Donald Trump

Restaurant Worker

Do You Trust Your Boss to ‘Share’ Your Tips? Do You Trust Your Boss to ‘Share’ Your Tips?

The Department of Labor wants to make it legal for employers to take away workers’ tips.

Dec 19, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Donald Trump

If Trump Fires Mueller, We Must Impeach If Trump Fires Mueller, We Must Impeach

The country will find itself in a constitutional crisis, where the executive branch rejects checks and balances and the rule of law.

Dec 15, 2017 / John Nichols

Net Neutrality vote

Gutting Net Neutrality Is the Trump Administration’s Most Brutal Blow to Democracy Yet Gutting Net Neutrality Is the Trump Administration’s Most Brutal Blow to Democracy Yet

This cannot be the end of a free and open Internet. Activists must fight on in the courts, in Congress, and in the streets.

Dec 14, 2017 / John Nichols

US Special Forces in Mali

Donald Trump’s First Year Set a Record for Use of Special Operations Forces Donald Trump’s First Year Set a Record for Use of Special Operations Forces

Elite commandos deployed to 149 countries in 2017.

Dec 14, 2017 / Nick Turse

Trump sexual misconduct

Boasting Limitations Boasting Limitations

There’s something Trump won’t brag about? Well, yes, as other gropers fall, We’ve never heard him boast he has The most accusers of them all.

Dec 14, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin

White Nationalist

The Media Must Stop Normalizing Nazis The Media Must Stop Normalizing Nazis

When one side is fascist, there’s no reason to show “both sides.”

Dec 13, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman

Michael Flynn White House

Media Malpractice Is Criminalizing Better Relations With Russia Media Malpractice Is Criminalizing Better Relations With Russia

The pillorying of General Flynn and hounding of Secretary of State Tillerson equate détente with “collusion with the Kremlin.”

Dec 13, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

On a Wave of Votes From Selma, and the Civil-Rights Heartlands of Alabama, Doug Jones Sweeps to Victory

On a Wave of Votes From Selma, and the Civil-Rights Heartlands of Alabama, Doug Jones Sweeps to Victory On a Wave of Votes From Selma, and the Civil-Rights Heartlands of Alabama, Doug Jones Sweeps to Victory

An overwhelming surge in votes from African-American counties tipped the balance against Roy Moore.

Dec 13, 2017 / John Nichols

Perry Pentagon

Amid the Clamor for War in Korea, Here Are Two Voices for Peace Amid the Clamor for War in Korea, Here Are Two Voices for Peace

A former Pentagon chief and a “dialogue practitioner” push for engagement.

Dec 12, 2017 / Tim Shorrock

Robert Mueller

Cornered and Facing ‘Existential’ Crisis, Will Trump Fire Mueller? Cornered and Facing ‘Existential’ Crisis, Will Trump Fire Mueller?

His deputy attorney general is under the gun as Trump allies lose patience with the Russiagate investigation.

Dec 12, 2017 / Bob Dreyfuss

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