How to Expose Trump’s Dastardly Bait-and-Switch How to Expose Trump’s Dastardly Bait-and-Switch
Trump is not an economic populist, he’s just playing one on TV.
Dec 7, 2016 / Robert L. Borosage
Did the Opioid Epidemic Help Donald Trump Win? Did the Opioid Epidemic Help Donald Trump Win?
New research shows that Trump made huge gains in counties with the highest rates of death from drugs, alcohol, and suicide.
Dec 7, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter
Trump’s Team of Faux Populists and Real Crony Capitalists Trump’s Team of Faux Populists and Real Crony Capitalists
For progressive Democrats, the challenge now is not just to fight Trump’s policies but also to listen to the people he is betraying.
Dec 6, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Free Spaces Can Help Us Fight Trumpism Free Spaces Can Help Us Fight Trumpism
In free spaces citizens learn political skills, develop public confidence, and build civic relationships across race, class, faith, and partisanship.
Dec 5, 2016 / Harry C. Boyte
Trump’s Transition Team Is Dirty, and It’s Dark Trump’s Transition Team Is Dirty, and It’s Dark
Trump has packed his transition team with corporate executives and lobbyists, and he doesn’t want you to know what they’re doing.
Dec 5, 2016 / George Zornick
Iran, Angered Over Obama’s Renewal of Sanctions, Braces for Trump Iran, Angered Over Obama’s Renewal of Sanctions, Braces for Trump
Nothing would please Tehran’s hard-liners more than for the new US president to push Iran back into confrontational mode.
Dec 5, 2016 / Juan Cole
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is a Full-on Privatization Assault Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is a Full-on Privatization Assault
There’s a much better way to create jobs and rebuild our country’s crumbling infrastructure.
Dec 2, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Trump Gets Some ‘Good Press’ While the Downsizing and Offshoring Continues Trump Gets Some ‘Good Press’ While the Downsizing and Offshoring Continues
A factory is set to close, jobs are being lost, yet the president-elect is taking a “victory lap.”
Dec 2, 2016 / John Nichols
The Second Coming of MTV News The Second Coming of MTV News
Its rebirth gives insights into twin trends across the media landscape: prestige and diversity.
Dec 2, 2016 / Wei Tchou
Is the Recount Assuring Electoral Integrity, or Wasting Money on a Distraction? Is the Recount Assuring Electoral Integrity, or Wasting Money on a Distraction?
John Nichols on the recounts, Katrin Hansing on Fidel Castro, and Walter Mosley on capitalism and socialism.
Dec 1, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener