Government

Neil Gorsuch and Hans von Spakovsky

In E-mails, Neil Gorsuch Praised a Leading Republican Activist Behind Voter Suppression Efforts In E-mails, Neil Gorsuch Praised a Leading Republican Activist Behind Voter Suppression Efforts

Gorsuch’s ties to Hans von Spakovksy suggest a hostility to voting rights.  

Mar 17, 2017 / Ari Berman

Can Obama Live Up to Carter’s Gold Standard as Ex-President?

Can Obama Live Up to Carter’s Gold Standard as Ex-President? Can Obama Live Up to Carter’s Gold Standard as Ex-President?

So far, it doesn’t augur well, from a $65 million book deal to a foundation stocked with wealthy hedge funders and bankers.

Mar 17, 2017 / Bob Dreyfuss

sad girl ACA

Today and Tomorrow, Join a ‘Stakeout’ to Save Health Care Today and Tomorrow, Join a ‘Stakeout’ to Save Health Care

“Trumpcare” would be a disaster. 

Mar 16, 2017 / Take Action / NationAction

trump battleship

If You Want to Know Where Donald Trump Came From, Look to Iraq If You Want to Know Where Donald Trump Came From, Look to Iraq

Trump denies he was ever in favor of the 2003 invasion—but he’s a president made by war.

Mar 16, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt

Donald Trump takes a question during a news conference

Trump’s Plan to Eliminate Public Broadcasting Would Hurt Listeners in Trump Country Trump’s Plan to Eliminate Public Broadcasting Would Hurt Listeners in Trump Country

Stations that serve rural areas neglected by corporate media would lose their funding.

Mar 16, 2017 / John Nichols

Kellyanne Conway

Kellyanne Conway on the Couch Kellyanne Conway on the Couch

The way she perches on a couch May not be reason to decry her, But it’s OK to mention that Ms. Conway is a world-class liar.

Mar 16, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Milo Yiannopoulos Press Conference

Can Words Be Violent? Can Words Be Violent?

On Milo Yiannopoulos, the First Amendment, and words that have consequences.

Mar 16, 2017 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Trump on Fox News

Fox’s Absurd Unreality Show Is Now Aided and Abetted by Trump’s Undersized Hands Fox’s Absurd Unreality Show Is Now Aided and Abetted by Trump’s Undersized Hands

How many times in the last two months have we all woken up and wondered what the hell Trump is going on about now?

Mar 15, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman

die in rally

Trumpcare Isn’t Health Care. It’s a Tax Cut for the Wealthy. Trumpcare Isn’t Health Care. It’s a Tax Cut for the Wealthy.

And maybe that’s the whole point of the bill.

Mar 15, 2017 / Editorial / The Nation

Donald Trump in Florida

Without the AMT, Donald Trump’s 2005 Tax Rate Would Have Been Just 3 Percent Without the AMT, Donald Trump’s 2005 Tax Rate Would Have Been Just 3 Percent

Unsurprisingly, Trump wants to get rid of the alternative minimum tax. We need to reform it instead.

Mar 15, 2017 / Helaine Olen

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