Elections

The Unbelievable Baby-Man!

The Unbelievable Baby-Man! The Unbelievable Baby-Man!

The man with no shame. Sad!

Jan 17, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

Iraqi Soldier by Gutted Iraqi Hospital

Why Did the US Drop 26,171 Bombs on the World Last Year? Why Did the US Drop 26,171 Bombs on the World Last Year?

Our endless wars have destroyed nations and warped our own political culture.

Jan 15, 2017 / Greg Grandin

‘I Don’t See Trump as a Legitimate President,’ Says Representative John Lewis

‘I Don’t See Trump as a Legitimate President,’ Says Representative John Lewis ‘I Don’t See Trump as a Legitimate President,’ Says Representative John Lewis

The nation’s greatest living civil-rights hero says what others won’t. Will other Democrats follow?

Jan 13, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Sanctuary City Immigration

This Weekend, Join Rallies to Protect Immigrants and Save Our Health Care This Weekend, Join Rallies to Protect Immigrants and Save Our Health Care

The fight against Donald Trump’s scary, damaging agenda has already begun.

Jan 13, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction

Rex Tillerson hearing

Rex Tillerson Sets Off Alarm Bells in the Human-Rights Community Rex Tillerson Sets Off Alarm Bells in the Human-Rights Community

Given repeated chances to condemn a violent drug war in the Philippines, Tillerson side-stepped.

Jan 12, 2017 / George Zornick

Donald Trump in Portsmouth

Trump Is Vicious, but He’s Also Vulnerable Trump Is Vicious, but He’s Also Vulnerable

Gary Younge on Trump’s weaknesses, plus David Dayen on Obamacare’s future and Joy Reid on Obama’s racial rhetoric.

Jan 12, 2017 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

What Happens to a Feminist Dream Deferred?

What Happens to a Feminist Dream Deferred? What Happens to a Feminist Dream Deferred?

Three writers consider what the 2016 election reveals about the state of feminism today.

Jan 12, 2017 / That’s Debatable / Melissa Murray, Kathleen Geier, and Catherine Powell

Donald Trump Wisconsin

Who Are the Real Enemies of US National Security? Who Are the Real Enemies of US National Security?

New allegations that President-elect Trump can be controlled by the Kremlin through compromising information are unprecedented in American history and policy-making.

Jan 11, 2017 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

People protest after Russian hacking allegations.

Americans Deserve to Know the Specific Allegations on Trump and Russia Americans Deserve to Know the Specific Allegations on Trump and Russia

Trump’s sex life is his own affair. But his ties to foreign autocrats—whether Russian, Chinese, or Emirati—should have been fully aired long before now.

Jan 11, 2017 / D.D. Guttenplan

Obama Spoke to a Better America—but Does that Country Still Exist?

Obama Spoke to a Better America—but Does that Country Still Exist? Obama Spoke to a Better America—but Does that Country Still Exist?

On a day marked by Jeff Sessions’s disturbing hearing and shocking allegations about Trump, Obama took the high road.

Jan 10, 2017 / Joan Walsh

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