Elections

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Trump’s Midterms Strategy Is Fear, Lies, and (White) Nationalism Trump’s Midterms Strategy Is Fear, Lies, and (White) Nationalism

And that’s what works to turn out his base.

Oct 23, 2018 / Joan Walsh

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

Voters Must Catch On to Republicans’ Con on Health Care Voters Must Catch On to Republicans’ Con on Health Care

The GOP’s duck-and-cover effort impedes a debate we need to have on providing universal coverage and increasing Social Security.

Oct 23, 2018 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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President Body Slam Needs to Be Checked and Balanced President Body Slam Needs to Be Checked and Balanced

America needs a Congress that will challenge this president when he attacks freedom of the press, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution.

Oct 19, 2018 / John Nichols

A Taxing Day at the Polls

A Taxing Day at the Polls A Taxing Day at the Polls

ignore this…

Oct 18, 2018 / Comix Nation / Jen Sorensen

Hubert Humphrey and the Unmaking of Cold War Liberalism

Hubert Humphrey and the Unmaking of Cold War Liberalism Hubert Humphrey and the Unmaking of Cold War Liberalism

A new biography captures how the Minnesota senator and vice president was poised to be liberalism’s conscience but instead played a role in its downfall.

Oct 18, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin

Polling Station Sign

Protect the Right to Vote in Your Community Protect the Right to Vote in Your Community

You can also stop the Trump administration from bullying immigrants for using crucial public programs and make phone calls to get out the vote for the midterms.

Oct 16, 2018 / no-paywall / NationAction

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Will North Dakota’s Discriminatory Voter-ID Law Cost Democrats the Senate? Will North Dakota’s Discriminatory Voter-ID Law Cost Democrats the Senate?

The Supreme Court has allowed the state to erect unreasonable barriers to voting by Native Americans.

Oct 15, 2018 / John Nichols

Donald Trump

Trump Has Made Republicans More Comfortable Expressing Their Sexism Out Loud Trump Has Made Republicans More Comfortable Expressing Their Sexism Out Loud

And the intense partisanship of this political moment is only making it worse.

Oct 12, 2018 / Joshua Holland

Congress Needs Radicals Like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Congress Needs Radicals Like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Congress Needs Radicals Like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Establishing a forceful left caucus in Congress might be even more important than picking the perfect Democratic nominee for president.

Oct 11, 2018 / Waleed Shahid

Black church voters

Voting From the Pews Voting From the Pews

Why black churches in Georgia are helping congregants cast ballots by mail.

Oct 11, 2018 / Stephanie Russell-Kraft

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