March 20, 2017, Issue

Feature

The Young Turks Are Beating Major Media Operations—on YouTube

They sat down with Laura Flanders to discuss the future of progressive media.
Laura Flanders
America Is Finally Winning Again!

A self-confessed dishonest journalist’s plea for White House press credentials.
Francesca Fiorentini
Is There a Business Model for Serious Journalism in the Age of Trump?

The press has arguably never been more vulnerable. But there are some surprising—and practical—glimmers of hope.
Kyle Pope
An Unbelievably Fair Trump Cartoon

“Adore me, media scum, or else!”
Garry Trudeau
Trump Versus the Media: How to Cover a Hostile President

Only fearless independent reporting can hold power accountable and energize democracy.
Nic Dawes
Progressives Need to Build Their Own Media

Trump would not be president today were it not for the help of Fox, Breitbart, Limbaugh, & Co.
Mark Hertsgaard

Editorial

Asking for a Friend: Can I Explain Feminism to My Girlfriend Without Mansplaining?

Another reader tries to stop her friend’s relentless name dropping.
Liza Featherstone
What Keith Ellison’s Defeat Says About the DNC

Insider Dems simply do not accept the fact that the party must break its bonds with big money and link itself with grassroots activists.
John Nichols
Trump Admits That His Deportation Agenda Is a ‘Military Operation’

The only way to achieve a mass-deportation agenda of the scope Trump desires is to turn a person’s very existence into a crime—and his latest memorandums spell out how.
Julianne Hing
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Books & the Arts

Anyone Who Has Left Love

Sharon Olds
After the Fumble

After years dominating the Democratic Party, the New Democrats now find themselves in a state of crisis
Matt Stoller
The Ways to Destroy Democracy

A new biography of Hitler offers us a warning from history.
Richard J. Evans
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