Orrin Hatch Was Never a ‘Public Servant’ Orrin Hatch Was Never a ‘Public Servant’
The retiring senator has always been a shameless tool of billionaire campaign donors and a partisan errand boy for the likes of Donald Trump.
Jan 3, 2018 / John Nichols
Marcus Raskin’s Resurgent and Expansive Citizenship Marcus Raskin’s Resurgent and Expansive Citizenship
The former Kennedy aide, whose radical democratic faith defined progressive activism and ideas across six decades, has died at 83.
Dec 27, 2017 / John Nichols
A Scrooge Walks Among Us A Scrooge Walks Among Us
Charles Dickens would surely recognize the cruelty he disdained in modern Republicans like Paul Ryan.
Dec 24, 2017 / John Nichols
Democrats Need to Make Clear that Firing Mueller Triggers Impeachment Democrats Need to Make Clear that Firing Mueller Triggers Impeachment
When a president creates a constitutional crisis, there is only one remedy.
Dec 22, 2017 / John Nichols
The 2017 Progressive Honor Roll The 2017 Progressive Honor Roll
Resistance was the watchword this year. These honorees not only refused to go backward; they challenged old orthodoxies.
Dec 20, 2017 / Feature / John Nichols
If Trump Fires Mueller, We Must Impeach If Trump Fires Mueller, We Must Impeach
The country will find itself in a constitutional crisis, where the executive branch rejects checks and balances and the rule of law.
Dec 15, 2017 / John Nichols
Gutting Net Neutrality Is the Trump Administration’s Most Brutal Blow to Democracy Yet Gutting Net Neutrality Is the Trump Administration’s Most Brutal Blow to Democracy Yet
This cannot be the end of a free and open Internet. Activists must fight on in the courts, in Congress, and in the streets.
Dec 14, 2017 / John Nichols
On a Wave of Votes From Selma, and the Civil-Rights Heartlands of Alabama, Doug Jones Sweeps to Victory On a Wave of Votes From Selma, and the Civil-Rights Heartlands of Alabama, Doug Jones Sweeps to Victory
An overwhelming surge in votes from African-American counties tipped the balance against Roy Moore.
Dec 13, 2017 / John Nichols
Donald Trump Has Made Roy Moore the Face of the Republican Party Donald Trump Has Made Roy Moore the Face of the Republican Party
Will other Republicans do nothing?
Dec 7, 2017 / John Nichols
Can Our Revolution Build a Blue Texas? Can Our Revolution Build a Blue Texas?
It’s encouraging a new generation of Lone Star progressives to run for office.
Nov 30, 2017 / Feature / John Nichols