Politics

Trump USMCA Announcement

Who Lost America? Who Lost America?

The fall of the republic was foretold long before Donald Trump.

Feb 14, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt

Senators at AIPAC

This Is How AIPAC Really Works This Is How AIPAC Really Works

An AIPAC and Capitol Hill veteran explains the lobby’s tactics of reward and retribution.

Feb 14, 2019 / M.J. Rosenberg

Anti-Brexit demonstrators

Brexit Is Deadlocked as the Countdown Continues Brexit Is Deadlocked as the Countdown Continues

The UK Parliament is at an impasse, and both main parties are at risk of fracturing.

Feb 14, 2019 / Paul Mason

Little girl at child care rally CA

Childcare for All Belongs on the Progressive Agenda Childcare for All Belongs on the Progressive Agenda

Katha Pollitt on universal child care, plus David Klion on Bernie’s foreign policy adviser, and Antony Loewenstein on Afghanistan.

Feb 14, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Stand Against Hate rally, PA

The Maddening, Baffling, Exhausting Endurance of Anti-Semitism The Maddening, Baffling, Exhausting Endurance of Anti-Semitism

In an age of conspiracy theories, what chance do we have against the oldest conspiracy theory of all?

Feb 13, 2019 / Talia Lavin

Anti-ICE Rally NYC

Immigration Agents Are Making Arrests In New York’s Courts Immigration Agents Are Making Arrests In New York’s Courts

These arrests have jumped about 17-fold over two years.

Feb 13, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Rethinking Ralph Northam

Rethinking Ralph Northam Rethinking Ralph Northam

Progressives shouldn’t expect infallibility from our leaders.

Feb 13, 2019 / Bill Fletcher Jr.

Virginia Democrats’ Bad History Lessons

Virginia Democrats’ Bad History Lessons Virginia Democrats’ Bad History Lessons

The governor’s state of disgrace compounded.

Feb 13, 2019 / OppArt / Randall Enos

What Ilhan Omar Said About AIPAC Was Right

What Ilhan Omar Said About AIPAC Was Right What Ilhan Omar Said About AIPAC Was Right

I’m ashamed to admit that endorsing AIPAC positions was all about the Benjamins for me and my candidate.

Feb 12, 2019 / Ady Barkan

Bernie Sanders in 2018

Bernie Sanders Has a Plan to Tax the Rich That’s About As Radical as What Teddy Roosevelt Proposed Bernie Sanders Has a Plan to Tax the Rich That’s About As Radical as What Teddy Roosevelt Proposed

When the senator proposes a 77 percent tax on the value of an estate above $1 billion, he’s talking about renewing American values.

Feb 12, 2019 / John Nichols

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