Donald Trump

Scott Pruitt, Steven Mnuchin, and Jeff Sessions.

Tell the Senate to Block Trump’s Cabinet of Hate and Wall Street Greed Tell the Senate to Block Trump’s Cabinet of Hate and Wall Street Greed

President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet appointments have been horrifying.

Dec 13, 2016 / NationAction

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

Rand Paul ABC

Rand Paul Has a Lesson for Democrats on Opposing Hawks and Holding Trump to Account: Just Say ‘No’ Rand Paul Has a Lesson for Democrats on Opposing Hawks and Holding Trump to Account: Just Say ‘No’

The Republican senator says he would be “an automatic no on Bolton,” which is absolutely the right response.

Dec 13, 2016 / John Nichols

airport protest

The Way Forward for Democrats Is to Address Both Class and Race The Way Forward for Democrats Is to Address Both Class and Race

The Democratic Party can still forge a coalition of the working class and poor of all races.

Dec 12, 2016 / Ian Haney López and Robert B. Reich

Columbia Library

Columbia’s Graduate Student Union Is a Nationwide First Columbia’s Graduate Student Union Is a Nationwide First

Columbia’s graduate students have just become the first in over a decade to win a union at a private university through an NLRB election process.

Dec 12, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Mitch McConnell Russia Hacking

The Craven Power Politics of Mitch McConnell The Craven Power Politics of Mitch McConnell

He blocked a bipartisan statement on Russian hacking before the election, but now belatedly joins senators asking for a probe.

Dec 12, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Rex Tillerson

Potential Secretary of State Nominee Rex Tillerson Has an SEC Problem Potential Secretary of State Nominee Rex Tillerson Has an SEC Problem

ExxonMobil has been under SEC investigation since August.

Dec 12, 2016 / David Dayen

Yemen Cluster Bomb

Under Obama, the United States Has Sold More Than $115 Billion in Weapons to Saudi Arabia Under Obama, the United States Has Sold More Than $115 Billion in Weapons to Saudi Arabia

And that includes cluster bombs, an explosive that’s been outlawed by 119 countries. 

Dec 12, 2016 / Rebecca Gordon

Trump in China

Was Trump’s Taiwan ‘Gaffe’ Really All That Bad? Was Trump’s Taiwan ‘Gaffe’ Really All That Bad?

There are extremely legitimate reasons to be fearful of the president-elect’s foreign policy. Is taking a call from Taiwan one of them?

Dec 9, 2016 / Ken Miller

The Pentagon in Washington

Congress Just Passed a Bloated and Destabilizing $619 Billion Defense Bill Congress Just Passed a Bloated and Destabilizing $619 Billion Defense Bill

The bill allocates almost double the amount for the development of a new, unnecessary nuclear weapon as it does for nuclear disarmament.

Dec 9, 2016 / James Carden

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