Executive Branch

Winning the House, Democrats Vow to Check and Balance Trump

Winning the House, Democrats Vow to Check and Balance Trump Winning the House, Democrats Vow to Check and Balance Trump

Nancy Pelosi, Elijah Cummings, and Jerry Nadler now have the power to hold the president to account.

Nov 7, 2018 / Editorial / John Nichols

The US Capitol Building at sunset

Who’s Really ‘Undermining’ American Democracy? Who’s Really ‘Undermining’ American Democracy?

Allegations that Russia is still “attacking” US elections, now again in November, could delegitimize our democratic institutions.

Oct 31, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Trump Andrews Air Force Base

Trump Is Pushing the World Closer to Nuclear Peril Trump Is Pushing the World Closer to Nuclear Peril

It is not too late to end this dangerous status quo. Let’s demand a better future, one that is free from nuclear weapons.

Oct 30, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Council of Economic Advisers

A New Report Shows the White House Is Terrified of Socialism A New Report Shows the White House Is Terrified of Socialism

The Council of Economic Advisers’ investigation into the “opportunity costs of socialism” reads like a nervous undergraduate's term paper.  

Oct 23, 2018 / Kate Aronoff

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

Maine SNAP EBT

That Trump Administration Claim That Poverty Is Low? Outright Flimflam. That Trump Administration Claim That Poverty Is Low? Outright Flimflam.

It’s based on deeply flawed methodology, resulting from a study whose conclusions are arbitrary. In fact, poverty is seriously understated.

Oct 18, 2018 / Jeff Madrick

Trump Putin Vietnam

Inconvenient Thoughts on Cold War and Other News Inconvenient Thoughts on Cold War and Other News

Intelligence agencies, Nikki Haley, sanctions, and public opinion.

Oct 17, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Ben Rhodes and the Crisis of Liberal Foreign Policy

Ben Rhodes and the Crisis of Liberal Foreign Policy Ben Rhodes and the Crisis of Liberal Foreign Policy

Obama and his speechwriter and national-security adviser set out to break from the foreign-policy establishment; instead, they found themselves absorbed by it.

Oct 17, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David Klion

Flooding in Paris

Why Aren’t the Media Covering Climate Change All Day, Every Day? Why Aren’t the Media Covering Climate Change All Day, Every Day?

The distractions are relentless.

Oct 16, 2018 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel

How Democrats Fail by Ignoring Candidates Of Color

How Democrats Fail by Ignoring Candidates Of Color How Democrats Fail by Ignoring Candidates Of Color

New candidates will create opportunities for Democrats across the country—if the establishment is willing to back them.

Oct 10, 2018 / Steve Phillips

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