Why Are the Media Taking the CIA’s Hacking Claims at Face Value? Why Are the Media Taking the CIA’s Hacking Claims at Face Value?
Despite the CIA’s uninspiring record for the past 70 years, the media are defending the agency for all it’s worth.
Dec 15, 2016 / James Carden
Donald Trump Is Daring Us to Stop His Corruption, and Democrats Have a Plan Donald Trump Is Daring Us to Stop His Corruption, and Democrats Have a Plan
New legislation would force the president to put his assets into a blind trust.
Dec 15, 2016 / George Zornick
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
Plot Twist! Donald Trump May Accidentally Destroy Some Fossil-Fuel Companies. Plot Twist! Donald Trump May Accidentally Destroy Some Fossil-Fuel Companies.
Trump’s plan is an enigma wrapped in a conundrum inside a roiling set of contradictions.
Dec 15, 2016 / Michael T. Klare
Cold War Hysteria vs. US National Security Cold War Hysteria vs. US National Security
Allegations that Putin “stole” the election for Trump further prevent the urgent discussion needed to cope with grave new Cold War dangers.
Dec 15, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
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
Obama Was Not an Economic Radical. Trump Will Be. Obama Was Not an Economic Radical. Trump Will Be.
President Obama’s economic reforms were modest—but they’re definitely worth fighting for.
Dec 15, 2016 / Bryce Covert and Mike Konczal
This Political Theorist Predicted the Rise of Trumpism. His Name Was Hunter S. Thompson. This Political Theorist Predicted the Rise of Trumpism. His Name Was Hunter S. Thompson.
In Hell’s Angels, the gonzo journalist wrote about left-behind people motivated only by “an ethic of total retaliation.” Sound familiar?
Dec 15, 2016 / Feature / Susan McWilliams
How Will History Judge Barack Obama? How Will History Judge Barack Obama?
The president succeeded in repairing our institutions—but millions of Americans wanted to blow them up instead.
Dec 15, 2016 / Chris Hayes
I Miss Our Sane, Calm, Empathetic, Funny President Already I Miss Our Sane, Calm, Empathetic, Funny President Already
Before Trump’s election, we on the left didn’t give President Obama enough credit. Why?
Dec 15, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt