Obama’s High-Minded Civics Lesson Asks Too Much of Us Obama’s High-Minded Civics Lesson Asks Too Much of Us
The storied orator frames the case against Trump as a matter of democracy and decency. But democracy also includes results.
Aug 20, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Milwaukee Has a Lot to Teach Joe Biden and the Democrats Milwaukee Has a Lot to Teach Joe Biden and the Democrats
Representative Gwen Moore spoke of a “city where blood was shed for labor rights, where a fugitive slave was freed from prison, where women’s right to vote was first ratified.”
Aug 19, 2020 / John Nichols
This Is What Dystopia Looks Like This Is What Dystopia Looks Like
Anticipating back-to-school, a teacher reflects on days past and the endless limbo of remote learning.
Aug 19, 2020 / StudentNation / Aaron Talley
Dissenting Delegates Send a Medicare for All Message to Joe Biden Dissenting Delegates Send a Medicare for All Message to Joe Biden
Biden is nominated, but even some of his own delegates say that he should embrace a single-payer response to America’s health care crisis.
Aug 19, 2020 / John Nichols
The First Night of the DNC Felt Like a Really Brutal Doctor’s Appointment The First Night of the DNC Felt Like a Really Brutal Doctor’s Appointment
While the Democrats worked overtime to convey how sick the country is, they forgot to mention how they’re going to save us.
Aug 18, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Progressives, Get Ready to Push Biden and Harris Progressives, Get Ready to Push Biden and Harris
Putting a Biden-Harris administration in power will not guarantee the change this country needs.
Aug 18, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Moral Power of Michelle Obama’s Anti-Politics The Moral Power of Michelle Obama’s Anti-Politics
The former first lady makes the personal case against Donald Trump.
Aug 18, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Daddying, Celebrating Black Fathers Daddying, Celebrating Black Fathers
Black Lives Matter, every day.
Aug 18, 2020 / OppArt / Tau Battice
Trump’s Attacks on Science Will Hasten Climate Catastrophe Trump’s Attacks on Science Will Hasten Climate Catastrophe
And his pro-pollution policies are increasing poor communities’ exposure to toxins, undermining food safety, and harming workers and consumers.
Aug 18, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Posadism: The Rise and Fall of Apocalypse Communism Posadism: The Rise and Fall of Apocalypse Communism
A.M. Gittlitz, the author of a new book on J. Posadas, explains the socialist alien memes.
Aug 18, 2020 / Emily Berch