Trump’s New Pick for UN Ambassador Has Zero Foreign-Policy Credentials Trump’s New Pick for UN Ambassador Has Zero Foreign-Policy Credentials
Choosing Heather Nauert is a sign that his marginalization of the United Nations is nearly complete.
Dec 10, 2018 / Barbara Crossette
Demand an End to US Support for the War in Yemen Demand an End to US Support for the War in Yemen
Spread the word, call your senators, and help refugees in your community.
Dec 6, 2018 / NationAction
The Republican Party Has Become ‘a Conspiracy to Seize Power’ The Republican Party Has Become ‘a Conspiracy to Seize Power’
A brute-force power grab by Republicans in Wisconsin highlights the disregard for democracy that has infected the party of Lincoln.
Dec 6, 2018 / John Nichols
Letters From the December 31, 2018, Issue Letters From the December 31, 2018, Issue
The perils of make-work… Government workers, unite!… The edible is political (web-only)…
Dec 6, 2018 / Our Readers and Jon Wiener
The Best Strategy for the House Dems? Fight for Major Reforms. The Best Strategy for the House Dems? Fight for Major Reforms.
Sure, the Senate will block them. But pushing things like a Green New Deal and Medicare for All will energize grassroots activists and supercharge the coming presidential primary.
Dec 6, 2018 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage
George H.W. Bush Gave Us Today’s Republican Party George H.W. Bush Gave Us Today’s Republican Party
Harold Meyerson on Bush 41, Katha Pollitt on white women and Trump, and Eric Foner on Frederick Douglass.
Dec 6, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The White House Has Hosted a Predators’ Ball of Corruption The White House Has Hosted a Predators’ Ball of Corruption
Here’s how the incoming Democratic Congress can expose it and make the case for bold reform.
Dec 6, 2018 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How George H.W. Bush Paved the Way for Trump Pardons How George H.W. Bush Paved the Way for Trump Pardons
Harold Meyerson on the dark side of Reagan’s successor.
Dec 5, 2018 / Jon Wiener
Georgia Voters Lose Out on a Secretary of State Who Would Have Protected Their Voting Rights Georgia Voters Lose Out on a Secretary of State Who Would Have Protected Their Voting Rights
Stacey Abrams put time and money behind the runoff election for Georgia secretary of state, but in the wake of her loss, a lot of other resources disappeared.
Dec 5, 2018 / Joan Walsh
New Cold War Dangers New Cold War Dangers
The Russian-Ukrainian military conflict in the Kerch Strait illustrates again how this Cold War is more dangerous that was its predecessor.
Dec 5, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen