After the Mass Shooting in El Paso, Beto O’Rourke Asks the Right Question: WTF, Media? After the Mass Shooting in El Paso, Beto O’Rourke Asks the Right Question: WTF, Media?
Trump is fomenting a climate of racial violence. We’ve got to stop acting like he wants to fix it.
Aug 5, 2019 / Joan Walsh
Feminists and LGBTQ Activists Are Leading the Insurrection in Puerto Rico Feminists and LGBTQ Activists Are Leading the Insurrection in Puerto Rico
These and other grassroots groups are pushing the fight against corruption and austerity.
Aug 2, 2019 / Ed Morales
In Memoriam: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty Dies at 32 In Memoriam: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty Dies at 32
The INF Treaty is survived by New START, but it too is in danger.
Aug 2, 2019 / Matt Korda
Trump Has Brought Back ‘Conditional Citizenship’ Trump Has Brought Back ‘Conditional Citizenship’
What does citizenship mean if only white people belong in Donald Trump’s America?
Aug 2, 2019 / Column / Laila Lalami
Trump’s Demagoguery Is an Old American Tradition Trump’s Demagoguery Is an Old American Tradition
Over 100 years ago, the US exploited racial differences to distract the country from its overwhelming inequality. Trump is doing the same.
Aug 1, 2019 / Adam Hochschild
A Progressive Prosecutor Sets Her Sights on Upstate New York A Progressive Prosecutor Sets Her Sights on Upstate New York
Shani Curry Mitchell is challenging her Republican ex-boss in Monroe County’s next district attorney race.
Aug 1, 2019 / Ross Barkan
Congress Finally Challenges the Cuba Travel Ban Congress Finally Challenges the Cuba Travel Ban
This Cold War relic is an outrageous violation of citizens’ rights.
Aug 1, 2019 / Peter Kornbluh
The Real Winners of the Second Debate Were Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders The Real Winners of the Second Debate Were Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders
They weren’t on stage Wednesday. But the ideas and the dynamism of the progressive senators framed both debates in Detroit.
Aug 1, 2019 / John Nichols
The Queens District Attorney Race Goes to Court The Queens District Attorney Race Goes to Court
The runoff between Tiffany Cabán and Melinda Katz isn’t over until the courts decide it is.
Jul 31, 2019 / Ross Barkan
Elizabeth Warren’s Trade Plan Empowers Workers, Not Corporations Elizabeth Warren’s Trade Plan Empowers Workers, Not Corporations
The Massachusetts senator’s latest plan is about power as much as policies.
Jul 31, 2019 / Todd N. Tucker