The Other Mandela Is Going to Help End Scott Walker’s Governorship The Other Mandela Is Going to Help End Scott Walker’s Governorship
Economic and social- and racial-justice activist Mandela Barnes was just nominated for lieutenant governor of Wisconsin.
Aug 17, 2018 / John Nichols
Can Tahirah Amatul-Wadud Become the Next Progressive Woman to Unseat an Incumbent? Can Tahirah Amatul-Wadud Become the Next Progressive Woman to Unseat an Incumbent?
The Muslim mother of seven is betting that she, too, can take down a high-ranking career politician, in Massachusetts’s First Congressional District.
Aug 17, 2018 / Will Meyer
Monsanto Just Lost a Case Linking Its Weed Killer to Cancer Monsanto Just Lost a Case Linking Its Weed Killer to Cancer
A jury ruled that the corporation knew Roundup could cause harm, but failed to warn users.
Aug 17, 2018 / Rene Ebersole
Manafort and Gates Manafort and Gates
Their tales of corruption and thieving and fraud Don’t alter the president’s views in the slightest. He’s comfortable boasting, when all’s said and done, That he has attracted the…
Aug 16, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Democratic Insurgency Is Winning the War of Ideas The Democratic Insurgency Is Winning the War of Ideas
Some of its candidates have won, others have lost. But the movement is succeeding where it counts.
Aug 16, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Keep Up the Fight to Defeat Brett Kavanaugh Keep Up the Fight to Defeat Brett Kavanaugh
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Aug 15, 2018 / NationAction
Sanction Mania vs. Russia Sanction Mania vs. Russia
For nearly 100 years, Russia has been under US sanctions, often to the detriment of American national security.
Aug 15, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
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