Campaigns and Elections

January 6th committee hearing

Trump Is A Criminal. Pence Is A Coward. Trump Is A Criminal. Pence Is A Coward.

Those are the two top takeaways from the January 6 committee’s stunning first “season.”

Jul 27, 2022 / Joan Walsh

Poor Peoples Campaign

Democrats Are Losing the Working Class, but You Shouldn’t Blame the Left Democrats Are Losing the Working Class, but You Shouldn’t Blame the Left

The reason people are disenchanted is that this economy doesn’t work for them.

Jul 26, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Mandela Barnes at 48th Annual Juneteenth Day Festival 2019

Progressives Unite Behind Mandela Barnes in the Wisconsin Senate Race Progressives Unite Behind Mandela Barnes in the Wisconsin Senate Race

A week after Bernie Sanders backed the Senate candidate, Barnes wins a big endorsement from progressive rival Tom Nelson.

Jul 26, 2022 / John Nichols

Student Protest Roe

What’s At Stake for Young Voters What’s At Stake for Young Voters

Young people coast to coast detail the most critical issues in the 2022 midterms, from student debt to abortion to climate change.

Jul 26, 2022 / StudentNation / StudentNation

January 6th committee hearing

187 Minutes of Treason 187 Minutes of Treason

Thursday’s January 6 Committee hearing painted a portrait of “an out-of-control, criminal, seditious, mad president.”

Jul 22, 2022 / John Nichols

Can Trump Oust Liz Cheney From Congress?

Can Trump Oust Liz Cheney From Congress? Can Trump Oust Liz Cheney From Congress?

Cheney is not running against Trump in her Republican primary this August. But Trump is definitely running against Cheney.

Jul 21, 2022 / Feature / John Nichols

Abortion-rights protesters in Detroit

In These 6 States, Abortion Rights Are Literally on the Ballot In These 6 States, Abortion Rights Are Literally on the Ballot

Will direct democracy in Michigan, Kansas, Vermont, and elsewhere protect the rights that the Supreme Court won’t?

Jul 21, 2022 / Amy Littlefield

Merrick Garland Isn’t Being “Impartial”—He’s Helping Trump

Merrick Garland Isn’t Being “Impartial”—He’s Helping Trump Merrick Garland Isn’t Being “Impartial”—He’s Helping Trump

A leaked memo appears to throw cold water on the idea that Garland’s DOJ will hold Trump or his closest cronies accountable for January 6.

Jul 20, 2022 / Elie Mystal

US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito

SCOTUS and the Catholic Authoritarian Vanguard SCOTUS and the Catholic Authoritarian Vanguard

How a nativist interpretation of the religion seized our institutions.

Jul 20, 2022 / Piotr H. Kosicki

Daniel Hoan, former mayor of Milwaukee

Republicans Plan a Convention in the Historic Socialist City of Milwaukee Republicans Plan a Convention in the Historic Socialist City of Milwaukee

The party’s 2024 convention looks to be headed for a city with “stronger ties to socialism” than any in the United States.

Jul 19, 2022 / John Nichols

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