Yes! Virginia! Every Vote Really Does Count Yes! Virginia! Every Vote Really Does Count
High turnout and outside groups helped Shelly Simonds win by one vote in a recount that ended GOP control of the statehouse.
Dec 20, 2017 / Joan Walsh
No DREAM, No Deal No DREAM, No Deal
How many Democrats will do what’s right and refuse to pass a budget unless Congress authorizes a clean Dream Act?
Dec 19, 2017 / Steve Phillips
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
If Trump Fires Mueller, We Must Impeach If Trump Fires Mueller, We Must Impeach
The country will find itself in a constitutional crisis, where the executive branch rejects checks and balances and the rule of law.
Dec 15, 2017 / John Nichols
Letters From the January 1-8, 2018, Issue Letters From the January 1-8, 2018, Issue
What happened—and what didn’t… The postmortem continues… Troubling the water [web only]…
Dec 14, 2017 / Our Readers
Savor This Victory: Doug Jones Is Taking Jeff Sessions’s Old Seat Savor This Victory: Doug Jones Is Taking Jeff Sessions’s Old Seat
Howell Raines on Alabama, Joan Walsh on #MeToo after Al Franken, and John Nichols on Net Neutrality.
Dec 14, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
On a Wave of Votes From Selma, and the Civil-Rights Heartlands of Alabama, Doug Jones Sweeps to Victory On a Wave of Votes From Selma, and the Civil-Rights Heartlands of Alabama, Doug Jones Sweeps to Victory
An overwhelming surge in votes from African-American counties tipped the balance against Roy Moore.
Dec 13, 2017 / John Nichols
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
Now That Al Franken Is Gone, Democrats Need to Hold Hearings on Trump Now That Al Franken Is Gone, Democrats Need to Hold Hearings on Trump
They have the moral high ground; now they need to use it to create real accountability for both parties.
Dec 7, 2017 / Joan Walsh