The Governor Who Beat Scott Walker Is Ready to Overturn Walker’s Anti-Labor Agenda The Governor Who Beat Scott Walker Is Ready to Overturn Walker’s Anti-Labor Agenda
Wisconsin’s Tony Evers moves to upend his predecessor’s “right to work” law and other anti-union, anti-worker provisions.
Mar 7, 2019 / John Nichols
How Does Losing Medicaid Help You Get a Job? How Does Losing Medicaid Help You Get a Job?
Arkansas is the first state in the nation to impose a work requirement on people receiving Medicaid. The results have been disastrous.
Mar 7, 2019 / Feature / Bryce Covert
Will the New York State Democratic Party Oppose ‘Fusion’ Voting? Will the New York State Democratic Party Oppose ‘Fusion’ Voting?
New York’s state legislators should “just say no” to any attempt to limit democracy in New York.
Mar 4, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The End of Our World Order Is Imminent The End of Our World Order Is Imminent
At least 200 empires have risen and fallen over the course of history, and the United States will be no exception.
Feb 28, 2019 / Alfred McCoy
Heather Nauert’s 15 Minutes at the UN Are Up Heather Nauert’s 15 Minutes at the UN Are Up
The former Fox presenter will not be the next US ambassador to the United Nations—but another Trump crony surely will.
Feb 21, 2019 / Barbara Crossette
Alabama Is Going to Execute Rocky Myers. He Might Be Innocent. Alabama Is Going to Execute Rocky Myers. He Might Be Innocent.
The case of an intellectually disabled prisoner on death row is a window into the many flaws in the death penalty in America.
Feb 19, 2019 / Ashoka Mukpo
Who Lost America? Who Lost America?
The fall of the republic was foretold long before Donald Trump.
Feb 14, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt
Rethinking Ralph Northam Rethinking Ralph Northam
Progressives shouldn’t expect infallibility from our leaders.
Feb 13, 2019 / Bill Fletcher Jr.
Virginia’s Top Male Democrats Made a Mess, and Virginia’s Women Are Cleaning It Up Virginia’s Top Male Democrats Made a Mess, and Virginia’s Women Are Cleaning It Up
The progressive women who surged to victory in November 2017 are now stuck dealing with the fallout from blackface revelations and sexual-assault charges—instead of passing legisla...
Feb 12, 2019 / Joan Walsh
A Lawsuit Threatens a Groundbreaking School-Desegregation Case A Lawsuit Threatens a Groundbreaking School-Desegregation Case
After Sheff v. O’Neill, Hartford, Connecticut, created a new model for school integration. Now a conservative law firm wants to dismantle it.
Feb 11, 2019 / Rachel M. Cohen