Tell the Department of Labor to Side with Retirees Over Wall Street Tell the Department of Labor to Side with Retirees Over Wall Street
The Trump administration is coming after an Obama-era regulation that requires financial advisers to act in their clients’ best interests.
Apr 14, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction
Iowa’s New Voter-ID Law Would Have Disenfranchised My Grandmother Iowa’s New Voter-ID Law Would Have Disenfranchised My Grandmother
260,000 eligible voters could be blocked from the polls by the new law.
Apr 13, 2017 / Ari Berman
President Bannon Is Dead, Long Live President Cohn President Bannon Is Dead, Long Live President Cohn
Donald Trump has finally pivoted—right into a full embrace of Goldman Sachs economics.
Apr 13, 2017 / David Dayen
Tom Frank: Would Bernie Have Been Able to Beat Trump? Hell Yes! Tom Frank: Would Bernie Have Been Able to Beat Trump? Hell Yes!
Plus: Amy Wilentz on Ivanka and Jared; Ari Berman on voting rights under Justice Neil Gorsuch.
Apr 13, 2017 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Democrats Shouldn’t Be Trying to Banish Tulsi Gabbard Democrats Shouldn’t Be Trying to Banish Tulsi Gabbard
Her skepticism about the origin of the chemical-weapons attack in Syria was warranted.
Apr 12, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage
‘Thought Leaders’ and the Plutocrats Who Love Them ‘Thought Leaders’ and the Plutocrats Who Love Them
The wealthy have taken over intellectual culture, and it’s devastating progressive politics.
Apr 12, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman
Central European University Under Attack Central European University Under Attack
In Victor Orbán’s Hungary, illiberal politics cannot tolerate liberal minds.
Apr 12, 2017 / Feature / John Connelly
Coulda Woulda Shoulda—Democrats Miss a Huge Opportunity in Kansas Coulda Woulda Shoulda—Democrats Miss a Huge Opportunity in Kansas
The DCCC barely lifted a finger to help James Thompson. He almost won anyway.
Apr 12, 2017 / John Nichols
Our Addiction to Elections Is Killing American Democracy Our Addiction to Elections Is Killing American Democracy
It’s time to embrace other avenues of political engagement.
Apr 12, 2017 / Daniel M. Shea
Syria Strike Follows Washington’s Failed Foreign-Policy Playbook Syria Strike Follows Washington’s Failed Foreign-Policy Playbook
For those who recognize that Trump cannot bomb his way to peace, it is time to revive and mobilize an antiwar movement.
Apr 11, 2017 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel