The First 100 Days of Resistance Restored Our Faith in Democracy The First 100 Days of Resistance Restored Our Faith in Democracy
But progressives must continue to take to the streets—and push Democrats to offer a real alternative.
Apr 24, 2017 / Editorial / John Nichols
An Arizona Legislator Gave an Invocation That Didn’t Mention God. You Won’t Believe What Happened Next. An Arizona Legislator Gave an Invocation That Didn’t Mention God. You Won’t Believe What Happened Next.
According to Republicans, there are certain prayers you can’t make in the state House.
Apr 21, 2017 / John Nichols
It’s Not ‘McCarthyism’ to Demand Answers on Trump, Russia, and the Election It’s Not ‘McCarthyism’ to Demand Answers on Trump, Russia, and the Election
Using the language of the anticommunist witch hunt for this moment is a mistake.
Apr 21, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt
How Congress Could Give Trump the Green Light to Go After Medical Marijuana How Congress Could Give Trump the Green Light to Go After Medical Marijuana
The government shutdown fight has big implications for medical marijuana patients.
Apr 20, 2017 / George Zornick
Scott Walker Just Cluelessly Exploited the Milwaukee Bucks to Suck Up to Trump Scott Walker Just Cluelessly Exploited the Milwaukee Bucks to Suck Up to Trump
In reality, the Bucks stand for everything that Scott Walker—and Donald Trump—are against.
Apr 20, 2017 / Dave Zirin
The GOP’s Attacks on the Poor Are About to Get Stealthier The GOP’s Attacks on the Poor Are About to Get Stealthier
Are we ready?
Apr 20, 2017 / Column / Kai Wright
Trump’s ‘Extreme’ Budget Is Just Paul Ryan’s Old Bad Plan With a Comb-Over Trump’s ‘Extreme’ Budget Is Just Paul Ryan’s Old Bad Plan With a Comb-Over
Ryan avoided naming the popular programs that both politicians would cut.
Apr 20, 2017 / Editorial / Bryce Covert
Back at the Carrier Plant, Workers Are Still Fighting on Their Own Back at the Carrier Plant, Workers Are Still Fighting on Their Own
Trump’s tax break was not enough. Truly addressing the plight of the American working class means confronting the problems of global capitalism.
Apr 20, 2017 / Feature / Sarah Jaffe
Why the New Cold War Is More Dangerous Than the Preceding One Why the New Cold War Is More Dangerous Than the Preceding One
Questionable but orthodox Cold War narratives make actual war with Russia more likely than during its 40-year predecessor.
Apr 19, 2017 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen
Inside the Birth of a Trump-Inspired Intellectual Magazine Inside the Birth of a Trump-Inspired Intellectual Magazine
Reading through American Affairs, one gets the sense that avoiding policy questions is as much a strategy as a politics.
Apr 19, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Gideon Lewis-Kraus