A Scrooge Walks Among Us A Scrooge Walks Among Us
Charles Dickens would surely recognize the cruelty he disdained in modern Republicans like Paul Ryan.
Dec 24, 2017 / John Nichols
The GOP Tax Bill and the Crisis of American Democracy The GOP Tax Bill and the Crisis of American Democracy
The country is ruled by oligarchs and their enablers.
Dec 20, 2017 / Richard Kim
The Left Helped Jones Defeat Moore. It Could Help More Democrats in 2018. The Left Helped Jones Defeat Moore. It Could Help More Democrats in 2018.
The Democrats must work harder to build grassroots infrastructure and offer voters a bolder vision proudly based on progressive values.
Dec 19, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Republican Tax Bill Codifies a New Gilded Age The Republican Tax Bill Codifies a New Gilded Age
The GOP tax plan harks back to an idea that the poor should be humiliated and the rich are virtuous.
Dec 18, 2017 / Ed Burmila
How Do Politicians Get Away With Cutting Taxes for the Rich? How Do Politicians Get Away With Cutting Taxes for the Rich?
Americans don’t want this tax bill, yet it’s likely to pass.
Dec 15, 2017 / Sean McElwee and Spencer Piston
Democrats Have a Chance to Revive the Party. Will They Seize It? Democrats Have a Chance to Revive the Party. Will They Seize It?
Let’s hope the Unity Reform Commission’s ideas are codified.
Dec 12, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A New Poor People’s Campaign Wants to Change How Society Defines Morality A New Poor People’s Campaign Wants to Change How Society Defines Morality
In the wealthiest country in the world, poverty is still taking a devastating toll on millions of people of all races.
Dec 5, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Will It Take for the GOP to Pass Its Terrible Tax Bill? What Will It Take for the GOP to Pass Its Terrible Tax Bill?
George Zornick on Senate politics, Joan Walsh on sexual harassment in Washington, and Rick Perlstein on Republicans against Trump.
Nov 30, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Anti-Trump Fervor Can’t Fully Explain What Happened This Month Anti-Trump Fervor Can’t Fully Explain What Happened This Month
Democratic candidates ran on bold, progressive ideas that inspired voters.
Nov 21, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Democrats Will Need More Than Resistance to Govern Democrats Will Need More Than Resistance to Govern
And that means running candidates who do more than oppose Trump.
Nov 15, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage