From Paid Sick Leave to Municipal ID Cards: New York’s City Council Leaves an Impression From Paid Sick Leave to Municipal ID Cards: New York’s City Council Leaves an Impression
During the last four years, the council has passed significant legislation to stem inequality. Can it do better during the next four?
Dec 14, 2017 / Cities Rising / Jarrett Murphy
Savor This Victory: Doug Jones Is Taking Jeff Sessions’s Old Seat Savor This Victory: Doug Jones Is Taking Jeff Sessions’s Old Seat
Howell Raines on Alabama, Joan Walsh on #MeToo after Al Franken, and John Nichols on Net Neutrality.
Dec 14, 2017 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Media Must Stop Normalizing Nazis The Media Must Stop Normalizing Nazis
When one side is fascist, there’s no reason to show “both sides.”
Dec 13, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman
Roy Moore Isn’t the Only One Who Thinks Dating Kids Is Fine Roy Moore Isn’t the Only One Who Thinks Dating Kids Is Fine
Just ask their parents first.
Dec 13, 2017 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Media Malpractice Is Criminalizing Better Relations With Russia Media Malpractice Is Criminalizing Better Relations With Russia
The pillorying of General Flynn and hounding of Secretary of State Tillerson equate détente with “collusion with the Kremlin.”
Dec 13, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
The Second Klan The Second Klan
Linda Gordon’s new book captures how white supremacy has long been part of our political mainstream.
Dec 13, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Kevin M. Kruse
On a Wave of Votes From Selma, and the Civil-Rights Heartlands of Alabama, Doug Jones Sweeps to Victory On a Wave of Votes From Selma, and the Civil-Rights Heartlands of Alabama, Doug Jones Sweeps to Victory
An overwhelming surge in votes from African-American counties tipped the balance against Roy Moore.
Dec 13, 2017 / John Nichols
What We Learned from Watching Doug Jones Beat A Predator What We Learned from Watching Doug Jones Beat A Predator
Alabama's future depends on building progressive infrastructure that can take on better candidates than Roy Moore.
Dec 12, 2017 / Katherine Webb-Hehn
Cornered and Facing ‘Existential’ Crisis, Will Trump Fire Mueller? Cornered and Facing ‘Existential’ Crisis, Will Trump Fire Mueller?
His deputy attorney general is under the gun as Trump allies lose patience with the Russiagate investigation.
Dec 12, 2017 / Bob Dreyfuss