Politics

Dakota Access Pipeline

The Standing Rock Sioux Have Been Heard. Now What? The Standing Rock Sioux Have Been Heard. Now What?

Construction on a part of the Dakota Access Pipeline has been suspended, but protesters aren’t going anywhere. 

Sep 13, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

What’s the Number 1 Threat to Security? No One Is Asking Trump or Clinton

What’s the Number 1 Threat to Security? No One Is Asking Trump or Clinton What’s the Number 1 Threat to Security? No One Is Asking Trump or Clinton

Missing from an election season dominated by spectacle and confrontation is the serious debate we desperately need to have about nuclear weapons.

Sep 13, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Lessons From Donald Trump’s Biggest Hero Lessons From Donald Trump’s Biggest Hero

Step 1: Become president of your country without ever having held elective office.

Sep 13, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Hillary Clinton Media

A Lot of Trump Supporters Are Deplorable—and a Lot of the Media Are Too A Lot of Trump Supporters Are Deplorable—and a Lot of the Media Are Too

The frenzy over Clinton’s warning about bigoted Trump backers, along with her minor health scare Sunday, is just more media malpractice.

Sep 12, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Top 5 Craziest Moments of the 2016 Campaign

Top 5 Craziest Moments of the 2016 Campaign Top 5 Craziest Moments of the 2016 Campaign

Spoiler alert: They’re mostly about Donald Trump.

Sep 9, 2016 / Khalid Rahmaan

There Is an Arrest Warrant Out for Jill Stein

There Is an Arrest Warrant Out for Jill Stein There Is an Arrest Warrant Out for Jill Stein

Why? Because she protested with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

Sep 9, 2016 / John Nichols

Asking for a Friend: A Charismatic Dude Is Claiming Credit for Everything My Organization Does—Can I Make Him Stop?

Asking for a Friend: A Charismatic Dude Is Claiming Credit for Everything My Organization Does—Can I Make Him Stop? Asking for a Friend: A Charismatic Dude Is Claiming Credit for Everything My Organization Does—Can I Make Him Stop?

And another reader wonders how to stay true to her radical politics and still get laid.

Sep 9, 2016 / Liza Featherstone

Comix Nation

Comix Nation Comix Nation

ignore this…

Sep 8, 2016 / Matt Bors

Mylan Epipen

5 Myths About the EpiPen Scandal 5 Myths About the EpiPen Scandal

No, Mylan is not an “outlier.”

Sep 8, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Hillary speaks at Commander in Chief Forum

NBC’s Farcical Commander-in-Chief Forum NBC’s Farcical Commander-in-Chief Forum

This was a big missed opportunity for the network—and for voters.

Sep 8, 2016 / James Carden

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