Reckoning With John McCain Reckoning With John McCain
Respecting the best of McCain requires grappling with the rest of McCain.
Aug 27, 2018 / Timothy Patrick McCarthy
John McCain and Russ Feingold’s Joint Effort to Restore Democracy John McCain and Russ Feingold’s Joint Effort to Restore Democracy
The two very different senators established a working relationship to challenge the money power that even in the 1990s was beginning to render the Capitol dysfunctional.
Aug 27, 2018 / John Nichols
Why the Manafort and Cohen Convictions Are a Historic Turning Point Why the Manafort and Cohen Convictions Are a Historic Turning Point
If a pro-Trump juror can send Paul Manafort to jail, it’s a safe bet that other Trump voters will sooner or later follow the evidence too.
Aug 24, 2018 / Bruce Shapiro
What the Brennan Affair Really Reveals What the Brennan Affair Really Reveals
Valorizing an ex-CIA director and bashing Trump obscures what is truly ominous.
Aug 22, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
In the Dark Days of Trump, There Are Still Sweet Victories to Celebrate In the Dark Days of Trump, There Are Still Sweet Victories to Celebrate
Progressive victories are reaffirming the shared humanity that Americans across the political spectrum are standing up to defend.
Aug 21, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Manafort and Gates Manafort and Gates
Their tales of corruption and thieving and fraud Don’t alter the president’s views in the slightest. He’s comfortable boasting, when all’s said and done, That he has attracted the…
Aug 16, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Sanction Mania vs. Russia Sanction Mania vs. Russia
For nearly 100 years, Russia has been under US sanctions, often to the detriment of American national security.
Aug 15, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
This One Time, Sarah Huckabee Sanders Won’t Back Up Trump This One Time, Sarah Huckabee Sanders Won’t Back Up Trump
The press secretary won’t deny that Trump used the N-word. Still, will it matter?
Aug 15, 2018 / Joan Walsh
Devin Nunes Is the Exact Constitution-Shredding Miscreant the Founders Feared Devin Nunes Is the Exact Constitution-Shredding Miscreant the Founders Feared
And he should resign.
Aug 10, 2018 / John Nichols
Trump’s Privatization Plan Would Destroy the Postal Service Trump’s Privatization Plan Would Destroy the Postal Service
The Postal Service embodies the vital role that public institutions can play in advancing the common good.
Aug 7, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel