Trump’s Plan to Deny Benefits: Pretend People Aren’t Poor Trump’s Plan to Deny Benefits: Pretend People Aren’t Poor
By redefining poverty, millions fewer people would be able to take advantage of lifesaving programs.
May 31, 2019 / Bryce Covert
Trump Is Embracing Climate Destruction Trump Is Embracing Climate Destruction
Can we act in time to avoid the worst?
May 21, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bernie’s Plan to Save Public Schools Bernie’s Plan to Save Public Schools
Sanders has the most progressive education platform in modern American history.
May 20, 2019 / StudentNation / Nikhil Goyal
Trump May Not Want War With Iran—but the Coalition of the Killing May Give Him One Trump May Not Want War With Iran—but the Coalition of the Killing May Give Him One
That’s why it’s critical that the public, Congress, and especially Dems seeking to replace Trump in 2020 speak out against it now.
May 17, 2019 / Bob Dreyfuss
End of the Roe End of the Roe
May 17, 2019 / Jen Sorensen
Donald Trump’s Tax Maneuvers Are Typical for His Class Donald Trump’s Tax Maneuvers Are Typical for His Class
If there’s a tax-evasion problem, it festers at the top of our income scale. Yet the IRS too often expends its precious resources going after the poor.
May 16, 2019 / Bryce Covert
A Frontal Attack on Roe v. Wade A Frontal Attack on Roe v. Wade
As a Republican-majority court threatens the legal right to abortion, it’s time for states to step up.
May 7, 2019 / The Nation
I Can’t Sleep Through All the Honking, and I’m Beeping Mad I Can’t Sleep Through All the Honking, and I’m Beeping Mad
Another reader asks how to maintain ties of affection amid leftist infighting.
May 3, 2019 / Liza Featherstone
Has Donald Trump Committed High Crimes and Misdemeanors? Has Donald Trump Committed High Crimes and Misdemeanors?
Rep. Jamie Raskin, a noted constitutional scholar—and member of the House Judiciary Committee—discusses the question.
May 2, 2019 / John Nichols
The New Political Group Supermajority Aims to Mobilize Women Across Race, Class, and Generation The New Political Group Supermajority Aims to Mobilize Women Across Race, Class, and Generation
Cecile Richards, Ai-jen Poo, and Alicia Garza are pushing a “women’s new deal.”
May 2, 2019 / Joan Walsh