The Right

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The Republican Party’s White Women Problem The Republican Party’s White Women Problem

The Republican base that has coalesced around Trump has been increasingly characterized by “hostile sexism”—and women are turning away.

Aug 28, 2019 / Julie Kohler

Protest outside Chase

Big Business Is Suddenly Showing a Conscience. But Is That Enough? Big Business Is Suddenly Showing a Conscience. But Is That Enough?

Corporate America is worried. And that alone is a reason to be optimistic.

Aug 27, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

David Koch

Even David Koch’s Philanthropy Was Toxic Even David Koch’s Philanthropy Was Toxic

Like other plutocrats, from Andrew Carnegie to Jeff Bezos, the late billionaire used charity to legitimize inequality.

Aug 26, 2019 / Jeet Heer

David Koch Got What He Paid For

David Koch Got What He Paid For David Koch Got What He Paid For

The late Koch brother bought influence using PACs and other proxies. A prank call to Scott Walker revealed the truth about how the Kochs had their way with Republican politicians.

Aug 23, 2019 / John Nichols

Newt Gingrich

Conservatives’ Freakout Over the 1619 Project Reveals Their Fear of America’s Actual Past Conservatives’ Freakout Over the 1619 Project Reveals Their Fear of America’s Actual Past

It turns out conservatives love history—unless it’s true.

Aug 21, 2019 / Jeet Heer

Trump on the Big Screen at CPAC

Trump’s America Is Worse Than Orwell’s ‘1984’ Trump’s America Is Worse Than Orwell’s ‘1984’

As global warming intensifies, our world is becoming bleaker than one of the darkest dystopias ever imagined.

Aug 20, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt

Bernie Sanders Has a Smart Critique of Corporate Media Bias

Bernie Sanders Has a Smart Critique of Corporate Media Bias Bernie Sanders Has a Smart Critique of Corporate Media Bias

And thankfully, bad press matters less and less.

Aug 20, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

How to Solve a Suicide How to Solve a Suicide

Step one: I certainly didn’t do it.

Aug 20, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Everything You Think You Know About ‘Free Speech’ Is a Lie

Everything You Think You Know About ‘Free Speech’ Is a Lie Everything You Think You Know About ‘Free Speech’ Is a Lie

How far-right operatives manufactured the “crisis” of free speech with books, think tanks—and billions of dollars.

Aug 20, 2019 / P.E. Moskowitz

Stephen Miller cabinet meeting

Stephen Miller Is a Perfectly Mainstream Republican Stephen Miller Is a Perfectly Mainstream Republican

His cruelty is all-American—and it’s shared by millions of others who make up the GOP’s base.

Aug 19, 2019 / Jeet Heer

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