Politics

Mitch McConnell

The Republicans’ Agenda, Hidden in Plain Sight The Republicans’ Agenda, Hidden in Plain Sight

You can read the party’s priorities in the actions of the Supreme Court.

Jul 12, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

View of downtown Buffalo with City Hall reflecting in Lake Erie

Buffalo Community Activists Show How to Fight Gerrymandering Buffalo Community Activists Show How to Fight Gerrymandering

From the folks who backed India Walton, a community-led approach to redistricting.

Jul 12, 2022 / Geoff Kelly

Trump Was the “Central Figure” Who Set the Coup in Motion

Trump Was the “Central Figure” Who Set the Coup in Motion Trump Was the “Central Figure” Who Set the Coup in Motion

When Jamie Raskin says that Tuesday’s hearing will reveal evidence of wrongdoing by Trump that “cannot really be compared to anything else a president has done,” trust him.

Jul 12, 2022 / John Nichols

Harvard University

Dear Harvard, It’s Time to Reject Fossil Fuel Money Dear Harvard, It’s Time to Reject Fossil Fuel Money

The university’s recently announced Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability will need to ban oil and gas companies from funding its research.

Jul 12, 2022 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

Drag queens read stories to children

Bullying, Shaming, and Legislating Against LGBTQ People Are on the Rise Bullying, Shaming, and Legislating Against LGBTQ People Are on the Rise

The right is again firing up a sex and gender panic.

Jul 12, 2022 / Column / Kali Holloway

Pregnant Gun?

Pregnant Gun? Pregnant Gun?

Who gets protection?

Jul 11, 2022 / OppArt / Ruben Bolling

Tom Cruise poses in a navy tuxedo with black bow tie.

The Rise of Bad Art and the Decline of Political Candor The Rise of Bad Art and the Decline of Political Candor

Though the language of cliché has switched from the middle-class respectability of the 1950s to our current obsessions with “inclusion” and concern for the marginalized, the practi...

Jul 11, 2022 / Column / David Bromwich

The Democrats at a Crossroads

The Democrats at a Crossroads The Democrats at a Crossroads

Michael Kazin’s new book examines the contradictory past and uncertain future of the Democratic Party.

Jul 11, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas Lemann

Overwhelmed

Overwhelmed Overwhelmed

High Crimo and Misdemeanors.

Jul 8, 2022 / Steve Brodner

Mandela Barnes stands at a podium

Republicans Are Attacking Wisconsin’s Lieutenant Governor for Saying Slavery Was Terrible Republicans Are Attacking Wisconsin’s Lieutenant Governor for Saying Slavery Was Terrible

Conservative politicians and commentators are circulating carefully edited clips of a speech by Mandela Barnes and claiming to be outraged.

Jul 8, 2022 / John Nichols

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