Trump Pressures Israel to Deny Entry to Two Members of Congress Trump Pressures Israel to Deny Entry to Two Members of Congress
A president’s powers should not be employed To get back at people with whom he’s annoyed. But this one’s so eager to punish his foes, he May next send the troops in to capture Pelo…
Aug 27, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Indivisible Is Working Hard to Live Up to Its Name Indivisible Is Working Hard to Live Up to Its Name
Activists mobilized by this grassroots group had one thing in common: They wanted to fight Trump. Can they agree on what comes next?
Aug 27, 2019 / Feature / Joan Walsh
President Trump Has Legalized Concentration Camps President Trump Has Legalized Concentration Camps
The administration’s new rules will eviscerate key features of the landmark 1997 Flores decision, which mandates protections for immigrant children.
Aug 23, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky
Trump’s Greenland Grab Is a Throwback to the Foulest Imperialism Trump’s Greenland Grab Is a Throwback to the Foulest Imperialism
Denmark’s prime minister got it right when she said, “Thankfully, the time where you buy and sell other countries and populations is over.”
Aug 21, 2019 / John Nichols
Trump’s America Is Worse Than Orwell’s ‘1984’ Trump’s America Is Worse Than Orwell’s ‘1984’
As global warming intensifies, our world is becoming bleaker than one of the darkest dystopias ever imagined.
Aug 20, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt
Stephen Miller Is a Perfectly Mainstream Republican Stephen Miller Is a Perfectly Mainstream Republican
His cruelty is all-American—and it’s shared by millions of others who make up the GOP’s base.
Aug 19, 2019 / Jeet Heer
Did Netanyahu Just Kill Washington’s ‘Pro-Israel’ Consensus? Did Netanyahu Just Kill Washington’s ‘Pro-Israel’ Consensus?
The ban against Representatives Tlaib and Omar has angered even those who can’t find their voices when Israel bombs kids in Gaza.
Aug 16, 2019 / M.J. Rosenberg
Undoing the Promise of the Statue of Liberty Undoing the Promise of the Statue of Liberty
Attempts to rewrite the poem at the base of the Statue of Liberty are an attack on immigrants like me and my family.
Aug 16, 2019 / George Atallah
Rooting for a Recession Is Dangerous—Especially Under Trump Rooting for a Recession Is Dangerous—Especially Under Trump
Unless Democrats offer real alternatives, an economic downturn will only lead to more misery and social strife.
Aug 16, 2019 / Jeet Heer