Politics

Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s Presidency Will Be a Fiasco for Donald Trump Donald Trump’s Presidency Will Be a Fiasco for Donald Trump

The president-elect will only get smaller and less influential as broken promises pile up.

Jan 19, 2017 / William Greider

Anti-Racist Action Protests neo-Nazis in Texas

Anti-Fascists Will Fight Trump’s Fascism in the Streets Anti-Fascists Will Fight Trump’s Fascism in the Streets

In stark contrast with many liberals, antifa activists refuse any dialogue with Trumpism.

Jan 19, 2017 / Natasha Lennard

We Can’t Just Protest Trump. We Must Defy Him.

We Can’t Just Protest Trump. We Must Defy Him. We Can’t Just Protest Trump. We Must Defy Him.

Frances Fox Piven on strategies of protest, David Cole on freedom of speech, and Katha Pollitt on the Women’s March.

Jan 19, 2017 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Trump speaks in Pennsylvania

The Trump Era Begins The Trump Era Begins

Americans stressed by the thought Of rule by this ignorant phony May take some small comfort in this: Italians survived Berlusconi.

Jan 19, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Abortion access

Reproductive Rights Are More Popular Than Ever, but Anti-Choice Lawmakers Are About to Take Power Reproductive Rights Are More Popular Than Ever, but Anti-Choice Lawmakers Are About to Take Power

Just as the pro-choice movement is getting proactive, Washington will get even more hostile.

Jan 19, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Holman Rule Once Allowed Congress to Purge Leftists From Government Agencies—Now It’s Back

The Holman Rule Once Allowed Congress to Purge Leftists From Government Agencies—Now It’s Back The Holman Rule Once Allowed Congress to Purge Leftists From Government Agencies—Now It’s Back

The effects could be far-reaching.

Jan 19, 2017 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Jeff Sessions

As Attorney General, Jeff Sessions Would Be a Threat to Civil Rights As Attorney General, Jeff Sessions Would Be a Threat to Civil Rights

He will be the most dangerous on issues where the Obama administration has been the most successful.

Jan 19, 2017 / Editorial / Ari Berman

Mississippi voting

The Electoral College Is Even More Biased Than You Think. But Democrats Can Beat It. The Electoral College Is Even More Biased Than You Think. But Democrats Can Beat It.

Focus on the voters who actually swing presidential elections.

Jan 19, 2017 / Blog / Sean Darling-Hammond

Bernie Sanders questions Tom Price

Bernie Sanders Just Showed the Country How Wrong Tom Price Is for HHS Bernie Sanders Just Showed the Country How Wrong Tom Price Is for HHS

Price tried to spin his way around the moral question of whether health care is a right, but Sanders wouldn’t let him.

Jan 18, 2017 / John Nichols

Utah Protesters

How to Resist Donald Trump in DC This Weekend How to Resist Donald Trump in DC This Weekend

Are you traveling to the nation’s capital this weekend? Here’s what you can do. 

Jan 18, 2017 / no-paywall / George Zornick

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