Conservative Media Embrace a Bogus ‘Terror Study’ to Justify Trump’s Travel Ban Conservative Media Embrace a Bogus ‘Terror Study’ to Justify Trump’s Travel Ban
An honest reading of their data reveals just how pointless the policy really is.
Feb 14, 2017 / Joshua Holland
The Trump Administration’s Other War on the Media The Trump Administration’s Other War on the Media
Trump wants to give his corporate allies full control of our media ecosystem. A people-powered movement demanding an open and free Internet is what it will take to stop him.
Feb 14, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Edward Jay Epstein’s Alternative Facts Edward Jay Epstein’s Alternative Facts
A new book suggests Snowden may have been a spy, but what it reveals is its author’s own duplicity.
Feb 14, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Sue Halpern
Progressives Need to Get Over Themselves and Support This GOP-Backed Carbon-Tax Plan Progressives Need to Get Over Themselves and Support This GOP-Backed Carbon-Tax Plan
Purist objections scuttled Washington State’s market-friendly carbon tax plan in November. Let’s not let that happen at the national level.
Feb 14, 2017 / Charles Komanoff
Congressional Democrats Are Already Warning Trump About Impeachment Congressional Democrats Are Already Warning Trump About Impeachment
Progressive Caucus Vice Chair Mark Pocan says the president must resolve “direct conflicts in both domestic and foreign policy” or face constitutional consequences.
Feb 13, 2017 / John Nichols
Over 80,000 People Joined the Biggest-Ever Moral March in North Carolina Over 80,000 People Joined the Biggest-Ever Moral March in North Carolina
Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II compares the rising tide of protest to what Dr. King called a “marvelous new militancy” in the 1960s.
Feb 13, 2017 / Paul Blest
Planned Parenthood Asked These Pro-Choice Activists Not to Rally Outside Its Clinic. Here’s Why They Did Anyway. Planned Parenthood Asked These Pro-Choice Activists Not to Rally Outside Its Clinic. Here’s Why They Did Anyway.
Under Trump, strategies have diverged.
Feb 13, 2017 / Julia Mead
Is Trump Headed for a War With China? Is Trump Headed for a War With China?
The brewing conflict in the South China Sea could become the next Cuban missile crisis.
Feb 13, 2017 / Rajan Menon
Why Michael Bennett Walked Away From the NFL’s Israel Delegation Why Michael Bennett Walked Away From the NFL’s Israel Delegation
Michael Bennett plans to visit Israel soon, but only if Palestinian people aren’t rendered invisible.
Feb 13, 2017 / Dave Zirin
ICE Has Arrested 600 Undocumented Immigrants in the Last Week ICE Has Arrested 600 Undocumented Immigrants in the Last Week
When does a “routine action” become a raid?
Feb 13, 2017 / Julianne Hing