The Right

Trump in Alabama

The World Is Ready to Burst Into Flames, and Donald Trump Is Holding the Match The World Is Ready to Burst Into Flames, and Donald Trump Is Holding the Match

Who will save us from our pyromaniac in chief?

Dec 19, 2017 / Rebecca Gordon

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

White Nationalist

The Media Must Stop Normalizing Nazis The Media Must Stop Normalizing Nazis

When one side is fascist, there’s no reason to show “both sides.”

Dec 13, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman

Michael Flynn White House

Media Malpractice Is Criminalizing Better Relations With Russia Media Malpractice Is Criminalizing Better Relations With Russia

The pillorying of General Flynn and hounding of Secretary of State Tillerson equate détente with “collusion with the Kremlin.”

Dec 13, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

The Second Klan

The Second Klan The Second Klan

Linda Gordon’s new book captures how white supremacy has long been part of our political mainstream.

Dec 13, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Kevin M. Kruse

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

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The Racist Right Looks Left The Racist Right Looks Left

At Richard Spencer’s secret conference, white supremacists denounce corporate capitalism.

Dec 8, 2017 / Donna Minkowitz

Justice Kennedy Appears Ready to Undo His Own Legacy on LGBTQ Rights

Justice Kennedy Appears Ready to Undo His Own Legacy on LGBTQ Rights Justice Kennedy Appears Ready to Undo His Own Legacy on LGBTQ Rights

Based on a single quote, which doesn’t say what he thinks it says.

Dec 5, 2017 / Sarah Posner

Viktor Orban poster

Who Could Have Predicted Trump? Poland, and Hungary, and Slovakia. Who Could Have Predicted Trump? Poland, and Hungary, and Slovakia.

After the Cold War, right-wing populists surged to power by exploiting economic uncertainty.

Dec 5, 2017 / John Feffer

Jeff Flake

Rick Perlstein: The Trouble With Anti-Trump Republicans Rick Perlstein: The Trouble With Anti-Trump Republicans

Jeff Flake, Bob Corker, and John McCain still vote with Trump 90 percent of the time.

Dec 1, 2017 / Audio / Jon Wiener

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