Elections

Don’t Waste Your Vote on the Corporate Agenda—Vote for Jill Stein and the Greens

Don’t Waste Your Vote on the Corporate Agenda—Vote for Jill Stein and the Greens Don’t Waste Your Vote on the Corporate Agenda—Vote for Jill Stein and the Greens

Most progressives will vote for Clinton to keep Trump out of the White House. That’s understandable, but even more important is building an alternative to pro-capitalist parties.

Sep 21, 2016 / Feature / Kshama Sawant

Clinton and Trump

Whom Should We Blame for Our Deranged Democracy? Whom Should We Blame for Our Deranged Democracy?

Laying it all on Trump is too easy—both political parties are out of touch and distant from the people.

Sep 20, 2016 / William Greider

Edward Snowden Is the Perfect Candidate for a Presidential Pardon

Edward Snowden Is the Perfect Candidate for a Presidential Pardon Edward Snowden Is the Perfect Candidate for a Presidential Pardon

It is time to act. A pardon would recognize the public service that Snowden provided, without undermining the rule of law.

Sep 20, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Donald Trump Is Immortal Donald Trump Is Immortal

And other totally normal news from the 2016 campaign trail.

Sep 20, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Bernie Sanders: The ‘Nation’ Interview

Bernie Sanders: The ‘Nation’ Interview Bernie Sanders: The ‘Nation’ Interview

In an exclusive post-primary sit-down, Senator Sanders speaks on Our Revolution, Donald Trump, and what he really thinks about Hillary Clinton.

Sep 20, 2016 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel and John Nichols

Snowden on Privacy

Oliver Stone’s ‘Snowden’ Is a Horror Movie—and the Monster Is Our National Security State Oliver Stone’s ‘Snowden’ Is a Horror Movie—and the Monster Is Our National Security State

For Trump to have these instruments of power would be a catastrophe.

Sep 19, 2016 / Juan Cole

Our New Podcast: The United States of Anxiety

Our New Podcast: The United States of Anxiety Our New Podcast: The United States of Anxiety

Sometimes it feels like a huge swath of the country has lost its mind. We partner with WNYC to ask: What’s going on in Election 2016?

Sep 19, 2016 / Feature / Kai Wright

Clinton supporter holds up healthcare sign

Make the Public Option a Central Focus of the 2016 Campaign Make the Public Option a Central Focus of the 2016 Campaign

Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and others issue a call to hold insurance companies accountable “with a public, Medicare-like option available to every American.”

Sep 16, 2016 / John Nichols

Trump press conference

Donald Trump Finally Told the Truth About Barack Obama’s Birth—and Then He Lied Some More Donald Trump Finally Told the Truth About Barack Obama’s Birth—and Then He Lied Some More

Will the media let him get away with it?

Sep 16, 2016 / Mark Hertsgaard

California State Capitol Building

The Corporate Democrats of California—and the Progressives Who Are Fighting Them The Corporate Democrats of California—and the Progressives Who Are Fighting Them

The so-called “moderates” are doing the bidding of the oil and gas industry, agribusiness, real-estate developers, and a whole host of monied interests.

Sep 16, 2016 / Jon Wiener

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