The Right

Representative Liz Cheney speaks during the January 6th hearings, under a large screen reading

The January 6 Hearings Are Not Going to Save Us The January 6 Hearings Are Not Going to Save Us

Liberals don’t seem to have learned much from the failures of James Comey and Robert Mueller to take down Trump.

Aug 5, 2022 / Daniel Bessner and Ben Burgis

The Economic Cost of “Dobbs”

The Economic Cost of “Dobbs” The Economic Cost of “Dobbs”

More people who need an abortion will now be unable to obtain one, which will plunge many of them into financial turmoil and curtail their ability to pursue their dreams.

Aug 5, 2022 / Bryce Covert

New Yorker Chuck Walker (L) dressed as Republican

How the “Brooks Brothers Riot” Set the Stage for Insurrection How the “Brooks Brothers Riot” Set the Stage for Insurrection

The post-election uprising in Miami-Dade County gives the lie to the depiction of the failed Trumpian coup as an isolated event.

Aug 4, 2022 / Chris Lehmann

Ohio Capitol

The Religious Right-Wingers Working to Run Ohio The Religious Right-Wingers Working to Run Ohio

Republican legislators in the Buckeye State have introduced multiple bills to curtail civil rights with the help of the Center for Christian Virtue.

Aug 4, 2022 / StudentNation / Zurie Pope

A black car has bumper stickers that say

When Did Cars Become Weapons of the Right? When Did Cars Become Weapons of the Right?

The politicization of big-box personal vehicles is now almost complete.

Aug 4, 2022 / Stan Cox

Mourners at the site of the El Paso shooting

3 Years After the El Paso Shooting, “Environmental” Nativism Is Spreading 3 Years After the El Paso Shooting, “Environmental” Nativism Is Spreading

Racist attacks in which shooters claim to be motivated by environmental concerns are becoming increasingly common, as is the ideology behind them.

Aug 3, 2022 / Gaby Del Valle

covid-19-vaccine

The US Is Bad at Handling Epidemics. Monkeypox Is the Latest Example. The US Is Bad at Handling Epidemics. Monkeypox Is the Latest Example.

Vaccines are limited, communication is poor, and conspiracy theories abound.

Aug 2, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris John waves as he leaves 10 Downing Street to attend Prime Minister's Questions. He is holding a folder and wearing a suit with a green tie.

Boris Johnson’s (Far From Final) Bill for Damages Boris Johnson’s (Far From Final) Bill for Damages

While the elderly white men who run Britain’s Conservative Party chose between two deeply depressing choices for new leader, let’s take a minute to reckon just how much ruin the di...

Aug 1, 2022 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Abortion-rights protesters at the Indiana state house

They Don’t Know Us. But They Hate Us. They Don’t Know Us. But They Hate Us.

Victorious abortion foes, most of them male, don’t know how women’s bodies work. And they don’t much care. And therefore some women will die.

Jul 28, 2022 / Joan Walsh

Pete Seeger Outlasted the Bastards

Pete Seeger Outlasted the Bastards Pete Seeger Outlasted the Bastards

A new stamp recognizes the proud American radical who was once blacklisted by Joe McCarthy and “a group of American fascists.”

Jul 28, 2022 / John Nichols

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