What Happens When Zika Hits the Country With the World’s Strictest Abortion Laws? What Happens When Zika Hits the Country With the World’s Strictest Abortion Laws?
Abortion is illegal in El Salvador—even in the midst of a public health crisis. But some feminists and doctors are fighting back.
Dec 14, 2016 / Madeleine Schwartz
Washington’s Plans for Asia Just Hit a Roadblock—Trump Washington’s Plans for Asia Just Hit a Roadblock—Trump
The president-elect could easily unravel decades of carefully laid plans for an American-dominated Pacific.
Dec 13, 2016 / Tim Shorrock
Trumpism Poses the Most Dire Threat to Academic Freedom in Recent Memory Trumpism Poses the Most Dire Threat to Academic Freedom in Recent Memory
A shadowy new Professor Watchlist has revived the McCarthyite hysteria of the 1950s. We must fight back.
Dec 13, 2016 / Erik Loomis
How to Mount a Progressive Resistance How to Mount a Progressive Resistance
Opposition to Trump will come—not only in the streets but also from leaders in states and cities who are intent on making America better.
Dec 13, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Way Forward for Democrats Is to Address Both Class and Race The Way Forward for Democrats Is to Address Both Class and Race
The Democratic Party can still forge a coalition of the working class and poor of all races.
Dec 12, 2016 / Ian Haney López and Robert B. Reich
The Craven Power Politics of Mitch McConnell The Craven Power Politics of Mitch McConnell
He blocked a bipartisan statement on Russian hacking before the election, but now belatedly joins senators asking for a probe.
Dec 12, 2016 / Joan Walsh
Reaching Out and Holding Ground Reaching Out and Holding Ground
Austria’s recent presidential election was reduced to a facile narrative about the rejection of far-right populism, but the real story is more complicated.
Dec 12, 2016 / Paweł Marczewski
Was Barack Obama a Transformational President? Was Barack Obama a Transformational President?
Despite his bold promises, the president put more energy into rescuing, rather than changing, the old system.
Dec 9, 2016 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage
The Magnitude of Trump’s Cronyism Is Off the Charts—Even for Washington The Magnitude of Trump’s Cronyism Is Off the Charts—Even for Washington
The President-elect’s incomplete cabinet is already the richest one ever.
Dec 9, 2016 / Nomi Prins
Mad Men: Trump May Be the Perfect Vehicle for Kissinger’s Philosophy Mad Men: Trump May Be the Perfect Vehicle for Kissinger’s Philosophy
The elder statesman has always insisted on the importance of unpredictability, even irrationality, in diplomacy.
Dec 8, 2016 / Greg Grandin