The Class Politics of the Civil War The Class Politics of the Civil War
By naming a common enemy—the privileged class of slaveholders—the Republican Party and Union Army were able to build and then steer a coalition of Americans toward the systematic d...
Jul 15, 2019 / Books & the Arts / James Oakes
When Trump Is Tweeting Racist Attacks on Progressive Democratic Women, It’s Time to Impeach When Trump Is Tweeting Racist Attacks on Progressive Democratic Women, It’s Time to Impeach
Rashida Tlaib sums it up: “Want a response to a lawless and complete failure of a President? He needs to be impeached.”
Jul 15, 2019 / John Nichols
Stars and Stripes. ‘Never Again’ Is Now. Stars and Stripes. ‘Never Again’ Is Now.
Conditions at migrant detention camps are unconscionable, and we all know it.
Jul 15, 2019 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Donald Trump and the Plot to Take Over the Courts Donald Trump and the Plot to Take Over the Courts
How the 45th president has packed the courts with ultraconservatives—and reshaped the judiciary for a generation.
Jul 15, 2019 / Feature / Elie Mystal
Trump’s Retreat on the Census Question Is Not a Victory Trump’s Retreat on the Census Question Is Not a Victory
It’s a warning for the next time the Supreme Court rules against him.
Jul 12, 2019 / Elie Mystal
Leftists Shouldn’t Go on Tucker Carlson Leftists Shouldn’t Go on Tucker Carlson
But they should keep talking to the Fox News audience—without normalizing racists.
Jul 12, 2019 / Jeet Heer
A Q&A With the Late, Great Jim Bouton A Q&A With the Late, Great Jim Bouton
Jim Bouton’s death at the age of 80 should cause us to pause and remember the pitcher who changed sports history.
Jul 12, 2019 / Dave Zirin
Meet the Millennial Mayor Who Took On Big Oil—and Won Meet the Millennial Mayor Who Took On Big Oil—and Won
Jose Gurrola is just 25, with barely 20,000 constituents, but he’s managed to put California’s powerful oil industry on the defensive.
Jul 12, 2019 / Gabriel Thompson
The Truth About the Queens DA Recount The Truth About the Queens DA Recount
While leftists in Queens have come very far in a year, they still haven’t seized every rein of power.
Jul 11, 2019 / Ross Barkan