Government

Donald Trump says MS-13 gang members are animals

Gang Members Are Not ‘Animals’ Gang Members Are Not ‘Animals’

Trump’s dehumanizing language provides cover to his real goal: deporting black and Latino immigrants, including those with no criminal connections. 

May 23, 2018 / Julianne Hing

Stacey Abrams Makes History

Stacey Abrams Makes History Stacey Abrams Makes History

Meanwhile, it’s yet another good night for women in Democratic primaries across the country.

May 23, 2018 / Joan Walsh

Stacey Abrams Georgia governor's race

The Revolutionary Implications of Stacey Abrams’s Victory The Revolutionary Implications of Stacey Abrams’s Victory

Her campaign bet on expanding the electorate, especially people of color and progressive whites. They won big.

May 22, 2018 / Steve Phillips

Michael Cohen

Democrats’ New Midterm Approach: It’s the Corruption, Stupid Democrats’ New Midterm Approach: It’s the Corruption, Stupid

A new strategy attacks both Trump’s economic heists and the influence peddlers swarming the White House.

May 22, 2018 / David Dayen

Medicare for All crowd

The Democratic Wave Won’t Crest Without Progressive Insurgents The Democratic Wave Won’t Crest Without Progressive Insurgents

The progressive base of the Democratic Party is revolting against the centrist, big-money politics that have proved so ruinous.

May 22, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Trump walking east room

Why Are So Many Democrats Afraid of Impeachment? Why Are So Many Democrats Afraid of Impeachment?

Party leaders need to make clear that impeachment is always valid when there is evidence of presidential wrongdoing, cover-ups, and corruption of justice.

May 21, 2018 / John Nichols

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Trump’s America: Spot the Mistakes Trump’s America: Spot the Mistakes

Iran, Giuliani, Cohen and more!

May 21, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

Army-McCarthy hearings

Trumpism Is the New McCarthyism Trumpism Is the New McCarthyism

Just as as McCarthyism did decades ago, Trumpism conceals the Republican Party’s long-term program to dismantle the public sector.

May 21, 2018 / Ellen Schrecker

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Ray McGovern on Gina Haspel, Torture, and His Recent Arrest Ray McGovern on Gina Haspel, Torture, and His Recent Arrest

The Army and CIA veteran wants to ask: “WTF?”

May 17, 2018 / Q&A / James Carden

Net Neutrality Protest

Net Neutrality Just Became a Major Campaign Issue for 2018 and Beyond Net Neutrality Just Became a Major Campaign Issue for 2018 and Beyond

A bipartisan vote in favor of digital democracy in the Senate signals that the fight for a free and open Internet is far from finished.

May 17, 2018 / John Nichols

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