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DACA protest

Begin 2018 With Action on the Dream Act, Net Neutrality, and Voter Registration Begin 2018 With Action on the Dream Act, Net Neutrality, and Voter Registration

Take Action Now gives you three meaningful actions you can take each week.

Jan 3, 2018 / no-paywall / NationAction

House Speaker Paul Ryan

A Scrooge Walks Among Us A Scrooge Walks Among Us

Charles Dickens would surely recognize the cruelty he disdained in modern Republicans like Paul Ryan.

Dec 24, 2017 / John Nichols

Donald Trump tax bill

The GOP Tax Bill and the Crisis of American Democracy The GOP Tax Bill and the Crisis of American Democracy

The country is ruled by oligarchs and their enablers.

Dec 20, 2017 / Editorial / Richard Kim

Doug Jones

The Left Helped Jones Defeat Moore. It Could Help More Democrats in 2018. The Left Helped Jones Defeat Moore. It Could Help More Democrats in 2018.

The Democrats must work harder to build grassroots infrastructure and offer voters a bolder vision proudly based on progressive values.

Dec 19, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Republican Tax Bill

The Republican Tax Bill Codifies a New Gilded Age The Republican Tax Bill Codifies a New Gilded Age

The GOP tax plan harks back to an idea that the poor should be humiliated and the rich are virtuous.

Dec 18, 2017 / Ed Burmila

Trump and Ryan

How Do Politicians Get Away With Cutting Taxes for the Rich? How Do Politicians Get Away With Cutting Taxes for the Rich?

Americans don’t want this tax bill, yet it’s likely to pass.

Dec 15, 2017 / Sean McElwee and Spencer Piston

Clinton and Sanders

Democrats Have a Chance to Revive the Party. Will They Seize It? Democrats Have a Chance to Revive the Party. Will They Seize It?

Let’s hope the Unity Reform Commission’s ideas are codified.

Dec 12, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Rev. William Barber Moral Mondays

A New Poor People’s Campaign Wants to Change How Society Defines Morality A New Poor People’s Campaign Wants to Change How Society Defines Morality

In the wealthiest country in the world, poverty is still taking a devastating toll on millions of people of all races.

Dec 5, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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What Will It Take for the GOP to Pass Its Terrible Tax Bill? What Will It Take for the GOP to Pass Its Terrible Tax Bill?

George Zornick on Senate politics, Joan Walsh on sexual harassment in Washington, and Rick Perlstein on Republicans against Trump.

Nov 30, 2017 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Danica Roem Canvass

Anti-Trump Fervor Can’t Fully Explain What Happened This Month Anti-Trump Fervor Can’t Fully Explain What Happened This Month

Democratic candidates ran on bold, progressive ideas that inspired voters.

Nov 21, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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