Politics

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Here’s How to Get the Most Out of TrumpCare Here’s How to Get the Most Out of TrumpCare

If it doesn’t work for you, try to die without too much noise.

Feb 28, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

Trump’s Machismo vs. Sweden’s ‘Feminist Foreign Policy’

Trump’s Machismo vs. Sweden’s ‘Feminist Foreign Policy’ Trump’s Machismo vs. Sweden’s ‘Feminist Foreign Policy’

Investing in women and girls does much more to keep us safe and promote peace than does spending even greater amounts on weapons designed to cause mass devastation.

Feb 28, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Ways to Destroy Democracy

The Ways to Destroy Democracy The Ways to Destroy Democracy

A new biography of Hitler offers us a warning from history.

Feb 28, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans

I am not a criminal

Democrats Are Bringing DREAMers, Muslims, and Activists to Trump’s First Speech Before Congress Democrats Are Bringing DREAMers, Muslims, and Activists to Trump’s First Speech Before Congress

Disability-rights advocates and a doctor who treated victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting will also be in attendance.

Feb 27, 2017 / John Nichols

Texas voter ID

Trump’s Justice Department Is No Longer Opposing Texas’s Discriminatory Voter-ID Law Trump’s Justice Department Is No Longer Opposing Texas’s Discriminatory Voter-ID Law

Jeff Sessions reverses the Obama administration’s position in a crucial voting-rights case.

Feb 27, 2017 / Ari Berman

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If Tom Perez Wants to Rebuild the Democratic Party, He Needs to Go All In If Tom Perez Wants to Rebuild the Democratic Party, He Needs to Go All In

Progressives are outraged at the Trump administration’s attacks on civil liberties and economic rights—and the new DNC chair needs to funnel that energy.

Feb 27, 2017 / Paul Booth

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Trump’s Ascent Was Possible Only in an America Already Run by Billionaires Trump’s Ascent Was Possible Only in an America Already Run by Billionaires

We were living in a 1 percent society long before we elected a billionaire for president.

Feb 27, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt

McDonald's Minimum Wage Protest

Demand That Congress and State Lawmakers Reject So-Called ‘Right-to-Work’ Laws Demand That Congress and State Lawmakers Reject So-Called ‘Right-to-Work’ Laws

With Republicans in control of Congress, the White House, and 32 statehouses across the country, organizers are hard at work beating back so-called “right-to-work” laws.

Feb 27, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction

Tom Perez DNC

Tom Perez Will Be a Strong Fighter for Civil Rights Tom Perez Will Be a Strong Fighter for Civil Rights

The new DNC chair opposed voter-ID laws, investigated police misconduct, and protected workers’ rights.

Feb 27, 2017 / Ari Berman

Keith Ellison and Tom Perez

Tom Perez Narrowly Defeats Keith Ellison for DNC Chair Tom Perez Narrowly Defeats Keith Ellison for DNC Chair

To succeed, Perez must ally with the grassroots activists who are more concerned with principles than with partisanship.

Feb 25, 2017 / John Nichols

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