Democratic Candidates Have Embraced Unity. Dem Pundits? Not So Much. Democratic Candidates Have Embraced Unity. Dem Pundits? Not So Much.
Losing candidates have prioritized the big tent and embraced their former rivals. Why can’t the media and pundits get on board?
Aug 28, 2026 / Joan Walsh
Head Start Rule Changes Would Slash Enrollment of Homeless Children Head Start Rule Changes Would Slash Enrollment of Homeless Children
Head Start currently mandates that programs prioritize enrolling children in homeless families. The Trump administration’s proposed rule change would completely undo that.
Aug 27, 2026 / Bryce Covert
How Jared Kushner Snookered Hakeem Jeffries How Jared Kushner Snookered Hakeem Jeffries
Democrats need a fighter, but the congressional leader is addicted to illusory comity.
Aug 24, 2026 / Jeet Heer
Road Trip to Nowhere Road Trip to Nowhere
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's reality show is an ungainly mix of corporate corruption and MAGA agitprop.
Aug 24, 2026 / Henry Burke
Natalie Harp Is the High Priestess of the Cult of Trump Natalie Harp Is the High Priestess of the Cult of Trump
The controversial White House isn’t the only Trump sycophant—merely the most successful.
Aug 21, 2026 / Jeet Heer
The Trump Plan to Cook the Census Books The Trump Plan to Cook the Census Books
From adding a citizenship question to not tracking race and ethnicity, the administration wants to minimize Black and brown political power.
Aug 19, 2026 / Elie Mystal
Meet Alissa Ellman, Rust Belt Populist Meet Alissa Ellman, Rust Belt Populist
“You have to talk about these issues like a human being, and not like an MSNBC host on TV.”
Aug 19, 2026 / Jim Shultz
Attacks on Black Citizenship Are Attacks on Democracy Attacks on Black Citizenship Are Attacks on Democracy
Too often, Democrats reinforce Republicans’ lie that the language of racial justice is the problem—instead of the injustices the language is trying to name.
Aug 18, 2026 / Column / Kali Holloway
Trump’s Loose Grip on Reality Could Sink the Navy’s Ships Trump’s Loose Grip on Reality Could Sink the Navy’s Ships
The dire conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln are due to a president’s being dangerously detached from what’s actually happening in the world.
Aug 17, 2026 / Jeet Heer