Election 2016

Women's March

What Happens When Women Fight Back What Happens When Women Fight Back

A year after Donald Trump’s inauguration—and the Women’s March that eclipsed it—women are the best hope to save the country—as long as we stay out of our own way.

Jan 19, 2018 / Joan Walsh

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Steve Bannon Wades Into Russiagate Steve Bannon Wades Into Russiagate

Could the ex-Breitbart chief blow the whistle on “Jarvanka”?

Jan 18, 2018 / Bob Dreyfuss

Women's March on Washington

How Trump Brought Feminism Back With a Vengeance How Trump Brought Feminism Back With a Vengeance

Katha Pollitt, plus Bob Dreyfuss on Russiagate and David Bromwich on Trump’s ruling passions.

Jan 18, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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Democrats Are Repudiating FDR’s Precedent of Détente With Russia Democrats Are Repudiating FDR’s Precedent of Détente With Russia

By criminalizing alleged “contacts with the Kremlin”—and by demonizing Russia itself—today’s Democrats are becoming the party of the new and more perilous Cold War.

Jan 17, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Muller in June, 2017

The Right-Wing Scandal Machine Is Now Targeting Mueller and the FBI The Right-Wing Scandal Machine Is Now Targeting Mueller and the FBI

And that poses a serious threat to the separation of powers and the rule of law.

Jan 16, 2018 / Joshua Holland

Senator Dianne Feinstein

Secrets of the Trump-Russia Dossier Secrets of the Trump-Russia Dossier

There are some eye-popping revelations in the transcript of Glenn Simpson’s testimony before Congress.

Jan 12, 2018 / Bob Dreyfuss

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Trump’s Policies Offer Plutocracy on Steroids, Not Economic Populism Trump’s Policies Offer Plutocracy on Steroids, Not Economic Populism

Democrats must expose the president’s broken promise to working people.

Jan 9, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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New Reporting Suggests the Trump Presidency Is Even Scarier and More Dysfunctional Than We Realized New Reporting Suggests the Trump Presidency Is Even Scarier and More Dysfunctional Than We Realized

The takeaway from the latest revelations is that a lot of Republicans who knew better have colluded—and still collude—to cover up Trump’s unfitness for office.

Jan 5, 2018 / Joan Walsh

Donald Trump

Donald Trump Lies About Everything, Including Steve Bannon Donald Trump Lies About Everything, Including Steve Bannon

It is absurd for the president to claim that “Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency.”

Jan 4, 2018 / John Nichols

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Four Years of Ukraine and the Myths of Maidan Four Years of Ukraine and the Myths of Maidan

The history of the Ukrainian crisis, which has made everything it affected worse, is distorted by political myths and American media malpractice.

Jan 3, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

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