Government

Trump at Hangar Rally

Needed: A Clear Foreign Policy of Progressive Realism Needed: A Clear Foreign Policy of Progressive Realism

Democrats have the opportunity to define this positive policy, not simply react to Trump’s provocations.

Jan 22, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Representative Eliot Engel

Congressman Eliot Engel’s Foreign Policy of Belligerence Congressman Eliot Engel’s Foreign Policy of Belligerence

House Democrats should cut back on the virtue-signaling and instead concentrate their efforts on supporting diplomatic efforts to finally put an end to the crisis in Syria.

Jan 22, 2019 / James Carden

Trump Oval Office address

Trump’s Big Offer to End the Government Shutdown Is Just Another Scam Trump’s Big Offer to End the Government Shutdown Is Just Another Scam

Why? Because he’s offering to do something the courts will say he has to do anyway.

Jan 19, 2019 / Elie Mystal

Kirstjen Nielsen

Kirstjen Nielsen Lied to Congress About Trump’s War on Migrant Children Kirstjen Nielsen Lied to Congress About Trump’s War on Migrant Children

Senator Jeff Merkley is demanding a perjury inquiry. And he’s got documents that point to shameful wrongdoing.

Jan 18, 2019 / John Nichols

Scott Walker Campaign

A Federal Judge Just Crushed Scott Walker’s Lame-Duck Assault on Voting Rights A Federal Judge Just Crushed Scott Walker’s Lame-Duck Assault on Voting Rights

Wisconsin Republicans have been thwarted in their effort to limit early voting and student participation in elections.

Jan 18, 2019 / John Nichols

Ford CEO Mark Fields

When Corporations Pay CEOs Way More Than Employees, Make Them Pay! When Corporations Pay CEOs Way More Than Employees, Make Them Pay!

Portland’s groundbreaking strategy for curbing executive compensation should be a model for the rest of the country.

Jan 17, 2019 / Sarah Anderson and Sam Pizzigati

Tulsi Gabbard with Modi

Tulsi Gabbard’s Deceptive Foreign Policy Tulsi Gabbard’s Deceptive Foreign Policy

The Hawaii congresswoman’s anti-interventionism masks an affinity for authoritarians, nationalists, and Islamophobes.

Jan 17, 2019 / Evan Hill

Nancy Pelosi Is Done Enabling Trump and the GOP

Nancy Pelosi Is Done Enabling Trump and the GOP Nancy Pelosi Is Done Enabling Trump and the GOP

Pelosi understands the role she plays as a check on an out-of-control presidency, and this is only the first of many times we will see her play it.

Jan 17, 2019 / Joan Walsh

Trump and Putin at G20

Anti-Trump Frenzy Threatens to End Superpower Diplomacy Anti-Trump Frenzy Threatens to End Superpower Diplomacy

Baseless Russiagate allegations continue to risk war with Russia.

Jan 16, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Steve King Build the Wall

Steve King’s Racism Must Be Formally Censured Steve King’s Racism Must Be Formally Censured

A tepid House resolution that even the hate-mongering congressman backed is insufficient. The chamber needs to clearly and unequivocally censure King for his scorching bigotry.

Jan 16, 2019 / John Nichols

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