Campaigns and Elections

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

How the Electoral College Really Started How the Electoral College Really Started

Suddenly, it makes a whole lot of sense. 

Dec 6, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Sanctuary City Immigration

4 Ways Cities and States Can Become Sanctuaries Now 4 Ways Cities and States Can Become Sanctuaries Now

From providing legal representation to investing in education, localities can help shield immigrants from Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda.

Dec 5, 2016 / Cities Rising / Daniel Altschuler and Peter L. Markowitz

Barack Obama

9 Things Obama Can Do Before Leaving Office to Prepare for the Trump Takeover 9 Things Obama Can Do Before Leaving Office to Prepare for the Trump Takeover

In the next 40 days, the President can declassify secret documents, pardon whistle blowers, and punish high-level officials who abused their power.

Dec 5, 2016 / Pratap Chatterjee

A Proof, a Test, an Instruction

A Proof, a Test, an Instruction A Proof, a Test, an Instruction

Obama is ours, in the deep sense that Lincoln is ours.

Dec 5, 2016 / Feature / Marilynne Robinson

Sanctuary Coalition

Inside the Churches That Are Leading New York’s Sanctuary Movement Inside the Churches That Are Leading New York’s Sanctuary Movement

New York’s sanctuary movement is ready to become more radical. The question is, How?

Dec 2, 2016 / Cities Rising / Jake Offenhartz

Donald Trump Carrier Factory

Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is a Full-on Privatization Assault Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is a Full-on Privatization Assault

There’s a much better way to create jobs and rebuild our country’s crumbling infrastructure.

Dec 2, 2016 / Michelle Chen

DNC sign

Want a More Progressive Democratic Party? Stop Donating to It. Want a More Progressive Democratic Party? Stop Donating to It.

Who among us can say in a few sentences what the Democratic Party stands for? We can fix that.

Dec 2, 2016 / Lawrence Hess

Margaret Sullivan on How Trump Trounced the Media

Margaret Sullivan on How Trump Trounced the Media Margaret Sullivan on How Trump Trounced the Media

An interview.

Dec 2, 2016 / Editorial / John Nichols

Donald Trump rally

Is America Poised to Become the Most Dangerous Country on Earth? Is America Poised to Become the Most Dangerous Country on Earth?

Donald Trump’s administration—filling up with racists, Islamophobes, and billionaires—already has the feel of an increasingly militarized, autocratic government-in-the-making.

Dec 1, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt

Is the Recount Assuring Electoral Integrity, or Wasting Money on a Distraction?

Is the Recount Assuring Electoral Integrity, or Wasting Money on a Distraction? Is the Recount Assuring Electoral Integrity, or Wasting Money on a Distraction?

John Nichols on the recounts, Katrin Hansing on Fidel Castro, and Walter Mosley on capitalism and socialism.

Dec 1, 2016 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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