Politics

Israel’s Netanyahu Sounds Familiar

Israel’s Netanyahu Sounds Familiar Israel’s Netanyahu Sounds Familiar

When all else fails, cry “Witch!”

Mar 13, 2019 / OppArt / Randall Enos

Trump Putin G20

Liberals Are Digging Their Own Grave With Russiagate Liberals Are Digging Their Own Grave With Russiagate

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen say that the risk of outright conflict between the US and Russia is increasing all the time.

Mar 12, 2019 / Audio / The Nation

Michael Cohen being sworn in to testify before Congress

A Skeptic’s Guide to the Russiagate Fixation A Skeptic’s Guide to the Russiagate Fixation

Robert Mueller has yet to allege collusion, and Democrats who accuse Trump of being a Kremlin conspirator are silent when his policies escalate tensions with Russia.

Mar 12, 2019 / Aaron Maté

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

The Green New Compromise The Green New Compromise

Coming soon, to an op-ed near you!

Mar 12, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Stacey Abrams Georgia governor's race

Why Progressive Insurgents Aren’t Waiting for Permission to Run for Office Why Progressive Insurgents Aren’t Waiting for Permission to Run for Office

For too long, the homogeneity of our candidates has suppressed important voices.

Mar 12, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

That Time Tucker Carlson Called Me the C-Word

That Time Tucker Carlson Called Me the C-Word That Time Tucker Carlson Called Me the C-Word

For Fox News, Carlson’s history of foul sexist comments is a plus, not a liability.

Mar 11, 2019 / Joan Walsh

John Bolton and a map

Foreign Policy Beyond Good and Evil Foreign Policy Beyond Good and Evil

Even Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have fallen victim to a simplistic vision of world affairs.

Mar 11, 2019 / Daniel Bessner and Udi Greenberg

VIDEO: Inside the Decades-Long Republican Campaign to Suppress the Vote

VIDEO: Inside the Decades-Long Republican Campaign to Suppress the Vote VIDEO: Inside the Decades-Long Republican Campaign to Suppress the Vote

A new film tracks the partisan campaign to make it harder and more dangerous to vote.

Mar 11, 2019 / Video / Timothy Smith

Paul Manafort 2018

The Manafort Sentence Is a Lesson in White Privilege The Manafort Sentence Is a Lesson in White Privilege

But the solution isn’t to inflate sentences for wealthy white men—it’s to reduce sentences for poor people of color.

Mar 8, 2019 / Elie Mystal

Mass incarceration

Prison Gerrymandering Distorts Our Democracy in the Worst Ways Prison Gerrymandering Distorts Our Democracy in the Worst Ways

Congressman Mark Pocan just got the House to approve an end to Census counts that distort representation at local and state levels.

Mar 8, 2019 / John Nichols

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