Democrats: The Party of Pablum

How else can we explain voters who chose Mitch McConnell senators and Elizabeth Warren policies?

John Nichols

Shrinking the Vote

Voters in fourteen states faced new restrictions, and in several races, disenfranchised voters could have changed the outcome.

Ari Berman

The GOP Senate: Worry!

From blocking nominees to launching pointless investigations to deregulating everything, the new Senate is poised to wreak havoc.

George Zornick

How the Democratic Party Lost Its Soul

The trouble started when the party abandoned its working-class base.

William Greider

The Truth About Anonymous’s Activism

A look behind the mask reveals a naïve techno-utopianism.

Adrian Chen

Will Republican Know-Nothings Torpedo Climate Progress?

Obama’s postponement of Keystone XL, EPA emissions regulations and now the China deal are in jeopardy.

Mark Hertsgaard

Obama Tells the FCC to ‘Implement the Strongest Possible Rules to Protect Net Neutrality’

The president calls for the reclassification of Internet services under telecommunications in the name of an open Internet.

John Nichols

Why You Shouldn’t Marry for Money

Conservatives’ silver bullet is a joke.

Bryce Covert

The Worst Metaphors Politicians Have Used to Describe the Internet

Is it a series of tubes or a Coke bottle?

Naomi Gordon-Loebl

Comix Nation

Matt Bors

Snapshot: Million Mask March

Bernadett Szabo

Midterm Media Meltdown

The election results reflect a complex reality; the press prefers simple narratives.

Eric Alterman

The Value of Whiteness

A lawsuit is being waged against the “wrongful birth” of a black child.

Patricia J. Williams

Obstacles Limit Targets and Pace of Strikes on ISIS

                                       —Headline, The New York Times

Calvin Trillin

Grim Reapers

Drones have taken on a life of their own in popular culture.

Jenna Krajeski

From the Dirty Silences

Must art confront ugly realities with an ugliness of its own?

Barry Schwabsky

Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Ishion Hutchinson

No Fate but Entropy

Swagger and survival in Foxcatcher and Red Army

Stuart Klawans

Letters

Got it covered… block that vote!… Berman replies… smarter than yeast?… the rich shall inherit… climate poem for Naomi…

Our Readers and Ari Berman

Puzzle No. 3345

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Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto