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Obama Spoke to a Better America—but Does that Country Still Exist?

Obama Spoke to a Better America—but Does that Country Still Exist? Obama Spoke to a Better America—but Does that Country Still Exist?

On a day marked by Jeff Sessions’s disturbing hearing and shocking allegations about Trump, Obama took the high road.

Jan 10, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Senator Susan Collins.

Susan Collins Just Disgraced Herself at Jeff Sessions’s Confirmation Hearing Susan Collins Just Disgraced Herself at Jeff Sessions’s Confirmation Hearing

The senator proved once and for all that she’s no moderate.

Jan 10, 2017 / John Nichols

If We Want to Fight Against Trump, We Have to Know What We’re Fighting For

If We Want to Fight Against Trump, We Have to Know What We’re Fighting For If We Want to Fight Against Trump, We Have to Know What We’re Fighting For

Defending against fascism is good—but having a vision for what kind of society we actually desire is even better.

Jan 10, 2017 / Rebecca Gordon

In Atlanta, January 24, 2014, an EMS worker wheels a patient through Grady Memorial Hospital’s emergency department.

Where’s the GOP’s Health-Care Plan? Where’s the GOP’s Health-Care Plan?

This isn’t simply about dollars and sense. This is about lives and health.

Jan 10, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Jeff Sessions Has Spent His Whole Career Opposing Voting Rights

Jeff Sessions Has Spent His Whole Career Opposing Voting Rights Jeff Sessions Has Spent His Whole Career Opposing Voting Rights

Imagine what he will do as the most powerful lawyer in the country.

Jan 10, 2017 / Ari Berman

Trump Could Be the Most Hostile American President the UN Has Ever Faced

Trump Could Be the Most Hostile American President the UN Has Ever Faced Trump Could Be the Most Hostile American President the UN Has Ever Faced

Plus, there’s a Republican-led Congress itching to diminish the role of the organization and bankrupt many of its programs.

Jan 9, 2017 / Barbara Crossette

Jeff Sessions Is Just Not in the Same League as Former Attorneys General

Jeff Sessions Is Just Not in the Same League as Former Attorneys General Jeff Sessions Is Just Not in the Same League as Former Attorneys General

From Herbert Brownell to Robert F. Kennedy to Loretta Lynch, attorneys general have upheld the law and fought for justice. Would Sessions?

Jan 9, 2017 / Nan Aron

Jeff Sessions

Jeff Sessions Could Return Criminal Justice to the Jim Crow Era Jeff Sessions Could Return Criminal Justice to the Jim Crow Era

Sessions’s extreme views on crime and punishment are a throwback to the darkest chapters in American history.

Jan 9, 2017 / Ari Berman

Joe McCarthy and Roy Cohn

A Lesson on How to Survive Trumpism—From the McCarthy Era A Lesson on How to Survive Trumpism—From the McCarthy Era

Trump’s regime will not resurrect full-blown McCarthyism, but it may take lessons in political repression from it.

Jan 9, 2017 / Ellen Schrecker

Youth in the UN Climate Change talks in Marrakech respond to the election of Donald Trump as US President.

This Monday, Join Protests Across the Country to Block Trump’s Climate-Denying Cabinet Picks This Monday, Join Protests Across the Country to Block Trump’s Climate-Denying Cabinet Picks

For the Day Against Denial, people across the country will rally at their senators’ offices.

Jan 7, 2017 / NationAction

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