn’t simply about dollars and sense. This is about lives and health.
Jan 10, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Jeff Sessions Has Spent His Whole Career Opposing Voting Rights Jeff Sessions Has Spent His Whole Career Opposing Voting Rights
Imagine what he will do as the most powerful lawyer in the country.
Jan 10, 2017 / Ari Berman
Trump Could Be the Most Hostile American President the UN Has Ever Faced Trump Could Be the Most Hostile American President the UN Has Ever Faced
Plus, there’s a Republican-led Congress itching to diminish the role of the organization and bankrupt many of its programs.
Jan 9, 2017 / Barbara Crossette
Jeff Sessions Is Just Not in the Same League as Former Attorneys General Jeff Sessions Is Just Not in the Same League as Former Attorneys General
From Herbert Brownell to Robert F. Kennedy to Loretta Lynch, attorneys general have upheld the law and fought for justice. Would Sessions?
Jan 9, 2017 / Nan Aron
Jeff Sessions Could Return Criminal Justice to the Jim Crow Era Jeff Sessions Could Return Criminal Justice to the Jim Crow Era
Sessions’s extreme views on crime and punishment are a throwback to the darkest chapters in American history.
Jan 9, 2017 / Ari Berman
A Lesson on How to Survive Trumpism—From the McCarthy Era A Lesson on How to Survive Trumpism—From the McCarthy Era
Trump’s regime will not resurrect full-blown McCarthyism, but it may take lessons in political repression from it.
Jan 9, 2017 / Ellen Schrecker