How Donald Trump and Elaine Chao Sold Off Flood-Control Policy to the Highest Bidders How Donald Trump and Elaine Chao Sold Off Flood-Control Policy to the Highest Bidders
In mid-August, the administration moved to gut a necessary initiative to guarantee the flood resilience of infrastructure.
Aug 28, 2017 / John Nichols
Trump’s Pardon for Arpaio Is the Workings of the American Political System Laid Bare Trump’s Pardon for Arpaio Is the Workings of the American Political System Laid Bare
Trump clearly doesn’t care about interfering with the administration of justice—and he doesn’t have to, either.
Aug 27, 2017 / Julianne Hing
President Trump Should Be Impeached for Pardoning Joe Arpaio President Trump Should Be Impeached for Pardoning Joe Arpaio
Trump has enabled a racist to trash the Constitution and flout the rule of law.
Aug 26, 2017 / Ian Haney López
Seth Rich, Conspiracy Theorists, and Russiagate ‘Truthers’ Seth Rich, Conspiracy Theorists, and Russiagate ‘Truthers’
The murder of a DNC staffer has been shamelessly manipulated by Fox News, WikiLeaks—and possibly the White House.
Aug 25, 2017 / Bob Dreyfuss
Trump Without Bannon: The Emptiness at the Center Trump Without Bannon: The Emptiness at the Center
Amy Wilentz on what Jared wants.
Aug 25, 2017 / Jon Wiener
The NAACP Has Called for a Moratorium on Expanding Charter Schools The NAACP Has Called for a Moratorium on Expanding Charter Schools
Charter schools have failed to live up to their hype, as school segregation continues to grow across America.
Aug 24, 2017 / Michelle Chen
The Lost Alternatives of Mikhail Gorbachev The Lost Alternatives of Mikhail Gorbachev
Thirty years ago, the last Soviet leader gave the world the possibilities of a democratic Russia and (with Ronald Reagan) an end to Cold War and nuclear arms races. Today, it is as...
Aug 24, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Steve Bannon’s Exit: All Power to Jared Kushner? Steve Bannon’s Exit: All Power to Jared Kushner?
Amy Wilentz on the boy wonder, John Nichols on Trump after Bannon, and Joshua Holland on Russia and democracy.
Aug 24, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
