Trump’s Choice for Acting Attorney General Trump’s Choice for Acting Attorney General
His qualifications don’t really exist. For Trump, though, appointing him didn’t seem odd. A bully, the man was involved in a scam. In other words, they’re like two peas in a pod.
Nov 22, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Marijuana Comes to Coalinga Marijuana Comes to Coalinga
The weed business promised to save this struggling California town. So far, it’s been a bust.
Nov 21, 2018 / Feature / Rozina Ali
Americans Not Only Favor Democrats, They Favor Democracy Americans Not Only Favor Democrats, They Favor Democracy
This election cycle, voters vigorously embraced broader enfranchisement, campaign-finance reform, and an end to partisan gerrymandering—Democratic leaders should, too.
Nov 20, 2018 / Adam Eichen
The Indictment of Julian Assange Is a Threat to Press Freedom The Indictment of Julian Assange Is a Threat to Press Freedom
If the First Amendment means anything, it is the right to obtain public-interest information from impure, indeed hopelessly tainted, sources.
Nov 20, 2018 / Bruce Shapiro
Antitrust For The Many, Not The Few Antitrust For The Many, Not The Few
Somebody needs to challenge Facebook's outsized power over the media. It should be a cooperative association, not another unaccountable behemoth.
Nov 20, 2018 / Nathan Schneider
‘Lean In’ Has Been Discredited For Good ‘Lean In’ Has Been Discredited For Good
To defend Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg put capitalism before feminism—and democracy.
Nov 20, 2018 / Mari Uyehara
A Leftist Foreign Policy Should Reject Economic Sanctions A Leftist Foreign Policy Should Reject Economic Sanctions
The United States should use its financial powers to bust oligarchs, end tax evasion, and create a fairer world economy.
Nov 20, 2018 / Nicholas Mulder
Feel Any Safer? Feel Any Safer?
Gun violence multiplies and so do gun profits.
Nov 19, 2018 / OppArt / Melinda Beck
Democrats Made a Fatal Mistake in the 2000 Florida Recount—and They Are on the Verge of Making It Again Democrats Made a Fatal Mistake in the 2000 Florida Recount—and They Are on the Verge of Making It Again
Trusting in lawyers—instead of protesters—didn’t work out so well then.
Nov 16, 2018 / Jane McAlevey
John Pace and His Friends Expected to Die in Prison John Pace and His Friends Expected to Die in Prison
Then the men, who’d been sentenced to life as juveniles, were freed.
Nov 16, 2018 / Katie Rose Quandt