The Right

Salvadore Allende addressing UN

Salvador Allende Still Speaks to Us Today Salvador Allende Still Speaks to Us Today

Chilean President Gabriel Boric and Spanish Prime Minster Pedro Sanchez both find themselves besieged by a virulent resurgence of the same right-wing movements that demolished demo...

Dec 2, 2022 / Ariel Dorfman

Representative Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) speaks during a press conference at the US Capitol, standing alongside Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).

American Authoritarianism Isn’t Going Away American Authoritarianism Isn’t Going Away

Neither the failure of the January 6 insurrection nor the disappointments suffered in the midterm elections have deterred the ambitions of the GOP’s fanatics.

Dec 1, 2022 / Clarence Lusane

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Reverend William Barber’s Pastoral Letter to the Republican Party Reverend William Barber’s Pastoral Letter to the Republican Party

Remember the role your forebears played in America’s first Reconstruction.

Nov 30, 2022 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Police arrest a suspect

The Midterms Showed Democrats Don’t Need to Pander on Crime The Midterms Showed Democrats Don’t Need to Pander on Crime

The Democratic Party shouldn’t panic over the issue.

Nov 29, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Newt Gingrich and Bob Dole at a circus on Capitol Hill, 1995.

Can the Origins of Today’s Right Be Traced to the 1990s? Can the Origins of Today’s Right Be Traced to the 1990s?

While some might remember the 1990s as an era of good feelings, Nicole Hemmer's Partisans argues that this period coincided with the rise of a more combative conservative movement.

Nov 29, 2022 / Books & the Arts / John Ganz

Supreme Court

This Supreme Court Case Is a Case Study in Conservative Hypocrisy This Supreme Court Case Is a Case Study in Conservative Hypocrisy

Just weeks after railing against race-conscious college admissions, the justices entertained a bogus race-based argument aimed at undermining Native sovereignty.

Nov 29, 2022 / Column / Elie Mystal

Donald Trump and John Kelly

The Terrorism We Sought Abroad Has Come Home The Terrorism We Sought Abroad Has Come Home

Of the approximately 450 politically motivated violent attacks that took place on our soil in the past decade, the majority were perpetrated by homegrown far-right extremists.

Nov 28, 2022 / Andrea Mazzarino

Colorado Springs shooting memorial

The Club Q Massacre and the New Culture of Lynching The Club Q Massacre and the New Culture of Lynching

Homophobic violence is fueled by the extreme right’s victim blaming.

Nov 28, 2022 / Jeet Heer

The Disturbing World of the New GOP

The Disturbing World of the New GOP The Disturbing World of the New GOP

The 2022 midterms saw the Republican Party complete its devolution into a party that has fully abandoned its conscience.

Nov 28, 2022 / Feature / John Nichols

No One Can Take Away Our Joy

No One Can Take Away Our Joy No One Can Take Away Our Joy

Across time and place, and amid grueling violence, trans people love and care for our own.

Nov 25, 2022 / Chase Strangio

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