Democrats Are Starting a Fierce Internal Debate. Finally. Democrats Are Starting a Fierce Internal Debate. Finally.
The party establishment won’t change on its own, and Democratic leaders won’t see the light unless they feel the heat.
Aug 22, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Durham Residents Turned Out En Masse to Counter White Supremacists Durham Residents Turned Out En Masse to Counter White Supremacists
The fear was that Klansmen would come to replicate the violence that had just racked Charlottesville.
Aug 21, 2017 / Barry Yeoman
Trump’s White House Is Turning a Blind Eye to White-Supremacist Terrorism Trump’s White House Is Turning a Blind Eye to White-Supremacist Terrorism
Right-wing extremists are behind numerous incidents of domestic terror, but the government has opted to ignore the threat.
Aug 18, 2017 / David Neiwert
It’s Not Hysterical to Recognize the Threat Trump Poses It’s Not Hysterical to Recognize the Threat Trump Poses
Democracy, such as it is, really is in danger.
Aug 17, 2017 / Katha Pollitt
Political Conflict Over Historical Monuments, From Charlottesville to Moscow Political Conflict Over Historical Monuments, From Charlottesville to Moscow
Today’s conflicts over American slavery and Stalin’s Great Terror reveal similar controversies as well as an unknown Putin.
Aug 17, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
White Nationalists in Charlottesville and the White House: Eric Foner White Nationalists in Charlottesville and the White House: Eric Foner
Plus Bob Dreyfuss on Paul Manafort, and Robert Lipsyte on Trump and golf.
Aug 17, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Eric Foner: White Nationalists, Neo-Confederates, and Donald Trump Eric Foner: White Nationalists, Neo-Confederates, and Donald Trump
The historian and author explains how racism is part of the Trump family DNA.
Aug 16, 2017 / Jon Wiener
Charlottesville: Is America Becoming the Middle East? Charlottesville: Is America Becoming the Middle East?
Our neo-imperial wars may be coming home to roost.
Aug 16, 2017 / Juan Cole
Not Rights but Justice: It’s Time to Make Nazis Afraid Again Not Rights but Justice: It’s Time to Make Nazis Afraid Again
The history of anti-fascism is not one of asking; it’s one of direct confrontation.
Aug 16, 2017 / Natasha Lennard
Can Medicare for All Succeed? Can Medicare for All Succeed?
Some readers took issue with Joshua Holland’s recent article on the challenges of achieving universal health coverage through Medicare expansion.
Aug 16, 2017 / Steffie Woolhandler, David U. Himmelstein, Ida Hellander, and Joshua Holland