4 Simple Ways to Help 44 Million Americans With Student Debt 4 Simple Ways to Help 44 Million Americans With Student Debt
The student-loan-debt crisis is very real, yet policies have failed to respond with any urgency.
Sep 19, 2016 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams and Cody Hounanian
What’s the Number 1 Threat to Security? No One Is Asking Trump or Clinton What’s the Number 1 Threat to Security? No One Is Asking Trump or Clinton
Missing from an election season dominated by spectacle and confrontation is the serious debate we desperately need to have about nuclear weapons.
Sep 13, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Russ Feingold Wants to Lead a New Progressive Era in the Senate Russ Feingold Wants to Lead a New Progressive Era in the Senate
If he wins the race to regain his Wisconsin seat, he'll join Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in their fight for economic justice.
Sep 8, 2016 / Feature / John Nichols
Phyllis Schlafly Was Alt-Right Before Alt-Right Was Uncool Phyllis Schlafly Was Alt-Right Before Alt-Right Was Uncool
For 70 years the right-wing icon worked within the Republican Party, forging an organization that would welcome Donald Trump’s extremism.
Sep 7, 2016 / John Nichols
The Terrible Mini-Trump of Minnesota—and the Progressive Who’s Running Against Him The Terrible Mini-Trump of Minnesota—and the Progressive Who’s Running Against Him
He says the government shouldn’t regulate pollution, shouldn’t meddle in healthcare, and shouldn’t tell people they can’t own slaves. Lovely.
Sep 2, 2016 / Jon Wiener
Will Trump’s Poisonous Politics Leave Lasting Damage? Will Trump’s Poisonous Politics Leave Lasting Damage?
The danger in this election is not just that Trump could win. It’s that—win or lose—he could poison our politics for a generation.
Aug 30, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Welfare Was ‘Reformed’ 20 Years Ago This Week. I’ve Suffered the Consequences. Welfare Was ‘Reformed’ 20 Years Ago This Week. I’ve Suffered the Consequences.
And now, House Speaker Paul Ryan wants to build on that disastrous legacy.
Aug 26, 2016 / Stephanie Land
The United States Has an Emergency Fund for Natural Disasters. Why Not for Pandemics? The United States Has an Emergency Fund for Natural Disasters. Why Not for Pandemics?
Zika is spreading in Florida, and Congress still hasn’t released money for a response.
Aug 25, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter
Voters Are Ready to Punish Pro-Gun Politicians. There’s Just One Problem. Voters Are Ready to Punish Pro-Gun Politicians. There’s Just One Problem.
Voters don’t seem to know where key senators actually stand on background checks.
Aug 18, 2016 / George Zornick
Is Brand New Congress the Future of Progressive Politics? Is Brand New Congress the Future of Progressive Politics?
The goal is audacious: harness the enthusiasm and fund-raising muscle of the Sanders campaign to elect an entirely new Congress committed to the same platform.
Aug 11, 2016 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan