Congress

Afghan Escalation

Trump’s Chaos Is Covering for Stealth Escalation Overseas Trump’s Chaos Is Covering for Stealth Escalation Overseas

Americans are tired of wars without end. But the reality is that we are headed into more war without public support, without a sensible strategy or a clear purpose.

Jun 27, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Senate Health-Care Bill Is Morally Indefensible

The Senate Health-Care Bill Is Morally Indefensible The Senate Health-Care Bill Is Morally Indefensible

The bill makes an equivalence between affording care and deserving care.

Jun 27, 2017 / Laila Lalami

This Week Kellyanne Conway

Republicans Spent the Weekend Lying Their Faces Off About Health Care Republicans Spent the Weekend Lying Their Faces Off About Health Care

Cuts to Medicaid? What cuts to Medicaid? There are no cuts to Medicaid here.

Jun 26, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Jon Ossof

The Lessons We Learned From Jon Ossoff’s Defeat The Lessons We Learned From Jon Ossoff’s Defeat

The midterms will be much different, but Democrats need better candidates.

Jun 22, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

Randy Bryce Wisconsin

This Union Ironworker Has a Plan to Beat Paul Ryan This Union Ironworker Has a Plan to Beat Paul Ryan

A construction worker takes on the speaker of the House—and sparks fly.

Jun 22, 2017 / John Nichols

The US Capitol Building at sunset

Who Is Getting Rich Off the Secret Health-Care Overhaul? Who Is Getting Rich Off the Secret Health-Care Overhaul?

A small group of people knows what the public doesn’t, and that’s ripe for scandal.

Jun 21, 2017 / George Zornick

Vladimir Putin

Was a Cuban Missile Crisis Averted in Syria, the Transatlantic Alliance Ruptured, and Intelgate Exposed? Was a Cuban Missile Crisis Averted in Syria, the Transatlantic Alliance Ruptured, and Intelgate Exposed?

Though briefly noted by the mainstream media, we may have witnessed three essential truths about the new Cold War.

Jun 21, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Mitch McConnell News Conference

If the Media Keep Ignoring Health Care, We’ll Lose It If the Media Keep Ignoring Health Care, We’ll Lose It

The Senate is attempting to gut Obamacare under a shroud of secrecy, and the strategy is working.

Jun 20, 2017 / Jeremy Slevin

New York Anti-Trump Protestors

Introducing ‘Take Action Now,’ a New Tool to Help You Connect to the Resistance Introducing ‘Take Action Now,’ a New Tool to Help You Connect to the Resistance

Every Tuesday, “Take Action Now” will feature three actions involving time commitments ranging from five minutes to many days.

Jun 20, 2017 / NationAction

Trump at press conference

On Trump, the Media’s Malpractice Continues On Trump, the Media’s Malpractice Continues

The media—having learned the wrong lessons from the 2016 campaign—continue to keep Americans shocked rather than informed. The results are toxic to our democracy. 

Jun 20, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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