Politics

Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart Showed Us He Could Grow—and America Could, Too Jon Stewart Showed Us He Could Grow—and America Could, Too

He’s spewed false equivalencies, he told Wyatt Cenac to “fuck off” for questioning him on race, but the almost-former host of The Daily Show has shown he can learn.

Aug 6, 2015 / Leslie Savan

Narco-Terror Has Come to Mexico City

Narco-Terror Has Come to Mexico City Narco-Terror Has Come to Mexico City

The murders of photojournalist Rubén Espinosa and activist Nadia Vera Pérez are only the latest in a string of deaths connected to the state of Veracruz.

Aug 6, 2015 / Greg Grandin

Donald Trump

American Democracy Has to Do Better Than This American Democracy Has to Do Better Than This

And we’re the ones who are going to have to change it.

Aug 6, 2015 / William Greider

Debate stage

For a More Substantive Republican Debate, Ask Tougher Questions For a More Substantive Republican Debate, Ask Tougher Questions

The people with the tough jobs Thursday are not the candidates, but the moderators.

Aug 6, 2015 / John Nichols

Minimum Wage Protester

4 Tough Questions on Poverty for the Republican Presidential Candidates 4 Tough Questions on Poverty for the Republican Presidential Candidates

This first debate of the 2016 election is an opportunity for the leading Republicans to go on the record about the issues that matter most to working families. But they probably wo...

Aug 5, 2015 / Marisol Bello

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Things Donald Trump Could Do to Look Even More Presidential Things Donald Trump Could Do to Look Even More Presidential

Another in a series of unavoidable cartoons about terrible people who are never actually going to be president.

Aug 5, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

Is US Policy Toward Russia and Ukraine Falling Apart?

Is US Policy Toward Russia and Ukraine Falling Apart? Is US Policy Toward Russia and Ukraine Falling Apart?

Growing signs that Europe is no longer united in following DC’s hawkish policies.

Aug 5, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

Martin O'Malley

O’Malley Endorses a Constitutional Amendment Protecting the Right to Vote O’Malley Endorses a Constitutional Amendment Protecting the Right to Vote

The Democratic contender supports a constitutional remedy to voter suppression and assaults on the Voting Rights Act.

Aug 5, 2015 / John Nichols

Trump Campaign

The Coming Debate and a Trump in the House of Cards The Coming Debate and a Trump in the House of Cards

A debate that promises to defy the needs—and common sense—of most Americans.

Aug 4, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Hiroshima

70 Years Later, We Still Haven’t Apologized for Bombing Japan 70 Years Later, We Still Haven’t Apologized for Bombing Japan

We’ve somehow convinced ourselves that Hiroshima was an act of mercy.

Aug 4, 2015 / Christian Appy

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