The Mandate for Leadership, Then and Now The Mandate for Leadership, Then and Now
The Heritage Foundation’s 1980 manual aimed to roll back the state and unleash the free market. The 2025 vision is more extreme, and even more dangerous.
Jun 4, 2024 / Feature / Kim Phillips-Fein
It’s Hard to Imagine a Worse Idea Than a Hybrid Democratic Convention It’s Hard to Imagine a Worse Idea Than a Hybrid Democratic Convention
If Democrats try to sideline protesters by opting for a semi-virtual convention, it will be a huge betrayal of the Democratic base.
Jun 4, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan
Project 2025’s Guide to Subverting Democracy Project 2025’s Guide to Subverting Democracy
A second Trump administration could weaponize existing government agencies to dismantle democracy itself.
Jun 4, 2024 / Feature / John Nichols
Donald Trump Is a Convicted Felon. Democrats Must Shout It From the Rooftops. Donald Trump Is a Convicted Felon. Democrats Must Shout It From the Rooftops.
Pundits and pearl-clutchers are warning Joe Biden to campaign on his record and leave Trump’s legal troubles alone. That would be political malpractice.
Jun 3, 2024 / Joan Walsh
The GOP’s Slapdash Hunter Biden Conspiracies The GOP’s Slapdash Hunter Biden Conspiracies
Ignoring actual facts, Republicans are trying to turn the president’s son’s sad, seamy saga into an election scandal.
Jun 3, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
With Trump’s Conviction, the 2024 Presidential Election Is Finally Launched With Trump’s Conviction, the 2024 Presidential Election Is Finally Launched
The Manhattan court case clarifies the stakes—and gives a chance for a Biden reboot.
May 31, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Mexico is Expected to Elect Its First Woman President Mexico is Expected to Elect Its First Woman President
Mexican elections are scheduled for June 2, following a surge of violence that led to the assassination of 34 candidates or potential candidates.
May 31, 2024 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo
Young People See “a Dying Empire” Because They’re Paying Attention Young People See “a Dying Empire” Because They’re Paying Attention
For decades, the Democratic Party has conducted low-grade generational warfare against young Americans.
May 30, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
Why the Election Is the Trump Verdict That Really Matters Why the Election Is the Trump Verdict That Really Matters
How the trials, tactics, and verdicts are a sideshow.
May 30, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel