Schlonged? Donald Trump’s Pathetic Frat-Boy Politics Schlonged? Donald Trump’s Pathetic Frat-Boy Politics
Describing the way Obama defeated Clinton, Trump displays the psycho-sexual paranoia of the right.
Dec 22, 2015 / Joan Walsh
A Vigorous Foreign-Policy Debate Between Clinton and Sanders A Vigorous Foreign-Policy Debate Between Clinton and Sanders
A long-overdue debate has opened.
Dec 22, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
In the So-Called ‘Abortion Wars,’ Only One Side Is Murdering the Other In the So-Called ‘Abortion Wars,’ Only One Side Is Murdering the Other
Kurt Eichenwald’s Newsweek cover story completely misunderstands the fight over abortion in the United States.
Dec 21, 2015 / Katha Pollitt
Obama Tells the Truth About Race, and the Right Explodes Obama Tells the Truth About Race, and the Right Explodes
And people wonder why he doesn’t talk more about race relations.
Dec 21, 2015 / Joan Walsh
With Lindsey Graham’s Exit, a Dismal Republican Race Is Diminished Further Still With Lindsey Graham’s Exit, a Dismal Republican Race Is Diminished Further Still
The candidate who called out Trump’s bigotry is now out of the running.
Dec 21, 2015 / John Nichols
Chris Christie Says He’d Shoot Down Russian Planes and Trigger War Chris Christie Says He’d Shoot Down Russian Planes and Trigger War
But even if we wanted World War III, would we want it run like New Jersey?
Dec 18, 2015 / Leslie Savan
Bernie Sanders Just Got Two of His Biggest Endorsements Yet Bernie Sanders Just Got Two of His Biggest Endorsements Yet
A major progressive activist group and a major union issue endorsements of the insurgent Democratic contender.
Dec 17, 2015 / John Nichols
Party Disarray Party Disarray
Republican factions are fighting it out. Who knows what the future will bring? But, meanwhile, which faction is calling the shots? The one-blowhard-narcissist wing.
Dec 17, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin
This Year’s Most Valuable Progressives This Year’s Most Valuable Progressives
From Newark Mayor Ras Baraka to artist Molly Crabapple, from Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards to Black Lives Matter, this year’s honorees are on the front lines in the fight fo...
Dec 17, 2015 / Feature / John Nichols