Varshini Prakash of the Sunrise Movement on Climate Justice, the Green New Deal, and Revolution Varshini Prakash of the Sunrise Movement on Climate Justice, the Green New Deal, and Revolution
“We didn’t ask to have the responsibility of protecting human civilization on our shoulders. But we’re stepping up to the plate.”
Jun 4, 2019 / Q&A / Wen Stephenson
Don’t Just Pack the Court. Reimagine It. Don’t Just Pack the Court. Reimagine It.
It’s easy to understand the appeal of simply adding two (or four or six) liberal justices. But that’s just one potential reform, and this is a moment when all options should be on ...
Jun 4, 2019 / Joshua Holland
Letters From the June 17-24, 2019, Issue Letters From the June 17-24, 2019, Issue
A Nation of Elites? Katha Pollitt’s trenchant first-person account of the 1969 student strike at Harvard University [“Harvard’s Strike at 50,” May 20/27] raises a question about Th…
Jun 4, 2019
If Democrats Pull Their Punches, Donald Trump Will Knock Them Out If Democrats Pull Their Punches, Donald Trump Will Knock Them Out
Tepid Democratic candidates calling for middle ground are doomed to fail.
Jun 3, 2019 / John Nichols
How Did Russiagate Begin? How Did Russiagate Begin?
Why Barr’s investigation is important and should be encouraged.
May 30, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
In Search of a Green New Foreign Policy In Search of a Green New Foreign Policy
Domestically, progressives advocate a broad alternative to our disastrous environmental course. Where is the plan for reducing our damage abroad?
May 30, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage
Impeachment Would Affirm the Will of the People Impeachment Would Affirm the Will of the People
Trump lost the popular vote in 2016. Can we stop imagining that holding him to account would overturn the country’s general will?
May 29, 2019 / John Nichols
What Just Happened in Europe? What Just Happened in Europe?
Three takeaways from last week’s results.
May 29, 2019 / David Adler
Joe Biden’s Whiteness Isn’t the Problem Joe Biden’s Whiteness Isn’t the Problem
Don’t hate Biden because he’s a white guy. Hate his policies and his regressive voting record.
May 29, 2019 / Aaron Ross Coleman
Robert Mueller Just Told Congress to Do Its Damn Job Robert Mueller Just Told Congress to Do Its Damn Job
Mueller came as close as possible to saying that he would have indicted Trump for obstruction of justice, if Justice Department policy allowed him to do so.
May 29, 2019 / Joan Walsh