How a Bureaucrat Helped Save the Affordable Care Act How a Bureaucrat Helped Save the Affordable Care Act
Andy Slavitt traveled the country explaining to some 35,000 Americans how ACA repeal would harm them. And it worked.
Jan 12, 2018 / Feature / Joshua Holland
This Cruel Parody of Representation This Cruel Parody of Representation
Under Donald Trump, the Republican Party has acted decisively on urgent problems by not acting at all.
Jan 12, 2018 / Feature / Marilynne Robinson
Why Claudia Rankine Writes for the Resistance Why Claudia Rankine Writes for the Resistance
The poet and essayist sees this as a moment of opportunity, not just struggle.
Jan 12, 2018 / Feature / Collier Meyerson
In the Age of Trump, Tania Unzueta Is Holding Democrats to Account In the Age of Trump, Tania Unzueta Is Holding Democrats to Account
Unzueta is fighting to make Chicago a real sanctuary city.
Jan 11, 2018 / Feature / Julianne Hing
Carmen Yulín Cruz Is a Politician on the Rise Carmen Yulín Cruz Is a Politician on the Rise
The Puerto Rican politician has emerged as one of Trump’s most effective foes.
Jan 11, 2018 / Feature / George Zornick
The Death Cult of Trumpism The Death Cult of Trumpism
Through racism and nationalism, Trump leverages tribal resentment against an emerging manifest common destiny.
Jan 11, 2018 / Feature / Greg Grandin
Colin Kaepernick Has Shown That Courage Is Contagious Colin Kaepernick Has Shown That Courage Is Contagious
And sports, of all things, has become an arena of tenacious resistance.
Jan 11, 2018 / Feature / Dave Zirin
We Are Living Through the Moment When Women Unleash Decades of Pent-Up Anger We Are Living Through the Moment When Women Unleash Decades of Pent-Up Anger
Let’s hope there’s no going back.
Jan 11, 2018 / Feature / Katha Pollitt
For Zephyr Teachout, Losing an Election Was Just the Start of a New Fight For Zephyr Teachout, Losing an Election Was Just the Start of a New Fight
In the past year, she’s taken on Trump, Google, the FCC, and the New York State Senate.
Jan 10, 2018 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
The Year I Stopped Breathing: On Being Muslim and American in the Age of Trump The Year I Stopped Breathing: On Being Muslim and American in the Age of Trump
Trump didn’t invent Islamophobia, but he has injected it with a new and lethal force.
Jan 10, 2018 / Feature / Moustafa Bayoumi