Margaret Atwood: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ in the Age of Trump Margaret Atwood: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ in the Age of Trump
Plus Katha Pollitt on Trump and Russia, and Amy Wilentz on Ivanka in Germany.
Apr 27, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Relax, Donald: After 100 Days, You’ve Already Done So Much Relax, Donald: After 100 Days, You’ve Already Done So Much
President Trump shouldn’t be so defensive about Saturday’s milestone. The list of his accomplishments is long.
Apr 27, 2017 / Peter Dreier
Democrats Can Retake the House in 2018 Without Converting a Single Trump Voter Democrats Can Retake the House in 2018 Without Converting a Single Trump Voter
Close races in Kansas and Georgia explain how.
Apr 27, 2017 / Steve Phillips
The Corporatization of the Web Has Thinned Out Our Culture and Undermined American Democracy The Corporatization of the Web Has Thinned Out Our Culture and Undermined American Democracy
In his new book Move Fast and Break Things, Jonathan Taplin argues that, among its many downsides, the digital revolution has diminished our very humanity.
Apr 27, 2017 / David Dayen
Marxism With Soul Marxism With Soul
Marshall Berman was committed not only to the radical promise of socialism and modernism, but to those masterpieces and revolutions that seemed to erupt out of our everyday lives.
Apr 26, 2017 / David Marcus
The People Have Spoken: They Want More Government The People Have Spoken: They Want More Government
So let’s give it to them, by building a high-wage economy that protects workers, not banks and corporations.
Apr 26, 2017 / Jeff Madrick
Trump’s FCC Has Begun Its Attack on Net Neutrality Trump’s FCC Has Begun Its Attack on Net Neutrality
This is an all-hands-on-deck moment for every American.
Apr 26, 2017 / John Nichols
The Policy Weapon Climate Activists Need The Policy Weapon Climate Activists Need
Government can save the climate from burning the same way it saved the economy from depression: Buy out the companies behind the crisis.
Apr 26, 2017 / Gar Alperovitz, Joe Guinan, and Thomas M. Hanna
Local Activists’ Voices Drive New Effort to Invest in Girls and Women of Color Local Activists’ Voices Drive New Effort to Invest in Girls and Women of Color
The work that the NoVo Foundation wants to fund is already happening, though it may not yet have the benefit of big-foundation money.
Apr 26, 2017 / StudentNation / Dani McClain
Militarism and Diplomacy Aren’t the Only Options in Syria Militarism and Diplomacy Aren’t the Only Options in Syria
If we want to help Syrians end the war, we need to put them at the center of the conversation.
Apr 26, 2017 / Mariam Elba