It’s 2019: Why Do LGBTQ Americans Still Lack Basic Civil Rights Protections? It’s 2019: Why Do LGBTQ Americans Still Lack Basic Civil Rights Protections?
As we celebrate Stonewall’s 50th anniversary, it’s time to pass the Equality Act and make anti-LGBTQ discrimination illegal.
Jun 26, 2019 / Senator Tammy Baldwin
2020 Democrats Must Address Our Addiction to Military Spending 2020 Democrats Must Address Our Addiction to Military Spending
They should take a stand at the debates against the Pentagon’s bloated budget.
Jun 25, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bernie Sanders Is Exactly Right About Trump’s Saber Rattling on Iran Bernie Sanders Is Exactly Right About Trump’s Saber Rattling on Iran
In a remarkable exchange, the senator rejects the notion that a “limited strike” on Iran is anything less than “an act of warfare” that could lead to catastrophe.
Jun 24, 2019 / John Nichols
Congress Must Use Its Authority to Prevent War With Iran Congress Must Use Its Authority to Prevent War With Iran
It has a constitutional responsibility to rein in Trump’s dangerously chaotic approach.
Jun 21, 2019 / John Nichols
The Right’s Cure for Poverty: Hard Work and Father Figures The Right’s Cure for Poverty: Hard Work and Father Figures
At a hearing, Republicans told a familiar story while the Poor People’s Campaign presented a bold budget proposal.
Jun 20, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann
Barbara Lee Wins a House Vote to Stop the Blank Checks for Endless War Barbara Lee Wins a House Vote to Stop the Blank Checks for Endless War
Almost 18 years after Lee cast the sole vote against the open-ended AUMF, the House finally passed a bill that would sunset it.
Jun 19, 2019 / John Nichols
Washington’s Dr. Strangeloves Washington’s Dr. Strangeloves
Is plunging Russia into darkness really a good idea?
Jun 19, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
Mitch McConnell Calls Puerto Rican Statehood ‘Full-Bore Socialism’ Mitch McConnell Calls Puerto Rican Statehood ‘Full-Bore Socialism’
Yet his own Republican Party’s platform endorses “the right of the US citizens of Puerto Rico to be admitted to the Union as a fully sovereign state.”
Jun 18, 2019 / John Nichols
Elizabeth Warren Is Proving Her Doubters Wrong Elizabeth Warren Is Proving Her Doubters Wrong
The presidential race is better with her in it.
Jun 11, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
It’s Time to Move on From Mueller It’s Time to Move on From Mueller
Mueller doesn’t want to testify, and the public wants Democrats to focus on the issues that matter to them.
Jun 5, 2019 / Aaron Maté