Politics

Rex Tillerson

There Are More Important Questions to Ask Than Whether Rex Tillerson Is In or Out at State There Are More Important Questions to Ask Than Whether Rex Tillerson Is In or Out at State

A renovated foreign policy rests on a great variety of factors beyond a house-cleaning at State.

Dec 7, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

Now That Al Franken Is Gone, Democrats Need to Hold Hearings on Trump

Now That Al Franken Is Gone, Democrats Need to Hold Hearings on Trump Now That Al Franken Is Gone, Democrats Need to Hold Hearings on Trump

They have the moral high ground; now they need to use it to create real accountability for both parties.

Dec 7, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Roy Moore

Donald Trump Has Made Roy Moore the Face of the Republican Party Donald Trump Has Made Roy Moore the Face of the Republican Party

Will other Republicans do nothing?

Dec 7, 2017 / John Nichols

Roy Moore

How the Democrats Can Defeat Roy Moore in Alabama How the Democrats Can Defeat Roy Moore in Alabama

Howell Raines on Doug Jones, Bob Dreyfuss on Russiagate, and Gary Younge on American Nazis.

Dec 7, 2017 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross

Investigative Journalism Can Still Make Bad Guys Squirm Investigative Journalism Can Still Make Bad Guys Squirm

A massive muckrakers conference celebrates triumphs—and plots new targets.

Dec 6, 2017 / Mark Schapiro

Justice Kennedy Appears Ready to Undo His Own Legacy on LGBTQ Rights

Justice Kennedy Appears Ready to Undo His Own Legacy on LGBTQ Rights Justice Kennedy Appears Ready to Undo His Own Legacy on LGBTQ Rights

Based on a single quote, which doesn’t say what he thinks it says.

Dec 5, 2017 / Sarah Posner

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The Trump Team Definitely Colluded With a Foreign Power—Just Not the One You Think The Trump Team Definitely Colluded With a Foreign Power—Just Not the One You Think

Why are the media paying scant attention to Michael Flynn’s admissions about Israel?

Dec 5, 2017 / Aaron Maté

Garcia and Ramirez-Rosa

2 Progressives Are Fighting to Represent Chicago in Congress 2 Progressives Are Fighting to Represent Chicago in Congress

But is the race between Chuy Garcia and Carlos Ramirez-Rosa a sign of progressive strength—or weakness?

Dec 5, 2017 / D.D. Guttenplan

Viktor Orban poster

Who Could Have Predicted Trump? Poland, and Hungary, and Slovakia. Who Could Have Predicted Trump? Poland, and Hungary, and Slovakia.

After the Cold War, right-wing populists surged to power by exploiting economic uncertainty.

Dec 5, 2017 / John Feffer

Trump in the White House

Donald Trump Is Just the Front Man for a Massive Heist Donald Trump Is Just the Front Man for a Massive Heist

Republican elites are pushing through their agenda while the president acts a fool.

Dec 5, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

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