Paul Ryan Was Already Rejected for a Leadership Position—by the Voters Paul Ryan Was Already Rejected for a Leadership Position—by the Voters
Paul Ryan demands unwavering support for House speaker. But if this “young gun” is the GOP’s “only hope,” the party’s in even bigger trouble than it seems.
Oct 21, 2015 / John Nichols
What I Discovered From Interviewing Imprisoned ISIS Fighters What I Discovered From Interviewing Imprisoned ISIS Fighters
They’re drawn to the movement for reasons that have little to do with belief in extremist Islam.
Oct 21, 2015 / Lydia Wilson
What I Learned on a Luxury Cruise Through the Global-Warming Apocalypse What I Learned on a Luxury Cruise Through the Global-Warming Apocalypse
To see the Arctic death spiral firsthand, and to see the Arctic before it melted, I took a 17-day “adventure cruise” and learned an inconvenient truth: We can’t make it stop.
Oct 21, 2015 / Feature / Roy Scranton
Trey Gowdy Is Very Angry You Think His Partisan Benghazi Committee Is Partisan Trey Gowdy Is Very Angry You Think His Partisan Benghazi Committee Is Partisan
The GOP prosecutor is having a pity party over the media finally telling the truth about his Benghazi farce. Can one big day with Clinton salvage his credibility?
Oct 21, 2015 / Joan Walsh
Is the US Abetting World Order or Disorder? Is the US Abetting World Order or Disorder?
How the “sulking superpower” is resisting peaceful outcomes from Syria to Ukraine.
Oct 21, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
If You Thought the Reproductive-Health Crisis in Texas Couldn’t Get Worse, Well… If You Thought the Reproductive-Health Crisis in Texas Couldn’t Get Worse, Well…
The state’s move to cut Planned Parenthood off Medicaid funding will further limit poor women’s access to care.
Oct 20, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Justin Trudeau Just Showed American Democrats How to Win the Next Election Justin Trudeau Just Showed American Democrats How to Win the Next Election
Promises to tax the rich and to make infrastructure investment a priority—along with an embrace of diversity—beat the right in Canada.
Oct 20, 2015 / John Nichols
Exxon Knew Everything There Was to Know About Climate Change by the Mid-1980s—and Denied It Exxon Knew Everything There Was to Know About Climate Change by the Mid-1980s—and Denied It
And thanks to their willingness to sucker the world, the world is now a chaotic mess.
Oct 20, 2015 / Bill McKibben
Two States, Two Competing Futures for Voting Rights in America Two States, Two Competing Futures for Voting Rights in America
Republicans will eventually have to reckon with a country that is more diverse, more compassionate and more progressive.
Oct 20, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
October 20, 1947: The House Un-American Activities Committee Opens an Investigation of Communism in Hollywood October 20, 1947: The House Un-American Activities Committee Opens an Investigation of Communism in Hollywood
“The exposure of a few Communists in Hollywood seems hardly worth the price.”
Oct 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner