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What We Can Learn From Watergate

What We Can Learn From Watergate What We Can Learn From Watergate

Fifty years ago, we tried to make the presidency more accountable. It wasn’t enough to secure democracy.

Oct 3, 2022 / Robert L. Borosage

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Liz Cheney Wants the January 6 Committee to Pull Its Punches Liz Cheney Wants the January 6 Committee to Pull Its Punches

The key Republican on the committee investigating the deadly assault on democracy is reportedly wary of making bold recommendations. But the committee has to go big.

Jun 7, 2022 / John Nichols

Capitol Insurrection

Congress and the States Are Constitutionally Empowered to Crack Down on Trump and His Seditionists Congress and the States Are Constitutionally Empowered to Crack Down on Trump and His Seditionists

Just as Speaker Pelosi has excluded members of Congress’s “sedition caucus,” from the January 6 inquiry, so state officials have the right to exclude Trump and his co-conspirators ...

Jul 27, 2021 / John Nichols

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Republicans Are Risking a Major Realignment Republicans Are Risking a Major Realignment

If Democrats can convince even an eighth of swing voters to care more about the well-being of their families than about Dr. Seuss, the result would be landslides that no Republican...

Apr 28, 2021 / Mark Green

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Letters From the May 3/10, 2021, Issue Letters From the May 3/10, 2021, Issue

Disability access… Where is the joy?… Calexit vs. the filibuster… Black sci-fi worldmaking…

Apr 20, 2021 / Our Readers

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Letters From the February 8/15, 2021, Issue Letters From the February 8/15, 2021, Issue

No hope or change… An open question… It’s time… Fly high, comrade… Higher math…

Jan 26, 2021 / Our Readers

The Capitol Riot Reveals the Dangers From the Enemy Within

The Capitol Riot Reveals the Dangers From the Enemy Within The Capitol Riot Reveals the Dangers From the Enemy Within

But the belief that America previously had a well-functioning democracy is an illusion.

Jan 8, 2021 / Eric Foner

How Josh Hawley Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Donald Trump

How Josh Hawley Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Donald Trump How Josh Hawley Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Donald Trump

Until recently, the senator leading the charge to discredit Biden’s victory was a creature of the ultraconservative establishment. Then he discovered Trump’s faux populism.

Jan 6, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Josh Hawley Has Chosen to Sacrifice Democracy on the Altar of His Own Presidential Ambition

Josh Hawley Has Chosen to Sacrifice Democracy on the Altar of His Own Presidential Ambition Josh Hawley Has Chosen to Sacrifice Democracy on the Altar of His Own Presidential Ambition

The GOP rising star’s embrace of Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election is an acknowledgment that the party is beyond redemption.

Jan 5, 2021 / John Nichols

Is a Civil War Brewing Within the GOP?

Is a Civil War Brewing Within the GOP? Is a Civil War Brewing Within the GOP?

Some Republicans are denouncing a “surrender caucus” within their party that has the temerity to accept the results of a democratic election.

Dec 18, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

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