Politics

Mayor De Blasio at the Apollo

Can a Push for ‘Good Jobs’ Solve New York City’s Affordability Crisis? Can a Push for ‘Good Jobs’ Solve New York City’s Affordability Crisis?

To fight inequality, New York City’s mayor vows to create 100,000 jobs paying more than $50,000 a year.

Feb 14, 2017 / Jarrett Murphy

Journalists watch GOP debate

The Trump Administration’s Other War on the Media The Trump Administration’s Other War on the Media

Trump wants to give his corporate allies full control of our media ecosystem. A people-powered movement demanding an open and free Internet is what it will take to stop him.

Feb 14, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Greenhouse Gases

Progressives Need to Get Over Themselves and Support This GOP-Backed Carbon-Tax Plan Progressives Need to Get Over Themselves and Support This GOP-Backed Carbon-Tax Plan

Purist objections scuttled Washington State’s market-friendly carbon tax plan in November. Let’s not let that happen at the national level.

Feb 14, 2017 / Charles Komanoff

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Congressional Democrats Are Already Warning Trump About Impeachment Congressional Democrats Are Already Warning Trump About Impeachment

Progressive Caucus Vice Chair Mark Pocan says the president must resolve “direct conflicts in both domestic and foreign policy” or face constitutional consequences.

Feb 13, 2017 / John Nichols

“Historic Thousands on Jones Street

Over 80,000 People Joined the Biggest-Ever Moral March in North Carolina Over 80,000 People Joined the Biggest-Ever Moral March in North Carolina

Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II compares the rising tide of protest to what Dr. King called a “marvelous new militancy” in the 1960s.

Feb 13, 2017 / Paul Blest

PP counter protest

Planned Parenthood Asked These Pro-Choice Activists Not to Rally Outside Its Clinic. Here’s Why They Did Anyway. Planned Parenthood Asked These Pro-Choice Activists Not to Rally Outside Its Clinic. Here’s Why They Did Anyway.

Under Trump, strategies have diverged.

Feb 13, 2017 / Julia Mead

Shell No Protest

Climate Disobedience in the Time of Trump Climate Disobedience in the Time of Trump

Ken Ward and Emily Johnston are willing to spend decades in prison for shutting down tar-sands oil pipelines. They want you to understand why.

Feb 13, 2017 / Wen Stephenson

Mar-a-lago Club

Donald Trump Is Selling Access to the ‘Winter White House’ for $200,000 Donald Trump Is Selling Access to the ‘Winter White House’ for $200,000

Sensitive national-security operations are being conducted in plain view of Mar-a-Lago club members and guests.

Feb 13, 2017 / George Zornick

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Is Trump Headed for a War With China? Is Trump Headed for a War With China?

The brewing conflict in the South China Sea could become the next Cuban missile crisis.

Feb 13, 2017 / Rajan Menon

Protest against immigration raid

ICE Has Arrested 600 Undocumented Immigrants in the Last Week ICE Has Arrested 600 Undocumented Immigrants in the Last Week

When does a “routine action” become a raid?

Feb 13, 2017 / Julianne Hing

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