The Manafort Sentence Is a Lesson in White Privilege The Manafort Sentence Is a Lesson in White Privilege
But the solution isn’t to inflate sentences for wealthy white men—it’s to reduce sentences for poor people of color.
Mar 8, 2019 / Elie Mystal
Prison Gerrymandering Distorts Our Democracy in the Worst Ways Prison Gerrymandering Distorts Our Democracy in the Worst Ways
Congressman Mark Pocan just got the House to approve an end to Census counts that distort representation at local and state levels.
Mar 8, 2019 / John Nichols
The Governor Who Beat Scott Walker Is Ready to Overturn Walker’s Anti-Labor Agenda The Governor Who Beat Scott Walker Is Ready to Overturn Walker’s Anti-Labor Agenda
Wisconsin’s Tony Evers moves to upend his predecessor’s “right to work” law and other anti-union, anti-worker provisions.
Mar 7, 2019 / John Nichols
The Long History of US-Russian ‘Meddling’ The Long History of US-Russian ‘Meddling’
The two governments have repeatedly interfered in each other’s domestic politics during the past 100 years—and it’s not all bad.
Mar 6, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
Sherrod Brown Talks About Populism, Work, Health Care, War… and 2020 Sherrod Brown Talks About Populism, Work, Health Care, War… and 2020
He’s repeatedly won elections as a pro-labor, anti-war advocate for civil rights and civil liberties in Ohio, where Democrats have increasingly failed. Could he win the presidency?
Mar 6, 2019 / Feature / John Nichols
We Know How to Cut Child Poverty in Half. Will We Do It? We Know How to Cut Child Poverty in Half. Will We Do It?
A new report outlines how to help millions of US children living in poverty.
Mar 5, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann
Progressives Are Starting to Define a New Realism for Our National-Security Strategy Progressives Are Starting to Define a New Realism for Our National-Security Strategy
The weakest response of Democrats to Trump would be to defend the old foreign-policy consensus.
Mar 5, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bernie Has Feelings, Too! Bernie Has Feelings, Too!
Democrats have borrowed liberally from Sanders’s policy book. The one thing they can't claim? His life story.
Mar 4, 2019 / Matthew Zeitlin
Will the New York State Democratic Party Oppose ‘Fusion’ Voting? Will the New York State Democratic Party Oppose ‘Fusion’ Voting?
New York’s state legislators should “just say no” to any attempt to limit democracy in New York.
Mar 4, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Mariah Parker Invites You to Be Your Complete, Weird, Messy Self Mariah Parker Invites You to Be Your Complete, Weird, Messy Self
The 27-year-old Athens, Georgia, county commissioner leans into her humanity as she fights for social justice.
Mar 1, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman