Kevin McCarthy Is Inventing Reasons Not to Investigate Trump Kevin McCarthy Is Inventing Reasons Not to Investigate Trump
After ceaselessly probing Clinton and Obama non-scandals, the House majority leader has changed his tune.
Dec 11, 2018 / Joan Walsh
Sanders and Warren Are Challenging the Post–Cold War Foreign-Policy Establishment Sanders and Warren Are Challenging the Post–Cold War Foreign-Policy Establishment
It is time to think anew. The United States needs dramatic changes in its policies and the institutions that enforce them.
Dec 11, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Republican Party Has Become ‘a Conspiracy to Seize Power’ The Republican Party Has Become ‘a Conspiracy to Seize Power’
A brute-force power grab by Republicans in Wisconsin highlights the disregard for democracy that has infected the party of Lincoln.
Dec 6, 2018 / John Nichols
George H.W. Bush Gave Us Today’s Republican Party George H.W. Bush Gave Us Today’s Republican Party
Harold Meyerson on Bush 41, Katha Pollitt on white women and Trump, and Eric Foner on Frederick Douglass.
Dec 6, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
How George H.W. Bush Paved the Way for Trump Pardons How George H.W. Bush Paved the Way for Trump Pardons
Harold Meyerson on the dark side of Reagan’s successor.
Dec 5, 2018 / Jon Wiener
New Cold War Dangers New Cold War Dangers
The Russian-Ukrainian military conflict in the Kerch Strait illustrates again how this Cold War is more dangerous that was its predecessor.
Dec 5, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
America Isn’t Past Redemption—Yet America Isn’t Past Redemption—Yet
Trump lost the midterms, but he’s not slowing down anytime soon.
Dec 4, 2018 / Ben Fountain
State Republicans Are Refusing to Honor the Peaceful Transition of Power State Republicans Are Refusing to Honor the Peaceful Transition of Power
In Wisconsin, Michigan, and other states, the refusal of Republicans to accept election results sends an ominous signal.
Dec 4, 2018 / John Nichols
Scott Walker’s Sore-Loser Scheme Scott Walker’s Sore-Loser Scheme
Shaken by November 6 losses, Wisconsin Republicans seek to change election dates, restrict voting, and limit high-turnout elections before they relinquish power.
Dec 3, 2018 / John Nichols
What to Say to White People What to Say to White People
If Democrats need lessons on maximizing votes across the demographic divide, 2018 provides some clear examples of what to do—and what not to.
Nov 27, 2018 / Steve Phillips