
Do Voters Really Want More CIA Analysts in Congress? Do Voters Really Want More CIA Analysts in Congress?
Michigan Representative Elissa Slotkin is vying for a Senate seat in 2024, touting her national security experience. But, in spite of conventional wisdom, her background doesn't gu...
Feb 28, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Attorneys General Elections Take Center Stage Post-“Roe” Attorneys General Elections Take Center Stage Post-“Roe”
AG races across the country will determine whether local prosecutors are encouraged to bring charges in abortion cases or forced to comply with pre-Roe bans.
Oct 19, 2022 / John Nichols

Climate Justice Is About More Than Just Fossil Fuels Climate Justice Is About More Than Just Fossil Fuels
A true commitment to climate justice is much broader: It necessarily entails building local resilience to climate impacts.
May 7, 2021 / Matthew Sehrsweeney

The Capitol Rioters Must Face Consequences The Capitol Rioters Must Face Consequences
The long-standing normalization of right-wing violence demands that accountability for their crimes be a national priority.
Jan 22, 2021 / Column / Kali Holloway

The Most Vital Transition Is Ours The Most Vital Transition Is Ours
Reading revives historical memory in the flat Zoom time of pandemic.
Dec 16, 2020 / Peter Linebaugh

Trump Doesn’t Have a Path to Victory Through the Courts Trump Doesn’t Have a Path to Victory Through the Courts
While the election remains uncomfortably close, Trump’s attempts to use far-fetched legal arguments to stop vote counting in states like Pennsylvania are unlikely to succeed.
Nov 5, 2020 / Elie Mystal

The GOP’s Education Extremism Is Alienating Moderate Voters The GOP’s Education Extremism Is Alienating Moderate Voters
If Democrats succeed in taking back statehouses on November 3, education will be a major reason why.
Oct 29, 2020 / Jennifer C. Berkshire

Trump Keeps Inciting Domestic Terrorism Trump Keeps Inciting Domestic Terrorism
Even after the FBI disrupted an alleged terrorist plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, the president keeps fanning the flames of violence.
Oct 9, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Sanders Won Michigan in 2016. Biden Won Every County in 2020. Why? Sanders Won Michigan in 2016. Biden Won Every County in 2020. Why?
OMG—do you really have to ask?
Mar 12, 2020 / Joan Walsh

High School Football Players Took a Knee Before a Game, and Opposing ‘Fans’ Threw Trash at Them High School Football Players Took a Knee Before a Game, and Opposing ‘Fans’ Threw Trash at Them
“Look at these [n-words] taking a knee and they don’t even know why they’re doing it,” said one person in the crowd.
Dec 3, 2019 / Dave Zirin