This One Time, Sarah Huckabee Sanders Won’t Back Up Trump This One Time, Sarah Huckabee Sanders Won’t Back Up Trump
The press secretary won’t deny that Trump used the N-word. Still, will it matter?
Aug 15, 2018 / Joan Walsh
The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Effect The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Effect
The Democratic party’s new rock star is storming the country on behalf of insurgent populists.
Aug 15, 2018 / Feature / John Nichols
If Collusion Is in the Eye of the Beholder… If Collusion Is in the Eye of the Beholder…
…then the person observing gets to decide what collusion is, right?
Aug 14, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow
Trump’s EPA Is Poisoning Our Children Trump’s EPA Is Poisoning Our Children
Rolling back environmental laws leaves kids vulnerable to lead, asbestos, insecticides, and other toxic pollutants.
Aug 13, 2018 / Herman Schwartz
The Left Is Winning Even When It Loses The Left Is Winning Even When It Loses
Tough primaries don’t change the fact that leftist policies are very popular.
Aug 13, 2018 / Sean McElwee, Jon Green, and Colin McAuliffe
‘A National Disgrace’: Port Truckers Demand an End to Misclassification ‘A National Disgrace’: Port Truckers Demand an End to Misclassification
A new California bill aims to end indentured servitude in the port-trucking industry.
Aug 13, 2018 / Michael Sainato
Devin Nunes Is the Exact Constitution-Shredding Miscreant the Founders Feared Devin Nunes Is the Exact Constitution-Shredding Miscreant the Founders Feared
And he should resign.
Aug 10, 2018 / John Nichols
Ignore the Media Hype: Progressives Won Big Tuesday Night Ignore the Media Hype: Progressives Won Big Tuesday Night
This week’s primaries were won by both democratic socialists and progressive democrats. Who didn’t win? Centrists.
Aug 9, 2018 / Joan Walsh
Rashida Tlaib Is Running for Congress on a Mission to Expand Civil-Rights Protections Rashida Tlaib Is Running for Congress on a Mission to Expand Civil-Rights Protections
This Michigan congressional nominee has a big vision for renewing and building upon the promise of the Civil Rights Act.
Aug 9, 2018 / John Nichols
An Enemy of Civil Rights Just Won the GOP Nomination for Governor of Michigan An Enemy of Civil Rights Just Won the GOP Nomination for Governor of Michigan
As governor, Bill Schuette would follow in the footsteps of his backer, Donald Trump.
Aug 8, 2018 / Joseph Hogan