Democracy

Soldier with American Flag

Progressive Values Don’t Stop at the Water’s Edge Progressive Values Don’t Stop at the Water’s Edge

Our foreign-policy alternative should be based on people’s actual concerns, not the made-up “crises” Washington think tanks cook up.

Dec 21, 2016 / Feature / Stephen Miles

The Democratization of US Foreign Policy

The Democratization of US Foreign Policy The Democratization of US Foreign Policy

It’s the only way to stop a dangeous imperialist tradition.

Dec 21, 2016 / Feature / Jeffrey D. Sachs

Trump and Ruzder

Sham Populism, Shameless Plutocracy Sham Populism, Shameless Plutocracy

Almost every legitimate function of the federal government could be subverted by Trump’s wrecking crew.

Dec 20, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

NC special session

North Carolina’s Legislative Coup Shows What Voter Suppression Will Look Like Under Trump North Carolina’s Legislative Coup Shows What Voter Suppression Will Look Like Under Trump

Republicans have turned North Carolina into a laboratory for subverting democracy.

Dec 19, 2016 / Ari Berman

Santa in Caracas

Christmas in Caracas? Worse Than the Grinch! Christmas in Caracas? Worse Than the Grinch!

Amid today’s crisis, what is salvageable from the Bolivarian Revolution? A conversation with Alejandro Velasco.

Dec 16, 2016 / Greg Grandin

Mouffe in Spain

America in Populist Times: An Interview With Chantal Mouffe America in Populist Times: An Interview With Chantal Mouffe

One of the preeminent theorists on democracy, social movements, and populism, her work was an inspiration to Podemos in Spain and Syriza in Greece.

Dec 15, 2016 / Waleed Shahid

Donald Trump Wisconsin

The Electoral College Has the Starkly Anti-Democratic Power to Make a Loser a ‘Winner’ The Electoral College Has the Starkly Anti-Democratic Power to Make a Loser a ‘Winner’

Clinton is winning by almost 3 million votes. There is every good reason to protest an Electoral College that intends to trump the popular will.

Dec 15, 2016 / John Nichols

Trump and Obama meet

Chris Hayes: How We Got From Obama to Trump Chris Hayes: How We Got From Obama to Trump

Plus: Joan Walsh on fighting Trump’s nominees, and Andrew Bacevich on Trump’s generals.

Dec 15, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Minimum Wage Rally

How to Mount a Progressive Resistance How to Mount a Progressive Resistance

Opposition to Trump will come—not only in the streets but also from leaders in states and cities who are intent on making America better.

Dec 13, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

J. Edgar Hoover

Neo-McCarthyism and the New Cold War Neo-McCarthyism and the New Cold War

The preceding Cold War generated a prolonged slurring and suppression of dissenting American voices, and it may be happening again.

Dec 7, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

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