Elections

Michael Cohen Destroyed Not Just Trump but Also His House GOP Defenders

Michael Cohen Destroyed Not Just Trump but Also His House GOP Defenders Michael Cohen Destroyed Not Just Trump but Also His House GOP Defenders

A president who talks like a mob boss got protected by his GOP mob-boss wannabes. Cohen, a former Trump enforcer himself, made them all look ludicrous—and vulnerable.

Feb 27, 2019 / Joan Walsh

Hillary Clinton at the DNC

Democrats Need to Think Big for 2020 Democrats Need to Think Big for 2020

A safe candidate who seems “electable” might be anything but.

Feb 26, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

Bernie Sanders at a rally

Bernie Sanders Is Making a National Issue of This Strike Bernie Sanders Is Making a National Issue of This Strike

Democrats and progressives need to focus on what the United Electrical union calls the “first major US manufacturing strike of the Trump era.”

Feb 26, 2019 / John Nichols

Little girl at child care rally CA

Let’s Fight for Universal Childcare Let’s Fight for Universal Childcare

It’s good for the economy and consistent with our values.

Feb 26, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Raphael Glucksmann

Place Publique: The ‘Orphans’ of the French Left Place Publique: The ‘Orphans’ of the French Left

A new direct democracy movement hopes to reconstitute France’s left parties around a European Green New Deal—but voters are still skeptical.

Feb 26, 2019 / Colin Kinniburgh

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Trump’s Time-Travel Adventure Trump’s Time-Travel Adventure

One man’s incompetence is another man’s principled discipline.

Feb 26, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Elizabeth Warren Is Not Afraid of the Democrats

Elizabeth Warren Is Not Afraid of the Democrats Elizabeth Warren Is Not Afraid of the Democrats

The 2020 presidential candidate has a long track record of opposing lobbyists, billionaires, the Republicans—and her own party.

Feb 21, 2019 / Feature / George Zornick

Pete Buttigieg 2020

Pete Buttigieg Understands What’s at Stake, and What’s Possible Pete Buttigieg Understands What’s at Stake, and What’s Possible

What makes Buttigieg’s campaigning most interesting is the intense focus he has placed on the need to renew and extend American democracy.

Feb 20, 2019 / John Nichols

Mueller walks through halls of capitol building

How the Russiagate Investigation Is Sovietizing American Politics How the Russiagate Investigation Is Sovietizing American Politics

“Collusion,” “contacts,” selective prosecutions, coup plotting, and media taboos recall repressive Soviet practices.

Feb 20, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Is Trump Racist

Is Trump a Racist? Is Trump a Racist?

Yes, but that’s the wrong question.

Feb 20, 2019 / Steve Phillips

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