Nancy Pelosi Is Playing the Extremely Long Game Nancy Pelosi Is Playing the Extremely Long Game
Doing nothing is all part of the plan.
Jul 16, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
Is ‘Veep’ Still Funny? Is ‘Veep’ Still Funny?
The show’s vicious political satire defined a decade of comedy, but its last season lacked the same punch.
Jul 16, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
To Fight Trump, Take to the Streets! To Fight Trump, Take to the Streets!
The Trump administration gets more malicious, harmful, and absurd every day. So why aren’t many of us outside protesting?
Jul 15, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Trump Can Always Find Someone Worse Trump Can Always Find Someone Worse
To replace a disgraced secretary of labor, Trump has elevated a sweatshop lobbyist.
Jul 15, 2019 / Jeet Heer
When Trump Is Tweeting Racist Attacks on Progressive Democratic Women, It’s Time to Impeach When Trump Is Tweeting Racist Attacks on Progressive Democratic Women, It’s Time to Impeach
Rashida Tlaib sums it up: “Want a response to a lawless and complete failure of a President? He needs to be impeached.”
Jul 15, 2019 / John Nichols
Trump Wants to Use ‘Citizenship Data’ to Gerrymander Democracy Trump Wants to Use ‘Citizenship Data’ to Gerrymander Democracy
The Census won’t include a citizenship question, but a scheme to use citizenship data for redistricting threatens representation.
Jul 13, 2019 / John Nichols
Trump’s Retreat on the Census Question Is Not a Victory Trump’s Retreat on the Census Question Is Not a Victory
It’s a warning for the next time the Supreme Court rules against him.
Jul 12, 2019 / Elie Mystal
Meet the Millennial Mayor Who Took On Big Oil—and Won Meet the Millennial Mayor Who Took On Big Oil—and Won
Jose Gurrola is just 25, with barely 20,000 constituents, but he’s managed to put California’s powerful oil industry on the defensive.
Jul 12, 2019 / Cities Rising / Gabriel Thompson
The Republicans Who Made Trump Possible Cannot Remove the Badge of Shame The Republicans Who Made Trump Possible Cannot Remove the Badge of Shame
In a new book, Paul Ryan claims he checked and balanced a president who “didn’t know anything about government.” The former speaker is lying to himself—and everyone else.
Jul 11, 2019 / John Nichols
Why the Fight Over the 2016 Democratic Primaries Hasn’t Gone Away Why the Fight Over the 2016 Democratic Primaries Hasn’t Gone Away
Unlike Republicans, Democrats don’t have deep ideological divides. The conflict has endured because it’s wrapped up in identity.
Jul 11, 2019 / Joshua Holland