North Carolina Has Won a Huge Victory in the Fight Against Rigged Elections North Carolina Has Won a Huge Victory in the Fight Against Rigged Elections
There is now hope that savvy legal and political strategies really can begin to upend gerrymandering across the country.
Sep 4, 2019 / John Nichols
The Megyn Kelly Syndrome Strikes Bret Stephens The Megyn Kelly Syndrome Strikes Bret Stephens
The Times columnist is just the latest example of a right-winger who flounders outside his ideological bubble.
Aug 30, 2019 / Jeet Heer
Trump’s Corruption Is Now More Brazen Than Ever Trump’s Corruption Is Now More Brazen Than Ever
From his G-7 Doral heist to Bill Barr’s Christmas Party to steering wall-building contracts to GOP cronies, it’s grift all the way down.
Aug 28, 2019 / Joan Walsh
How Democrats Can Win Back Rural Wisconsin How Democrats Can Win Back Rural Wisconsin
They need to offer more than criticism of Trump and offer real progressive solutions to the economic pain felt in rural America.
Aug 28, 2019 / John Nichols
The Republican Party’s White Women Problem The Republican Party’s White Women Problem
The Republican base that has coalesced around Trump has been increasingly characterized by “hostile sexism”—and women are turning away.
Aug 28, 2019 / Julie Kohler
David Koch Got What He Paid For David Koch Got What He Paid For
The late Koch brother bought influence using PACs and other proxies. A prank call to Scott Walker revealed the truth about how the Kochs had their way with Republican politicians.
Aug 23, 2019 / John Nichols
Utah Is Spending Extra on Health Care So More People Can Suffer Utah Is Spending Extra on Health Care So More People Can Suffer
Utah voters approved Medicaid expansion. Why hasn’t it been implemented?
Aug 21, 2019 / David M. Perry
Stephen Miller Is a Perfectly Mainstream Republican Stephen Miller Is a Perfectly Mainstream Republican
His cruelty is all-American—and it’s shared by millions of others who make up the GOP’s base.
Aug 19, 2019 / Jeet Heer
Steve King Is Racist, Misogynist—and Not that Different From Other Republicans Steve King Is Racist, Misogynist—and Not that Different From Other Republicans
He just says the quiet parts loud.
Aug 15, 2019 / Elie Mystal
The Once Common Republican Environmentalist Is Virtually Extinct The Once Common Republican Environmentalist Is Virtually Extinct
Our corrupted American elections may well be the greatest environmental threat facing the planet. But if elections pose a threat, they also offer a possibility.
Aug 13, 2019 / John Nichols