Trump’s ‘Extreme’ Budget Is Just Paul Ryan’s Old Bad Plan With a Comb-Over

Ryan avoided naming the popular programs that both politicians would cut.

Bryce Covert

The First 100 Days of Resistance Restored Our Faith in Democracy

But progressives must continue to take to the streets—and push Democrats to offer a real alternative.

John Nichols

Syria Strike Follows Washington’s Failed Foreign-Policy Playbook

For those who recognize that Trump cannot bomb his way to peace, it is time to revive and mobilize an antiwar movement.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

An O’Reilly Defender

Calvin Trillin

The GOP’s Attacks on the Poor Are About to Get Stealthier

Are we ready?

Kai Wright

It’s Not ‘McCarthyism’ to Demand Answers on Trump, Russia, and the Election

Using the language of the anticommunist witch hunt for this moment is a mistake.

Katha Pollitt

Letters From the May 8/15, 2017, Issue

Solidarity with striking Harvard workers… Health care for all!… What is feminism?… Resisting the right wing… America’s perpetual wars…

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