Politics

‘New Bush Strategy: Attack Trump’—Newspaper Headlines

‘New Bush Strategy: Attack Trump’—Newspaper Headlines ‘New Bush Strategy: Attack Trump’—Newspaper Headlines

They said that Jeb would now get tough. First shot: He said that Trump’s “a jerk.” If that’s a sample of his cuts, Jeb’s insult skills could use some work.

Dec 23, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Shutting Down Planned Parenthood Would Catapult Women Into Poverty

Shutting Down Planned Parenthood Would Catapult Women Into Poverty Shutting Down Planned Parenthood Would Catapult Women Into Poverty

When access to abortion and contraception is denied, low-income women suffer most.

Dec 23, 2015 / Bryce Covert

What Do We Laugh at When We Laugh at Trump?

What Do We Laugh at When We Laugh at Trump? What Do We Laugh at When We Laugh at Trump?

Cruelty wrapped in irony is easier to swallow.

Dec 23, 2015 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

The Uber app being used in front of a taxicab.

Could Unions Disrupt Uber’s Empire? Could Unions Disrupt Uber’s Empire?

Seattle’s drivers are fighting—and beating—the Uberization of their work.

Dec 23, 2015 / Michelle Chen

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio

Media Notices Homeless People on Streets, Blames Progressive Mayor Media Notices Homeless People on Streets, Blames Progressive Mayor

How New York’s Bill de Blasio inherited a homelessness crisis—and then got blamed for it.

Dec 23, 2015 / Patrick Markee

Start Making Sense: The Best of the Left in 2015

Start Making Sense: The Best of the Left in 2015 Start Making Sense: The Best of the Left in 2015

The Nation’s Progressive Honor Roll: John Nichols names names. Plus Amy Wilentz on guns and Jay Parini on Gore Vidal.

Dec 23, 2015 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Representative-elect Bernie Sanders at an orientation for Congressional freshmen, November 28, 1990.

When the Berlin Wall Fell, Bernie Sanders Didn’t Respond Like Other Politicians When the Berlin Wall Fell, Bernie Sanders Didn’t Respond Like Other Politicians

Instead of heralding “the end of history,” Sanders called on Americans to take the revolutions of 1989 as a model.

Dec 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Refugees arrive by boat in Athens, December 18, 2015.

What Can You Actually Do for Syrian Refugees? What Can You Actually Do for Syrian Refugees?

Trump wants to ban refugees fleeing ISIS and civil war. Here’s how to welcome them instead.

Dec 22, 2015 / Daniel Moattar

Presidential candidate Donald Trump at CPAC.

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 Vigorous Foreign-Policy Debate Between Clinton and Sanders

A long-overdue debate has opened.

Dec 22, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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