Things Donald Trump Could Do to Look Even More Presidential Things Donald Trump Could Do to Look Even More Presidential
Another in a series of unavoidable cartoons about terrible people who are never actually going to be president.
Aug 5, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
Is US Policy Toward Russia and Ukraine Falling Apart? Is US Policy Toward Russia and Ukraine Falling Apart?
Growing signs that Europe is no longer united in following DC’s hawkish policies.
Aug 5, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
O’Malley Endorses a Constitutional Amendment Protecting the Right to Vote O’Malley Endorses a Constitutional Amendment Protecting the Right to Vote
The Democratic contender supports a constitutional remedy to voter suppression and assaults on the Voting Rights Act.
Aug 5, 2015 / John Nichols
The Coming Debate and a Trump in the House of Cards The Coming Debate and a Trump in the House of Cards
A debate that promises to defy the needs—and common sense—of most Americans.
Aug 4, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
70 Years Later, We Still Haven’t Apologized for Bombing Japan 70 Years Later, We Still Haven’t Apologized for Bombing Japan
We’ve somehow convinced ourselves that Hiroshima was an act of mercy.
Aug 4, 2015 / Christian Appy
How to Repeal the Tax Loophole That Allows Companies to Hide Their Profits in Offshore Accounts How to Repeal the Tax Loophole That Allows Companies to Hide Their Profits in Offshore Accounts
If we want to address the inequality crisis, we must prevent corporations from sitting on hoards of untaxed cash.
Aug 4, 2015 / David Cay Johnston
Senate Blocks Attack on Planned Parenthood, But the Political Assault Continues Senate Blocks Attack on Planned Parenthood, But the Political Assault Continues
Instead of a serious debate about the facts, for GOP candidates who sit in the Senate this is “all about politics.”
Aug 3, 2015 / John Nichols
The War on Planned Parenthood Is Also an Assault on Poor Women of Color The War on Planned Parenthood Is Also an Assault on Poor Women of Color
The Right’s war on federal funding to health clinics is putting public health at risk.
Aug 3, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Jeb Bush Admires a Really Lousy President — And It’s Not His Brother Jeb Bush Admires a Really Lousy President — And It’s Not His Brother
James K. Polk was condemned by John Quincy Adams, Henry David Thoreau, and Abraham Lincoln on issues of human bondage and lawless militarism.
Aug 3, 2015 / John Nichols
August 3, 1948: Whittaker Chambers Accuses Alger Hiss of Being a Communist August 3, 1948: Whittaker Chambers Accuses Alger Hiss of Being a Communist
“The air was heavy with the ominous and ultimate charges of modern history: treason, espionage, and insanity.”
Aug 3, 2015 / Richard Kreitner