White Men Have Good Reason to Be Scared White Men Have Good Reason to Be Scared
We’re coming for their power.
Oct 10, 2018 / Column / Kai Wright
A Blue Wave Next Month Could Be the Start of a Progressive Sea Change A Blue Wave Next Month Could Be the Start of a Progressive Sea Change
If Democrats flip the House, the Congressional Progressive Caucus will have the leaders, agenda, and institutional muscle to drive the debate.
Oct 9, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Brett Kavanaugh Has Lied His Way Onto the Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh Has Lied His Way Onto the Supreme Court
The House has a duty to do what the Senate has failed to do: investigate this shameful jurist and hold him to account.
Oct 6, 2018 / John Nichols
Senators Have a Duty to Reject Kavanaugh’s Threat to Equal Justice Under the Law Senators Have a Duty to Reject Kavanaugh’s Threat to Equal Justice Under the Law
Justice John Paul Stevens spoke an essential truth when he said that the furiously partisan nominee has proven himself to be unfit.
Oct 5, 2018 / John Nichols
Mitch McConnell Is Killing the Senate Mitch McConnell Is Killing the Senate
Six things he’s done to turn it into a weak arm of Trump’s White House.
Oct 4, 2018 / John Nichols
How Much It Costs to Buy US Foreign Policy How Much It Costs to Buy US Foreign Policy
Everything—even support for human-rights atrocities—has a price.
Oct 4, 2018 / Benjamin Freeman
We Should Be Grateful to Activists Confronting Politicians Directly We Should Be Grateful to Activists Confronting Politicians Directly
As our crisis in democratic accountability intensifies, there’s often no other way to make elected leaders listen.
Oct 4, 2018 / Joshua Holland
Kavanaugh’s Defenders in Congress Don’t Care About Process Kavanaugh’s Defenders in Congress Don’t Care About Process
The hearings reveal disparities in who gets to speak out—and who must remain silent.
Oct 4, 2018 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Brett Kavanaugh Is a Liar—So Why Couldn’t Democrats Call Him One? Brett Kavanaugh Is a Liar—So Why Couldn’t Democrats Call Him One?
News reports are not helping by wrongly presenting the hearing as a “he said/she said” affair.
Oct 3, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman
If the Senate Applies the Jeff Flake Standard, Brett Kavanaugh Must Be Rejected If the Senate Applies the Jeff Flake Standard, Brett Kavanaugh Must Be Rejected
The Republican senator says evidence of lying to the Judiciary Committee should prevent confirmation of Trump’s pick.
Oct 1, 2018 / John Nichols