Why This Socialist Feminist Is Not Voting for Hillary Why This Socialist Feminist Is Not Voting for Hillary
Socialist feminism assumes that redistribution is the best way to improve life for women. Clinton has demonstrated contempt for turning this project into policy.
Jan 5, 2016 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
Michael Moore Has a Plan to Make America Great Again Michael Moore Has a Plan to Make America Great Again
A necessary antidote to buffoonery and cynicism.
Jan 4, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Are the Democrats Burying Their Best Moments? Why Are the Democrats Burying Their Best Moments?
Their debate was a welcome contrast to GOP bombast and bigotry—but in scheduling it at an inconvenient time, the DNC seemed determined to protect front-runner Hillary Clinton.
Dec 23, 2015 / Editorial / The Editors
When the Berlin Wall Fell, Bernie Sanders Didn’t Respond Like Other Politicians When the Berlin Wall Fell, Bernie Sanders Didn’t Respond Like Other Politicians
Instead of heralding “the end of history,” Sanders called on Americans to take the revolutions of 1989 as a model.
Dec 22, 2015 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner
A Vigorous Foreign-Policy Debate Between Clinton and Sanders A Vigorous Foreign-Policy Debate Between Clinton and Sanders
A long-overdue debate has opened.
Dec 22, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
In the So-Called ‘Abortion Wars,’ Only One Side Is Murdering the Other In the So-Called ‘Abortion Wars,’ Only One Side Is Murdering the Other
Kurt Eichenwald’s Newsweek cover story completely misunderstands the fight over abortion in the United States.
Dec 21, 2015 / Katha Pollitt
Bernie Sanders Just Got Two of His Biggest Endorsements Yet Bernie Sanders Just Got Two of His Biggest Endorsements Yet
A major progressive activist group and a major union issue endorsements of the insurgent Democratic contender.
Dec 17, 2015 / John Nichols
This Year’s Most Valuable Progressives This Year’s Most Valuable Progressives
From Newark Mayor Ras Baraka to artist Molly Crabapple, from Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards to Black Lives Matter, this year’s honorees are on the front lines in the fight fo...
Dec 17, 2015 / Feature / John Nichols
The Number of Child Migrants Arriving on the US’s Doorstep Has Doubled Since Last Year The Number of Child Migrants Arriving on the US’s Doorstep Has Doubled Since Last Year
The renewed arrivals revive a heated political debate about just how much the US ought to accommodate children and families who are escaping deadly conditions in Central America.
Dec 14, 2015 / Julianne Hing
The End of Chavismo? Why Venezuela’s Ruling Party Lost Big, and What Comes Next The End of Chavismo? Why Venezuela’s Ruling Party Lost Big, and What Comes Next
Even Chavistas are fed up with the economic crisis and want change. But unlike the right, grassroots leaders are calling for more popular control and collective decision-making.
Dec 10, 2015 / Gabriel Hetland