Can Republicans Be Trusted to Oversee the FBI Investigation of Trump’s Russia Ties? Can Republicans Be Trusted to Oversee the FBI Investigation of Trump’s Russia Ties?
They once found the idea of a president under FBI investigation intolerable. But now most of the GOP is silent.
Mar 21, 2017 / Joan Walsh
Bill de Blasio Dodges Campaign Finance Charges—but Not Ethics Questions Bill de Blasio Dodges Campaign Finance Charges—but Not Ethics Questions
New York City’s mayor may have behaved like plenty of other politicians, but progressives have an obligation to do better.
Mar 17, 2017 / Cities Rising / Jarrett Murphy
Trump’s Ascent Was Possible Only in an America Already Run by Billionaires Trump’s Ascent Was Possible Only in an America Already Run by Billionaires
We were living in a 1 percent society long before we elected a billionaire for president.
Feb 27, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt
How Banks Want To Make It Easier To Launder Money How Banks Want To Make It Easier To Launder Money
What are the limits to financial sector greed?
Feb 22, 2017 / David Dayen
The Trump-Bibi-Murdoch Love Triangle Puts Us All at Risk The Trump-Bibi-Murdoch Love Triangle Puts Us All at Risk
Flouting the laws and sacrificing truth, the new mogul empire is a perpetual-motion machine fueled almost entirely on bullshit.
Feb 14, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman
Donald Trump Is Selling Access to the ‘Winter White House’ for $200,000 Donald Trump Is Selling Access to the ‘Winter White House’ for $200,000
Sensitive national-security operations are being conducted in plain view of Mar-a-Lago club members and guests.
Feb 13, 2017 / George Zornick
Shouldn’t We Know Who Else Is at the ‘Winter White House’? Shouldn’t We Know Who Else Is at the ‘Winter White House’?
Trump intends to spend a lot of time at Mar-a-Lago. Who is paying to stay with him?
Feb 10, 2017 / George Zornick
Everything Trump Did in His Third Week That Actually Matters Everything Trump Did in His Third Week That Actually Matters
While Trump tried to get tough on crime and suffered two major legal defeats, one of his top advisers appeared to violate ethics rules.
Feb 10, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter and George Zornick
‘Trump Made Idiots of Us All’ ‘Trump Made Idiots of Us All’
Matt Taibbi on Trump, Joan Walsh on the Women’s March, and Erwin Chemerinsky on suing Trump.
Jan 26, 2017 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The American Press Is Under Threat as Never Before The American Press Is Under Threat as Never Before
A supplicant media will be no match for the compulsive liar in the White House.
Jan 5, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman