If Trump Fires Mueller, We Must Impeach If Trump Fires Mueller, We Must Impeach
The country will find itself in a constitutional crisis, where the executive branch rejects checks and balances and the rule of law.
Dec 15, 2017 / John Nichols
How Do Politicians Get Away With Cutting Taxes for the Rich? How Do Politicians Get Away With Cutting Taxes for the Rich?
Americans don’t want this tax bill, yet it’s likely to pass.
Dec 15, 2017 / Sean McElwee and Spencer Piston
These Pharmaceutical Companies Are Making a Killing Off the Opioid Crisis These Pharmaceutical Companies Are Making a Killing Off the Opioid Crisis
Why do the manufacturers of naloxone, the life-saving overdose antidote, keep hiking the price?
Dec 15, 2017 / Daniel Denvir
Gutting Net Neutrality Is the Trump Administration’s Most Brutal Blow to Democracy Yet Gutting Net Neutrality Is the Trump Administration’s Most Brutal Blow to Democracy Yet
This cannot be the end of a free and open Internet. Activists must fight on in the courts, in Congress, and in the streets.
Dec 14, 2017 / John Nichols
Donald Trump’s First Year Set a Record for Use of Special Operations Forces Donald Trump’s First Year Set a Record for Use of Special Operations Forces
Elite commandos deployed to 149 countries in 2017.
Dec 14, 2017 / Nick Turse
House Republicans Try to Turn the Tables on the Mueller Probe House Republicans Try to Turn the Tables on the Mueller Probe
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are complaining that “no one on Mueller’s team likes Trump.”
Dec 14, 2017 / James Carden
Report From Alabama: ‘Doug Jones Is the Man We’ve Been Waiting For’ Report From Alabama: ‘Doug Jones Is the Man We’ve Been Waiting For’
Howell Raines on “driving the silver spike into Dracula’s heart.”
Dec 14, 2017 / Jon Wiener
Boasting Limitations Boasting Limitations
There’s something Trump won’t brag about? Well, yes, as other gropers fall, We’ve never heard him boast he has The most accusers of them all.
Dec 14, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letters From the January 1-8, 2018, Issue Letters From the January 1-8, 2018, Issue
What happened—and what didn’t… The postmortem continues… Troubling the water [web only]…
Dec 14, 2017 / Our Readers
From Paid Sick Leave to Municipal ID Cards: New York’s City Council Leaves an Impression From Paid Sick Leave to Municipal ID Cards: New York’s City Council Leaves an Impression
During the last four years, the council has passed significant legislation to stem inequality. Can it do better during the next four?
Dec 14, 2017 / Jarrett Murphy