Everyone Wants to Stop ‘Fake News,’ but No One Seems to Know What Exactly It Is Everyone Wants to Stop ‘Fake News,’ but No One Seems to Know What Exactly It Is
Like “terrorism,” we are rushing to stop a politically loaded, abstract concept without bothering to define it.
Dec 9, 2016 / Adam Johnson
Trump’s Pick to Lead the EPA Built His Career on Attacking the EPA Trump’s Pick to Lead the EPA Built His Career on Attacking the EPA
The nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to direct environmental policy means fossil-fuel interests will have their man in Washington.
Dec 8, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter
Donald Trump Is Just Another Handmaiden to Capital Donald Trump Is Just Another Handmaiden to Capital
If you look past his tweets, Trump’s been remarkably consistent in promising to gut regulations and cut taxes.
Dec 8, 2016 / David Dayen
President Obama Can Help Prevent Torture From Making a Comeback President Obama Can Help Prevent Torture From Making a Comeback
We need to know the whole truth about the Bush administration’s torture program.
Dec 8, 2016 / Elizabeth Holtzman
How to Expose Trump’s Dastardly Bait-and-Switch How to Expose Trump’s Dastardly Bait-and-Switch
Trump is not an economic populist, he’s just playing one on TV.
Dec 7, 2016 / Robert L. Borosage
Take a Pledge to Defend the First Amendment From the Trump Administration Take a Pledge to Defend the First Amendment From the Trump Administration
The president-elect has been alarmingly hostile to the press and free-speech rights.
Dec 7, 2016 / NationAction
Did the Opioid Epidemic Help Donald Trump Win? Did the Opioid Epidemic Help Donald Trump Win?
New research shows that Trump made huge gains in counties with the highest rates of death from drugs, alcohol, and suicide.
Dec 7, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter
Neo-McCarthyism and the New Cold War Neo-McCarthyism and the New Cold War
The preceding Cold War generated a prolonged slurring and suppression of dissenting American voices, and it may be happening again.
Dec 7, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
North Carolina: A Case Study for Resistance in the Trump Era North Carolina: A Case Study for Resistance in the Trump Era
In forcing Pat McCrory out of office, we proved that we do not have to concede the battle in the South.
Dec 7, 2016 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
With Ben Carson at HUD, America’s Cities Really Could Become Hellholes With Ben Carson at HUD, America’s Cities Really Could Become Hellholes
The neurosurgeon has blasted the agency’s work as “social engineering” and “communist.”
Dec 6, 2016 / Joan Walsh