Elections

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The Media’s Addiction to False Equivalencies Has Left Them Vulnerable to Trump The Media’s Addiction to False Equivalencies Has Left Them Vulnerable to Trump

Decades of conservative efforts to work the press are paying off handsomely.

Mar 3, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman

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If Jeff Sessions Will Not Resign, He Should Be Impeached If Jeff Sessions Will Not Resign, He Should Be Impeached

The founders anticipated circumstances like this, which is why they outlined the impeachment process.

Mar 2, 2017 / John Nichols

Immigration Raid

Donald Trump Is Making America White Again Donald Trump Is Making America White Again

His executive orders target minorities, and his rhetoric has licensed hate crimes.

Mar 2, 2017 / Column / Laila Lalami

Protesters at Women's March

How You Can Join the International Women’s Strike on March 8 How You Can Join the International Women’s Strike on March 8

Strike, march, plug into local campaigns, or find your own way of getting involved.

Mar 1, 2017 / NationAction

Keith Ellison

What Keith Ellison’s Defeat Says About the DNC What Keith Ellison’s Defeat Says About the DNC

Insider Dems simply do not accept the fact that the party must break its bonds with big money and link itself with grassroots activists.

Mar 1, 2017 / John Nichols

Trump on the campaign trail

Is Our President Bonkers? Is Our President Bonkers?

Maybe, but this screwball won because he saw something about the American condition that neither Democrats nor Republicans have the nerve to acknowledge.

Mar 1, 2017 / William Greider

Trump’s Machismo vs. Sweden’s ‘Feminist Foreign Policy’

Trump’s Machismo vs. Sweden’s ‘Feminist Foreign Policy’ Trump’s Machismo vs. Sweden’s ‘Feminist Foreign Policy’

Investing in women and girls does much more to keep us safe and promote peace than does spending even greater amounts on weapons designed to cause mass devastation.

Feb 28, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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If Tom Perez Wants to Rebuild the Democratic Party, He Needs to Go All In If Tom Perez Wants to Rebuild the Democratic Party, He Needs to Go All In

Progressives are outraged at the Trump administration’s attacks on civil liberties and economic rights—and the new DNC chair needs to funnel that energy.

Feb 27, 2017 / Paul Booth

McDonald's Minimum Wage Protest

Demand That Congress and State Lawmakers Reject So-Called ‘Right-to-Work’ Laws Demand That Congress and State Lawmakers Reject So-Called ‘Right-to-Work’ Laws

With Republicans in control of Congress, the White House, and 32 statehouses across the country, organizers are hard at work beating back so-called “right-to-work” laws.

Feb 27, 2017 / NationAction

Tom Perez DNC

Tom Perez Will Be a Strong Fighter for Civil Rights Tom Perez Will Be a Strong Fighter for Civil Rights

The new DNC chair opposed voter-ID laws, investigated police misconduct, and protected workers’ rights.

Feb 27, 2017 / Ari Berman

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