Politics

Offshore Tax Havens Are Strangling Local Government

Offshore Tax Havens Are Strangling Local Government Offshore Tax Havens Are Strangling Local Government

The super-rich have stashed more than $1 trillion overseas. Bringing it home would help restore poor communities.

Feb 18, 2016 / Feature / Sarah Anderson, Marc Bayard, John Cavanagh, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie, and Sam Pizzigati

Elderly hands

Why Are Poor Americans Dying So Much Earlier Than Rich Americans? Why Are Poor Americans Dying So Much Earlier Than Rich Americans?

A study finds widening gaps in longevity between people at the far ends of the economic ladder. That means high earners are reaping more and more of the benefits of Social Security...

Feb 18, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Donald Trump’s Campaign Has Turned Into One Long Hate-In

Donald Trump’s Campaign Has Turned Into One Long Hate-In Donald Trump’s Campaign Has Turned Into One Long Hate-In

The candidate demonizes Muslims while pandering to vets.

Feb 18, 2016 / Between the Lines / Laila Lalami

Hillary Clinton

Which Women Support Hillary (and Which Women Can’t Afford To) Which Women Support Hillary (and Which Women Can’t Afford To)

A story of two voting blocs.

Feb 17, 2016 / Sarah Leonard

Watch: When Bernie Sanders Endorsed Jesse Jackson for President

Watch: When Bernie Sanders Endorsed Jesse Jackson for President Watch: When Bernie Sanders Endorsed Jesse Jackson for President

When it mattered, Bernie stepped across the color line.

Feb 17, 2016 / Steve Cobble

Republicans Are Now Waging a War on Facts, Precedent, and the Constitution

Republicans Are Now Waging a War on Facts, Precedent, and the Constitution Republicans Are Now Waging a War on Facts, Precedent, and the Constitution

What Cruz, Rubio, Kasich, and McConnell are saying is absolutely at odds with the constitutionally defined duties of presidents and senators.

Feb 17, 2016 / John Nichols

Antonin Scalia.

If Justice Scalia Really Had His Way… If Justice Scalia Really Had His Way…

His desire was for an America as it was before Gone With the Wind.

Feb 16, 2016 / Martin Garbus

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders

Is the Era of Small Government Over? Is the Era of Small Government Over?

For decades, Democrats have been running away from their own shadow. In Election 2016, they’re finally embracing who they really are.

Feb 16, 2016 / Julian E. Zelizer

Where to Invade Next

Michael Moore’s New Film Playfully Skewers US Exceptionalism Michael Moore’s New Film Playfully Skewers US Exceptionalism

A powerful, optimistic, and radical demonstration of what can be achieved by thinking outside the box—or, in this case, our borders.

Feb 16, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

RIP Scalia RIP Scalia

Remembering the Justice who deemed the Voting Rights Act “racial entitlement.”

Feb 16, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

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