Trump’s EPA Is Promoting a Conspiracy Theory Created by Big Tobacco Trump’s EPA Is Promoting a Conspiracy Theory Created by Big Tobacco
The agency’s plan to limit the scientific research it can use in creating regulations could gut public health protections. That’s exactly what the tobacco industry intended.
Nov 22, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter
Democrats Won Virginia by Investing in People of Color Democrats Won Virginia by Investing in People of Color
Strategic organizing helped turn this red state blue—but is the national party willing to learn from its example?
Nov 22, 2019 / Steve Phillips
India: Intimations of an Ending India: Intimations of an Ending
The rise of Modi and the Hindu far right.
Nov 22, 2019 / Feature / Arundhati Roy
How Can Big Pharma Make Amends for the Opioid Epidemic? How Can Big Pharma Make Amends for the Opioid Epidemic?
It’s unlikely pharmaceutical executives will face a full reckoning in court, but transformative justice could give victims the relief they deserve.
Nov 22, 2019 / Mattea Kramer
Senator Ron Johnson Must Recuse Himself From Trump’s Impeachment Trial Senator Ron Johnson Must Recuse Himself From Trump’s Impeachment Trial
How can the Wisconsin senator be both a witness and a juror?
Nov 21, 2019 / John Nichols
What a Debate Run by Women Looks Like What a Debate Run by Women Looks Like
Last night’s moderators showed us what American political life would look like if women’s concerns were routinely at the center of the conversation.
Nov 21, 2019 / Joan Walsh
Student Loan Borrowers Need More Protection—and California Is Leading the Way Student Loan Borrowers Need More Protection—and California Is Leading the Way
Lawmakers in California have put forward the first legislation of its kind that would create clear, enforceable protections against abuses by student loan companies.
Nov 21, 2019 / StudentNation / Seth Frotman and Natalia Abrams
If Prison Conditions Don’t Improve, ‘It Will Be Our Blood Running Through the Water’ If Prison Conditions Don’t Improve, ‘It Will Be Our Blood Running Through the Water’
Meet Swift Justice, the incarcerated organizer fighting to transform Alabama’s prisons.
Nov 21, 2019 / Olivia Heffernan
Why I’m Endorsing Elizabeth Warren Why I’m Endorsing Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth or Bernie? It’s a difficult and wonderful choice to have.
Nov 20, 2019 / Ady Barkan
How One Town Developed a New Way to Police How One Town Developed a New Way to Police
Renton, Washington, has become a national model for inclusive governing.
Nov 20, 2019 / Glenn Nelson