‘The Irishman’ Tells the Story of the Corruption of Empire ‘The Irishman’ Tells the Story of the Corruption of Empire
Scorsese’s gangster epic highlights the personal and political cost of counterrevolutionary violence.
Dec 6, 2019 / Jeet Heer
Trump Just Dynamited the Food Stamp Program Trump Just Dynamited the Food Stamp Program
This man’s cruelty is boundless. He also just appointed as his homelessness czar a man who tried to get cities to ban charities from feeding the homeless.
Dec 6, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky
Speaker Pelosi Seeks Articles of Impeachment Speaker Pelosi Seeks Articles of Impeachment
Reasserting Congress as a check and balance on the presidency, she says, “If we allow a president to be above the law, we do so surely at the peril of our republic.”
Dec 5, 2019 / John Nichols
The Republicans’ Star Impeachment Scholar Is a Shameless Hack The Republicans’ Star Impeachment Scholar Is a Shameless Hack
Jonathan Turley’s testimony was so inconsistent, it contradicted his own previous statements on impeachment.
Dec 5, 2019 / Elie Mystal
Who Is Making US Foreign Policy? Who Is Making US Foreign Policy?
An anti-neocon president appears to have been surrounded by neocons in his own administration.
Dec 5, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
The GOP Grievance Machine’s Desperate Attempt to Upstage the Case for Impeachment The GOP Grievance Machine’s Desperate Attempt to Upstage the Case for Impeachment
The faux outrage was triggered when an impeachment witness used the name of the president’s teenage son to make a point. It didn’t work.
Dec 5, 2019 / Joan Walsh
Trump’s Cover-Up Is Fully and Necessarily Impeachable Trump’s Cover-Up Is Fully and Necessarily Impeachable
Constitutional scholars tell the House Judiciary Committee that obstructing the impeachment inquiry is totally impeachable.
Dec 4, 2019 / John Nichols
MAGA-Vision Goggles! MAGA-Vision Goggles!
They’re the only protection against the persuasive power of reality.
Dec 3, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
Why Are Big-Money Democrats Turning Their Fire on Progressives? Why Are Big-Money Democrats Turning Their Fire on Progressives?
The real threats are Trump and the GOP.
Dec 3, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Where Billionaires Stand on the Presidency Where Billionaires Stand on the Presidency
First Schultz thought he might, then Steyer jumped in. Now Bloomberg’s announced. (Though his chances are thin, He hopes with his dough he won’t need early states.) No word yet fro…
Dec 3, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin