Everything Trump Is Doing to Sabotage the Affordable Care Act Everything Trump Is Doing to Sabotage the Affordable Care Act
The law was working very well when Trump took office. But since then, the number of uninsured Americans has been rising.
Nov 7, 2017 / Joshua Holland
Have Democrats Learned Their Lesson? There’s Reason for Hope. Have Democrats Learned Their Lesson? There’s Reason for Hope.
Democrats will have to work harder to establish a clear, compelling vision of what they are for beyond opposition to Trump.
Nov 7, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
New America Media Is Closing—and That’s Bad News for All American Media New America Media Is Closing—and That’s Bad News for All American Media
A Bay Area news service that grew out of the Vietnam War endured to cover a changing America, but foundered in today’s bottom-line culture.
Nov 3, 2017 / Joan Walsh
A New York Constitutional Convention Could Threaten the State’s Progressive Fabric A New York Constitutional Convention Could Threaten the State’s Progressive Fabric
The case against a constitutional convention in New York State.
Nov 3, 2017 / Bob Master
Texas Wants to Make It Easier to Fire People for Criminal Records Texas Wants to Make It Easier to Fire People for Criminal Records
An Obama-era rule is in danger if the Lone Star State’s lawsuit succeeds.
Nov 1, 2017 / Eric Cortellessa
This North Carolina County Has a Thriving Branch of the NAACP—and It’s Mostly White This North Carolina County Has a Thriving Branch of the NAACP—and It’s Mostly White
The chapter reveals the promise and pitfalls of racial-justice solidarity.
Oct 31, 2017 / Michael Schulson
Meet the Black Woman Candidate Who’ll Talk to Men in Confederate-Flag T-Shirts Meet the Black Woman Candidate Who’ll Talk to Men in Confederate-Flag T-Shirts
In Virginia, Jennifer Carroll Foy is making an audacious run for the House of Delegates.
Oct 27, 2017 / Joan Walsh
The Obsession With White Voters Could Cost Democrats the Virginia Governor’s Race The Obsession With White Voters Could Cost Democrats the Virginia Governor’s Race
If Ralph Northam’s campaign is any indication, Democrats have learned the wrong lesson from 2016.
Oct 23, 2017 / Steve Phillips
‘We Have Not a Government’: The US Before the Constitution ‘We Have Not a Government’: The US Before the Constitution
An interview with George William Van Cleve, author of a new book about a period of crisis that offers tools for thinking about our own.
Oct 23, 2017 / Richard Kreitner
It Feels Surreal Being a Puerto Rican in the United States These Days It Feels Surreal Being a Puerto Rican in the United States These Days
The disaster has revealed our ambiguous status as citizen-strangers.
Oct 17, 2017 / Javier Morillo