Column

Intersectional Feminism Womens Strike

Actually, Not Everything Is a Feminist Issue Actually, Not Everything Is a Feminist Issue

And that’s okay.

Mar 23, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Donald Trump takes a question during a news conference

Trump’s Wiretapping Accusation Trump’s Wiretapping Accusation

Though almost no one else has shrunk
 From saying that it’s total bunk, This man-child who must show he’s strong Cannot admit that he was wrong. No matter if his facts are checked…

Mar 23, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin

RaDonna Kuekelhan, Kansas resident

The Health-Care Bill Embraces the GOP’s Scariest State-Level Experiments The Health-Care Bill Embraces the GOP’s Scariest State-Level Experiments

We all live in Kansas now.

Mar 22, 2017 / Column / Kai Wright

Kellyanne Conway

Kellyanne Conway on the Couch Kellyanne Conway on the Couch

The way she perches on a couch May not be reason to decry her, But it’s OK to mention that Ms. Conway is a world-class liar.

Mar 16, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Milo Yiannopoulos Press Conference

Can Words Be Violent? Can Words Be Violent?

On Milo Yiannopoulos, the First Amendment, and words that have consequences.

Mar 16, 2017 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Trump on Fox News

Fox’s Absurd Unreality Show Is Now Aided and Abetted by Trump’s Undersized Hands Fox’s Absurd Unreality Show Is Now Aided and Abetted by Trump’s Undersized Hands

How many times in the last two months have we all woken up and wondered what the hell Trump is going on about now?

Mar 15, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman

March For Life 2015

Can a Feminist Be Pro-Life? Can a Feminist Be Pro-Life?

Without abortion rights, there isn’t a lot left to the fundamental ideals of equality and self-determination.

Mar 10, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt

George W. Bush

The Rehabilitation of George W. Bush The Rehabilitation of George W. Bush

Newfound warm and fuzzy feelings towards the former president can’t mask how bankrupt mainstream conservatism really is.

Mar 9, 2017 / Column / Gary Younge

Trump RNC Speech

Trump Accuses Obama of Tapping His Phone Trump Accuses Obama of Tapping His Phone

In general, planting a wire Is something to which we’re averse. If done by a Muslim from Kenya, Of course, it is clearly much worse.

Mar 9, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin

trump press conf

The Media’s Addiction to False Equivalencies Has Left Them Vulnerable to Trump The Media’s Addiction to False Equivalencies Has Left Them Vulnerable to Trump

Decades of conservative efforts to work the press are paying off handsomely.

Mar 3, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman

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