How to Add Politics to Our Protest How to Add Politics to Our Protest
The case for a new, open-source party of unified progressive movements.
Aug 17, 2015 / Kate Aronoff and Max Berger
Rand Paul’s Decline Marks the End of Realism Within the GOP Rand Paul’s Decline Marks the End of Realism Within the GOP
Once the great hope for his party’s foreign policy realists, these days he’s sounding more like a dyed-in-the-wool interventionist.
Aug 11, 2015 / James Carden
August 7, 1912: The Progressives Nominate Teddy Roosevelt for a Third Term as President August 7, 1912: The Progressives Nominate Teddy Roosevelt for a Third Term as President
“He uses words that are ludicrously meaningless.”
Aug 7, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
For a More Substantive Republican Debate, Ask Tougher Questions For a More Substantive Republican Debate, Ask Tougher Questions
The people with the tough jobs Thursday are not the candidates, but the moderators.
Aug 6, 2015 / John Nichols
August 3, 1948: Whittaker Chambers Accuses Alger Hiss of Being a Communist August 3, 1948: Whittaker Chambers Accuses Alger Hiss of Being a Communist
“The air was heavy with the ominous and ultimate charges of modern history: treason, espionage, and insanity.”
Aug 3, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
For Republicans, the Real Nightmare Is a Third-Party Trump For Republicans, the Real Nightmare Is a Third-Party Trump
For top Republicans, managing Trump is like “playing with nitroglycerine.”
Jul 24, 2015 / John Nichols
Green Jill Stein Is Fighting for Open Debates and Real Democracy Green Jill Stein Is Fighting for Open Debates and Real Democracy
“The American people have the right to hear from the full spectrum of their choices.”
Jun 24, 2015 / John Nichols
Can Kshama Sawant Build an Actual Socialist City in America? Can Kshama Sawant Build an Actual Socialist City in America?
First, she'll have to win rent control.
Jun 17, 2015 / Cities Rising / Sarah Jaffe
Social Democracy on the Prairie: Canadians Teach Us How to Beat Austerity Social Democracy on the Prairie: Canadians Teach Us How to Beat Austerity
What Americans can learn from Alberta’s vote to tax corporations, fund services and get serious about climate change.
May 7, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols
Rand Paul, Vaccinations and the (Not So) Secret History of White Supremacy Rand Paul, Vaccinations and the (Not So) Secret History of White Supremacy
The senator’s confusion over the smallpox vaccine is symptomatic of libertarian confusion over the history of slavery.
Mar 12, 2015 / Blog / Greg Grandin