Call Your Senators Today and Demand That They Reject Jeff Sessions Call Your Senators Today and Demand That They Reject Jeff Sessions
Republicans are trying to rush through his confirmation. Tell your senators you won’t stand for it.
Jan 10, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction
Jeff Sessions Has Spent His Whole Career Opposing Voting Rights Jeff Sessions Has Spent His Whole Career Opposing Voting Rights
Imagine what he will do as the most powerful lawyer in the country.
Jan 10, 2017 / Ari Berman
Trump Could Be the Most Hostile American President the UN Has Ever Faced Trump Could Be the Most Hostile American President the UN Has Ever Faced
Plus, there’s a Republican-led Congress itching to diminish the role of the organization and bankrupt many of its programs.
Jan 9, 2017 / Barbara Crossette
The New Intelligence Report On Russia Shows We Need An Independent Bipartisan Commission Now More Than Ever The New Intelligence Report On Russia Shows We Need An Independent Bipartisan Commission Now More Than Ever
The report contains not a shred of forensic evidence that the Russian government directed the hacks of the DNC or of John Podesta.
Jan 9, 2017 / James Carden
Jeff Sessions Is Just Not in the Same League as Former Attorneys General Jeff Sessions Is Just Not in the Same League as Former Attorneys General
From Herbert Brownell to Robert F. Kennedy to Loretta Lynch, attorneys general have upheld the law and fought for justice. Would Sessions?
Jan 9, 2017 / Nan Aron
Jeff Sessions Could Return Criminal Justice to the Jim Crow Era Jeff Sessions Could Return Criminal Justice to the Jim Crow Era
Sessions’s extreme views on crime and punishment are a throwback to the darkest chapters in American history.
Jan 9, 2017 / Ari Berman
This Monday, Join Protests Across the Country to Block Trump’s Climate-Denying Cabinet Picks This Monday, Join Protests Across the Country to Block Trump’s Climate-Denying Cabinet Picks
For the Day Against Denial, people across the country will rally at their senators’ offices.
Jan 7, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction
Donald Trump Is Not Too Big to Fail Donald Trump Is Not Too Big to Fail
His victory illustrates the weakness of the Republican Party, not its strength. And despite his braggadocio, he’s vulnerable.
Jan 6, 2017 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge
Will the Trump Administration Approve a Military Deal Between Honduras and Israel? Will the Trump Administration Approve a Military Deal Between Honduras and Israel?
Allowing the deal would be a powerful sign that the new administration plans to revive the Nixon Doctrine.
Jan 5, 2017 / Greg Grandin
A New Era in American-Russian Relations A New Era in American-Russian Relations
So what if Putin next annexes Some country that’s the size of Texas Or throws some Russians in the clink For what they write or say or think? No strong objections will be lodged I…
Jan 5, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin