Why the Media Just Can’t Stop Whitewashing the Koch Family Why the Media Just Can’t Stop Whitewashing the Koch Family
The political uses of the “poor little rich girl” narrative.
Feb 27, 2023 / Jeet Heer
It’s Time to Call Out the DeSantis Deflection It’s Time to Call Out the DeSantis Deflection
The question isn’t whether the College Board’s AP Black History course is “woke” but whether we're awake enough to call DeSantis’s bluff.
Feb 27, 2023 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Vivek Ramaswamy Enters the Fray Vivek Ramaswamy Enters the Fray
The merit-obsessed entrepreneur has made his pitch for the Republican primary nomination based on the hoary myth of libertarian achievement.
Feb 24, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
What Trump’s Visit to East Palestine Told Us About 2024 What Trump’s Visit to East Palestine Told Us About 2024
It was short, and mostly ignored. Will his campaign be the same?
Feb 24, 2023 / Joan Walsh
New York’s Democratic Party Needs New Leadership, Not More Money New York’s Democratic Party Needs New Leadership, Not More Money
The state’s decrepit and incompetent political machine demoralizes voters and can’t deliver results.
Feb 24, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Welcome to the New Age of McCarthyism Welcome to the New Age of McCarthyism
Strangely enough, all too little has changed since since the last one.
Feb 24, 2023 / Tom Engelhardt
Progressives Score a Major Win in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Primary Progressives Score a Major Win in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Primary
In a race that will determine the balance of power on a key court, liberal candidates just won a combined 54 percent of the vote.
Feb 22, 2023 / John Nichols
The Real Problem With Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Call for a “National Divorce” The Real Problem With Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Call for a “National Divorce”
For Greene, "divorce" is just another word for secession—and now, as then, it has everything to do with white supremacy.
Feb 22, 2023 / Elie Mystal
Kevin McCarthy Hands the January 6 Video Over to a January 6 Riot Promoter Kevin McCarthy Hands the January 6 Video Over to a January 6 Riot Promoter
The speaker’s move to give 44,000 hours of video footage to insurrection fan Tucker Carlson endangers national security and proves McCarthy’s a captive to extremists.
Feb 21, 2023 / Joan Walsh
Can New York Make Deadbeat Dolan Stop Freeloading at Madison Square Garden? Can New York Make Deadbeat Dolan Stop Freeloading at Madison Square Garden?
If the city and state can’t prevent the Knicks owner from barring his critics, perhaps they can at least shut down his sweetheart tax subsidy.
Feb 21, 2023 / Ross Barkan