Tuesday’s Election Could Be a Second Blue Wave Tuesday’s Election Could Be a Second Blue Wave
On November 5 voters can reject Trump and embrace criminal justice reform, rent control, and democracy in states and cities nationwide.
Nov 1, 2019 / John Nichols
Impeachment Just Got Real Impeachment Just Got Real
In a 232 to 196 vote, the House endorsed a formal impeachment process—because the facts compel it.
Oct 31, 2019 / John Nichols
Booing a Lawless President Is a Patriotic Act Booing a Lawless President Is a Patriotic Act
Americans who respect the office of the president have a duty to call out charlatans who disregard the Constitution and abuse their positions of power.
Oct 29, 2019 / John Nichols
The Politician Amazon Is Dead Set on Defeating The Politician Amazon Is Dead Set on Defeating
Kshama Sawant is a committed socialist who has been involved in some of Seattle’s biggest workers’ and tenants’ rights fights. And now she’s up for reelection.
Oct 29, 2019 / Podcast / John Nichols
John Conyers Carried the Civil Rights Movement Forward John Conyers Carried the Civil Rights Movement Forward
The long-serving representative, an ally of Rosa Parks and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died at 90.
Oct 28, 2019 / John Nichols
She Represents More of the Planet Than Any Other Legislator on Earth She Represents More of the Planet Than Any Other Legislator on Earth
Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, 25, was just elected to the Canadian House of Commons.
Oct 26, 2019 / John Nichols
Trump Thinks the Emoluments Clause Is Phony Trump Thinks the Emoluments Clause Is Phony
But the president won’t be laughing when the emoluments clause becomes the basis for impeachment.
Oct 22, 2019 / John Nichols
Chesa Boudin Wants to Bring Restorative Justice to San Francisco Chesa Boudin Wants to Bring Restorative Justice to San Francisco
Boudin is running for the city’s district attorney seat to make the criminal justice system’s extreme racial and economic disparities a thing of the past.
Oct 22, 2019 / Podcast / John Nichols
There Was a Smart, Progressive Way to Withdraw From Syria There Was a Smart, Progressive Way to Withdraw From Syria
Representative Ro Khanna explains how the president’s disregard for diplomacy has failed the Kurds and prospects for real and lasting peace.
Oct 21, 2019 / John Nichols
Elijah Cummings Took On the Powerful Elijah Cummings Took On the Powerful
The civil rights movement veteran, who was a stalwart champion of unions, challenged abusive presidents, and called out Scott Walker for lying to Congress, died Thursday at 68.
Oct 17, 2019 / John Nichols