Donald Trump

Winning the House, Democrats Vow to Check and Balance Trump

Winning the House, Democrats Vow to Check and Balance Trump Winning the House, Democrats Vow to Check and Balance Trump

Nancy Pelosi, Elijah Cummings, and Jerry Nadler now have the power to hold the president to account.

Nov 7, 2018 / John Nichols

Election Protesters

Whatever Happens in the Midterms, Trump Will Get Worse Before Anything Gets Better Whatever Happens in the Midterms, Trump Will Get Worse Before Anything Gets Better

And yet—I’m headed out to vote.

Nov 6, 2018 / Tom Engelhardt

Donald Trump

Will the Blue Wave Overcome the Red Undertow? Will the Blue Wave Overcome the Red Undertow?

Regardless of who prevails in the midterms, a political sea change has begun that will radically reshape our politics.

Nov 6, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Voters in Minneapolis, Minnesota-ap-img

Today Americans Determine Our Political Future Today Americans Determine Our Political Future

Five contests that could signal where we’re headed on climate change, criminal-justice reform, financial reform, net neutrality, and militarism.

Nov 6, 2018 / John Nichols

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

No Corroborating Evidence… No Corroborating Evidence…

...to support the president's, um, ‘claims.’ 

Nov 6, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

Donald Trump with flag

Originalism Is a White-Supremacist Scam Originalism Is a White-Supremacist Scam

Republicans made a con man president, but he just exposed their longest-running con.

Nov 5, 2018 / Madiba Dennie

Beto O'Rourke at Texas Democratic Conventions

Beto O’Rourke Is an Antidote to Donald Trump’s Bigotry Beto O’Rourke Is an Antidote to Donald Trump’s Bigotry

Rebuking the president’s midterm rhetoric, the Texan says, “It’s un-American. It’s not who we are.”

Nov 5, 2018 / John Nichols

North Korea Missile

Donald Trump’s Ignorance Has Us Headed Straight for the Second Nuclear Age Donald Trump’s Ignorance Has Us Headed Straight for the Second Nuclear Age

There’s good reason to be concerned.

Nov 5, 2018 / James Carroll

Bernie Sanders: ‘Trump Is Somebody Who Clearly Does Not Respect Democracy’

Bernie Sanders: ‘Trump Is Somebody Who Clearly Does Not Respect Democracy’ Bernie Sanders: ‘Trump Is Somebody Who Clearly Does Not Respect Democracy’

The senator explains why Democrats must challenge right-wing extremism.

Nov 2, 2018 / John Nichols

14th Amendment

Trump Is Provoking a Full-Blown Constitutional Crisis Trump Is Provoking a Full-Blown Constitutional Crisis

We must resist his vow to end birthright citizenship by massive, militant, coordinated action.

Nov 1, 2018 / Sasha Abramsky

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