Politics

Climate art Trump drowning

These Races Will Shape What the US Elections Mean for Climate Progress These Races Will Shape What the US Elections Mean for Climate Progress

The people have marched, and now it’s time to vote.

Sep 24, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard

A television at the White House shows Al Gore giving his concession speech

Trump Wants Another ‘Bush v. Gore’ Trump Wants Another ‘Bush v. Gore’

The rush to fill the Supreme Court seat is motivated in part by a desire to turn over the election result to the judiciary.

Sep 23, 2020 / Jeet Heer

There Is Only One Way Out of This Crisis: Expand the Court

There Is Only One Way Out of This Crisis: Expand the Court There Is Only One Way Out of This Crisis: Expand the Court

Expanding the Supreme Court may not be easy, but it’s the only constitutional way to address the Republicans’ cynical theft of at least two seats.

Sep 23, 2020 / Elie Mystal

Metaphors From Housing Court

Metaphors From Housing Court Metaphors From Housing Court

The looming eviction crisis due to Covid-19.

Sep 23, 2020 / OppArt / Margaret Hagan and Daniel Bernal

New Orleans mutual aid

‘Nobody Gets Left Behind’ ‘Nobody Gets Left Behind’

Mutual aid in practice, on both sides of the screen: a word collage.

Sep 23, 2020 / A New Orleans Plague Pod

Fascism Is the Core of Trump’s Message

Fascism Is the Core of Trump’s Message Fascism Is the Core of Trump’s Message

Shooting journalists, he says, is a “beautiful thing,” his fans have “good genes,” refugees are dangerous, and his political opponents should be prosecuted.

Sep 23, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Statue of Liberty

A Vote for Trump Is a Vote for Climate Apocalypse A Vote for Trump Is a Vote for Climate Apocalypse

It’s not complicated—four more years of Trump will consign us to a hell on Earth of a sort still only faintly imaginable today.

Sep 23, 2020 / Tom Engelhardt

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Trump Is Feeding the Monster Trump Is Feeding the Monster

Beware the thing that ate America’s brain!

Sep 22, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

Russ Feingold on Why We Need to Talk About Expanding the Supreme Court

Russ Feingold on Why We Need to Talk About Expanding the Supreme Court Russ Feingold on Why We Need to Talk About Expanding the Supreme Court

The president of the American Constitution Society talks about Justice Ginsburg’s death and the theft of Supreme Court seats.

Sep 22, 2020 / John Nichols

Democrats Can’t Take Any Option Off the Table

Democrats Can’t Take Any Option Off the Table Democrats Can’t Take Any Option Off the Table

The tendency to pretend the old norms still prevail is part of what’s gotten the nation to this awful crisis.

Sep 22, 2020 / Joan Walsh

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