How Obama’s Normalization of the Brazil Coup Prefigured Trumpism How Obama’s Normalization of the Brazil Coup Prefigured Trumpism
The terms he has used to describe the impending Trump presidency are pretty much the same ones his State Department used to condone Brazil’s putsch.
Nov 22, 2016 / Greg Grandin
Cops Are Watching Your Facebook Feed Cops Are Watching Your Facebook Feed
What are they doing with the data?
Nov 21, 2016 / Rachel Levinson-Waldman
Remembering Tom Hayden Remembering Tom Hayden
He was an exemplary reformer, in the best American tradition. Birthing the new was always at the heart of Tom’s love of life.
Oct 26, 2016 / Steve Wasserman
History on Trial, On-Screen History on Trial, On-Screen
Challenging Holocaust deniers was messier in real life than in the new film Denial.
Oct 25, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan
Tom Hayden Taught Us How to Get Beyond Trump and Trumpism Tom Hayden Taught Us How to Get Beyond Trump and Trumpism
What I loved most about Tom Hayden was his faith that the politics of division could be overcome.
Oct 24, 2016 / John Nichols
September 11’s Biggest Lesson Still Hasn’t Been Learned—and It Has Nothing to Do With National Security September 11’s Biggest Lesson Still Hasn’t Been Learned—and It Has Nothing to Do With National Security
Liberty and safety are not incompatible; but try telling that to the national security state.
Oct 3, 2016 / Karen J. Greenberg
Lindsey Graham Is Back to Trashing the Constitution Lindsey Graham Is Back to Trashing the Constitution
The Republican senator’s short streak of being reasonable has officially ended.
Sep 21, 2016 / John Nichols
Americans Who’d Never Heard of Reverend William Barber II Won’t Be Able to Forget Him After Last Night Americans Who’d Never Heard of Reverend William Barber II Won’t Be Able to Forget Him After Last Night
His remarkable speech at the DNC put racial, social, and economic justice at the center of the 2016 campaign.
Jul 29, 2016 / Ari Berman
9 Percent of the Wisconsin Electorate Just Got Their Right to Vote Back 9 Percent of the Wisconsin Electorate Just Got Their Right to Vote Back
A federal court ruled that those without voter ID can vote by signing an affidavit.
Jul 19, 2016 / Ari Berman
The Mind-Set That Drives Fear, Hate and Donald Trump The Mind-Set That Drives Fear, Hate and Donald Trump
Trump’s worldview is pervasive in the Republican Party and is embodied by its platform.
Jul 19, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel