Our Elections Are Not Immune Our Elections Are Not Immune
Where’s the plan to ensure that the coronavirus doesn’t upend the 2020 elections?
Mar 7, 2020 / John Nichols
Trump’s Education Policy Is an Opportunity for Democrats Trump’s Education Policy Is an Opportunity for Democrats
Republicans are running away from Betsy DeVos’s “education freedom” agenda as fast as they can. So why haven’t Democrats noticed?
Mar 5, 2020 / Jennifer C. Berkshire
Washington Hawks Are Softening Their Hard Line on Sanctions Against North Korea Washington Hawks Are Softening Their Hard Line on Sanctions Against North Korea
They fear Mike Pompeo’s diplomacy is backfiring and may be alienating South Korea—and they worry that sanctions will vastly worsen the COVID-19 epidemic.
Mar 5, 2020 / Tim Shorrock
Trump Is Running This Country Into the Ground Trump Is Running This Country Into the Ground
But no matter how much damage the president causes, he'll make it out unscathed, money in hand.
Mar 4, 2020 / Tom Engelhardt
Bloomberg’s Campaign Threatens to Turn Our Elections Into an Auction Bloomberg’s Campaign Threatens to Turn Our Elections Into an Auction
In our broken campaign finance system, the barrier to running for office keeps getting higher.
Mar 3, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Constitution Requires a New Civic Reckoning The Constitution Requires a New Civic Reckoning
There is much work to be done, but former and current civil servants condemning the Trump administration’s corruption restore faith that the work is possible.
Mar 3, 2020 / Russ Feingold
Trump Is Using Pandemic Panic to Ramp Up Attacks on Migrants Trump Is Using Pandemic Panic to Ramp Up Attacks on Migrants
This has nothing to do with public health and everything to do with locking out poor and brown people.
Mar 3, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
The Pentagon Budget Is Out of Control The Pentagon Budget Is Out of Control
At $1.21 trillion, the actual national security budget is nearly twice the size that was announced by the White House.
Mar 3, 2020 / Mandy Smithberger
Inside Trump’s Divisive Mission to Identify and Deter Potential Extremists Inside Trump’s Divisive Mission to Identify and Deter Potential Extremists
Marginalized minorities targeted by the DHS’s counter-extremism program say it lacked transparency and deepened their mistrust of government.
Mar 2, 2020 / Feature / Julia Harte
Sonia Sotomayor Just Issued a Serious Warning About the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor Just Issued a Serious Warning About the Supreme Court
But the media got distracted by Trump’s tweets and missed her message.
Feb 28, 2020 / Elie Mystal