The Poor People’s Campaign Calls Out ‘Policy Violence’ The Poor People’s Campaign Calls Out ‘Policy Violence’
The campaign wants to advance a new understanding of poverty as a traumatic experience inflicted by policy-makers.
Oct 16, 2018 / Greg Kaufmann
Why Aren’t the Media Covering Climate Change All Day, Every Day? Why Aren’t the Media Covering Climate Change All Day, Every Day?
The distractions are relentless.
Oct 16, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How to Convince Conservatives That a Scientific Discovery Might Just Kill Us All How to Convince Conservatives That a Scientific Discovery Might Just Kill Us All
Step 1: You can't.
Oct 16, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow
Elizabeth Warren Will Not Let Donald Trump Define Her Elizabeth Warren Will Not Let Donald Trump Define Her
And that’s the fundamental point of a powerful video on her heritage.
Oct 15, 2018 / Joan Walsh
Will North Dakota’s Discriminatory Voter-ID Law Cost Democrats the Senate? Will North Dakota’s Discriminatory Voter-ID Law Cost Democrats the Senate?
The Supreme Court has allowed the state to erect unreasonable barriers to voting by Native Americans.
Oct 15, 2018 / John Nichols
How Guantánamo Laid the Groundwork for Kavanaugh’s Confirmation How Guantánamo Laid the Groundwork for Kavanaugh’s Confirmation
The prison’s attempts to adjudicate justice are making their way to the mainland.
Oct 15, 2018 / Karen J. Greenberg
‘I’ve Been Raising My Fist Every Day for 50 Years’ ‘I’ve Been Raising My Fist Every Day for 50 Years’
On the 50th anniversary of his Olympic medal-stand protest, Dr. John Carlos still believes in the power of resistance.
Oct 15, 2018 / Dave Zirin
How Silicon Valley Hacked the Economy How Silicon Valley Hacked the Economy
Tech entrepreneurs like to present themselves as nerdy tinkerers—but they've been politically active since the earliest days of the microelectronics industry.
Oct 15, 2018 / Zack Wasserman
Signs of the Times Signs of the Times
Education in the age of school shootings.
Oct 15, 2018 / OppArt / Stuart Sheldon
Meet the GOP Senate Candidates Who Are Still Attacking Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and #MeToo Meet the GOP Senate Candidates Who Are Still Attacking Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and #MeToo
If you thought McConnell and Graham were odious, get a load of the challengers to Tammy Baldwin, Claire McCaskill, and Heidi Heitkamp.
Oct 12, 2018 / John Nichols