Trump’s Strategy to Upend the Election Is Being Implemented in Plain Sight Trump’s Strategy to Upend the Election Is Being Implemented in Plain Sight
A multimillion-dollar legal strategy, egged on by President Trump, is erecting barriers to voting and creating chaos in battleground states.
Sep 16, 2020 / John Nichols
Democrats Have Ignored Cities Like Kenosha for Too Long Democrats Have Ignored Cities Like Kenosha for Too Long
Neglected cities across this country are desperate for a sincere and savvy politics of racial and economic justice. Biden has the chance to speak to every one of them.
Sep 14, 2020 / John Nichols
A Judicial ‘Shitshow’ Blocks Absentee Ballots in Wisconsin A Judicial ‘Shitshow’ Blocks Absentee Ballots in Wisconsin
Just as municipal clerks were preparing to mail 1 million ballots to voters, the state Supreme Court halted the process.
Sep 11, 2020 / John Nichols
Trump Lied, Americans Died Trump Lied, Americans Died
This presidency is America’s preexisting condition. Until it is ended, Donald Trump will continue to lie, and Americans will continue to die.
Sep 10, 2020 / John Nichols
Remove Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, by Any Legal or Constitutional Means Necessary Remove Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, by Any Legal or Constitutional Means Necessary
This scandal-plagued postmaster general has our election in his hands. He’s got to go.
Sep 9, 2020 / John Nichols
Wisconsin’s Lieutenant Governor Talks About the Kenosha Protests and What Happens Next Wisconsin’s Lieutenant Governor Talks About the Kenosha Protests and What Happens Next
“Nobody thinks that that’s a responsible way to carry out justice—shooting someone in the back [multiple] times,” says Mandela Barnes. “That’s beyond bad police work.”
Sep 8, 2020 / Q&A / John Nichols
A Militant Union’s Strategic Case for Joe Biden A Militant Union’s Strategic Case for Joe Biden
Instead of portraying Biden as “a savior,” the United Electrical union argues for beating Trump and then pressuring the Democrats.
Sep 5, 2020 / John Nichols
The 2020 DNC Was a Convention of Small Ideas—and Voters Deserved More The 2020 DNC Was a Convention of Small Ideas—and Voters Deserved More
It was long on compassion that we’re starved for but short on bold policy vision that we desperately need.
Sep 4, 2020 / Feature / John Nichols
Ed Markey Has a Message for Democrats: ‘The Age of Incrementalism Is Over’ Ed Markey Has a Message for Democrats: ‘The Age of Incrementalism Is Over’
“Now,” says the senator who won an unprecedented primary victory, “is our moment to think big and take bold and urgent action.”
Sep 3, 2020 / John Nichols
Donald Trump Came to Kenosha to Make the Most Vile Campaign Commercial in American Political History Donald Trump Came to Kenosha to Make the Most Vile Campaign Commercial in American Political History
Trump implemented his “law-and-order” strategy with a Wisconsin trip that was low on sympathy and high on campaign rhetoric.
Sep 2, 2020 / John Nichols