DACA Stays, Even As the Federal Government Pursues DREAMers DACA Stays, Even As the Federal Government Pursues DREAMers
Trump will not revoke Obama’s protections for immigrants who arrived in the United States as children. But his administration is still going after some of them.
Jun 16, 2017 / Julianne Hing
Trump Is Appointing Racist Fake-News Purveyors to the Federal Bench Trump Is Appointing Racist Fake-News Purveyors to the Federal Bench
A radical transformation of the judiciary is underway.
Jun 16, 2017 / George Zornick
Asking for a Friend: How Can a Working-Class Person Like Me Change the Democrats? Asking for a Friend: How Can a Working-Class Person Like Me Change the Democrats?
And another reader is struggling with Trump-induced anxiety.
Jun 16, 2017 / Liza Featherstone
Betsy DeVos Moves to Help For-Profit Schools Defraud Students Betsy DeVos Moves to Help For-Profit Schools Defraud Students
The Education Department just froze two key protections for students.
Jun 15, 2017 / StudentNation / David Dayen
High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case for Impeaching Trump High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case for Impeaching Trump
John Nichols on Trump’s obstructionism, Amy Wilentz on the president’s Twitter, and Paul Mason on Corbyn.
Jun 15, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
A Question for Paul Ryan A Question for Paul Ryan
Trump’s new to this, Paul Ryan has explained. The DC ways are something he’ll acquire While getting good experience on the job. Will that make him a more persuasive liar?…
Jun 15, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Lying About Climate Change Is What Makes a Good Republican Lying About Climate Change Is What Makes a Good Republican
Yet instead of holding the Koch brothers’ lackeys to account, the media says the GOP’s murder-suicide policy can be chalked up in part to “Democratic hubris.”
Jun 15, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman
The GOP Is Working Stealthily to Shred Health and Financial Protections for Ordinary Americans The GOP Is Working Stealthily to Shred Health and Financial Protections for Ordinary Americans
It will take massive citizen mobilization to stop big parts of this abomination from coming into law.
Jun 13, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
3 Troubling Questions Jeff Sessions Will Have to Answer on Tuesday 3 Troubling Questions Jeff Sessions Will Have to Answer on Tuesday
The attorney general has told shifting stories about his meetings with Russian officials and the firing of James Comey.
Jun 12, 2017 / Joan Walsh
Donald Trump’s Fixation on Fossil Fuel Donald Trump’s Fixation on Fossil Fuel
Is he pushing a coal-based world order?
Jun 12, 2017 / Michael T. Klare