The Real Goal of Trump’s Travel Ban Is to Make America White Again The Real Goal of Trump’s Travel Ban Is to Make America White Again
White House adviser Steve Bannon insists that Muslims don’t have the right “DNA” for democracy.
Mar 6, 2017 / Joan Walsh
Oliver Stone on the Importance of Criticizing Both the Republicans and Democrats Who Make War Oliver Stone on the Importance of Criticizing Both the Republicans and Democrats Who Make War
It’s fashionable now to take shots at Republicans, but both parties are responsible for creating chaos around the world.
Mar 6, 2017 / Oliver Stone
Everything Trump Did in His 6th Week That Really Matters Everything Trump Did in His 6th Week That Really Matters
Behind the scenes, a lot happened this week at several federal agencies.
Mar 3, 2017 / George Zornick and Zoë Carpenter
Daniela Vargas’s Detention Shows How Vulnerable DREAMers Are Under Trump Daniela Vargas’s Detention Shows How Vulnerable DREAMers Are Under Trump
When Obama was in the White House, the safest place for young undocumented immigrants was in the public eye. Vargas’s detention shows that’s no longer true.
Mar 2, 2017 / Julianne Hing
How the Democrats Can Beat Trump on Tax Reform How the Democrats Can Beat Trump on Tax Reform
Harold Meyerson on beating Trump from the left, Amy Wilentz on Ivanka, and Joan Walsh on Harry Belafonte.
Mar 2, 2017 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
There Was Nothing Moderate About Trump’s Speech to Congress There Was Nothing Moderate About Trump’s Speech to Congress
The president’s obsession with Muslims and immigrants gives cover to a simmering white nationalist movement at home.
Mar 1, 2017 / Peter Certo
Don’t Be Fooled by Trump’s Latest Reality Show Don’t Be Fooled by Trump’s Latest Reality Show
Trump showed he can play a president on TV Tuesday, but that’s it.
Mar 1, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage
The Only Thing More Dangerous Than Trump’s Appeal to Common Sense Is His Dismissal of It The Only Thing More Dangerous Than Trump’s Appeal to Common Sense Is His Dismissal of It
The president’s taste for fact-free fantasy is based not in traditional American populism but in authoritarianism.
Mar 1, 2017 / Blog / Sophia Rosenfeld
Donald Trump Faces an Enormous Test Tonight Donald Trump Faces an Enormous Test Tonight
Will he pass it? (Spoiler: probably not.)
Feb 28, 2017 / David Dayen
Why I’m Bringing DREAMer Lupe Salermón to Trump’s Speech Tonight Why I’m Bringing DREAMer Lupe Salermón to Trump’s Speech Tonight
DACA recipients like Lupe are bravely speaking out at a moment when many are telling them to lie low.
Feb 28, 2017 / Rep. Mark Pocan