Society

2016 Presidential Debate

All TV Will Be Trump TV All TV Will Be Trump TV

When Donald Trump permeates the news media, more than he already does, will TV news forget even more of its adversarial role?

Dec 8, 2016 / Leslie Savan

Obama’s Civil Rights Legacy—and Ours

Obama’s Civil Rights Legacy—and Ours Obama’s Civil Rights Legacy—and Ours

Today’s turmoil in race relations may be a testament to the progress his administration made.

Dec 8, 2016 / Feature / David Cole

How to Expose Trump’s Dastardly Bait-and-Switch

How to Expose Trump’s Dastardly Bait-and-Switch How to Expose Trump’s Dastardly Bait-and-Switch

Trump is not an economic populist, he’s just playing one on TV. 

Dec 7, 2016 / Robert L. Borosage

Donald Trump Speaking

Take a Pledge to Defend the First Amendment From the Trump Administration Take a Pledge to Defend the First Amendment From the Trump Administration

The president-elect has been alarmingly hostile to the press and free-speech rights. 

Dec 7, 2016 / NationAction

Keith Ellison

Keith Ellison Is No Anti-Semite Keith Ellison Is No Anti-Semite

The candidate for DNC chair is being criticized for taking positions that are perfectly consistent with the views of the majority of American Jews.

Dec 7, 2016 / John Nichols

Heroin needle preparation

Did the Opioid Epidemic Help Donald Trump Win? Did the Opioid Epidemic Help Donald Trump Win?

New research shows that Trump made huge gains in counties with the highest rates of death from drugs, alcohol, and suicide.

Dec 7, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

J. Edgar Hoover

Neo-McCarthyism and the New Cold War Neo-McCarthyism and the New Cold War

The preceding Cold War generated a prolonged slurring and suppression of dissenting American voices, and it may be happening again.

Dec 7, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

Hillary Clinton supporters

We Are Donald Trump We Are Donald Trump

The election removed our self-deceptions—our blindfolds—and now we stand naked before ourselves.

Dec 6, 2016 / Khalil Gibran Muhammad

Steven Mnuchin

Trump’s Team of Faux Populists and Real Crony Capitalists Trump’s Team of Faux Populists and Real Crony Capitalists

For progressive Democrats, the challenge now is not just to fight Trump’s policies but also to listen to the people he is betraying.

Dec 6, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

How the Electoral College Really Started How the Electoral College Really Started

Suddenly, it makes a whole lot of sense. 

Dec 6, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

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