Without the AMT, Donald Trump’s 2005 Tax Rate Would Have Been Just 3 Percent Without the AMT, Donald Trump’s 2005 Tax Rate Would Have Been Just 3 Percent
Unsurprisingly, Trump wants to get rid of the alternative minimum tax. We need to reform it instead.
Mar 15, 2017 / Helaine Olen
While Neo-McCarthyism Spreads, US-Russian Détente May Be Unfolding While Neo-McCarthyism Spreads, US-Russian Détente May Be Unfolding
“Kremlin-puppet” allegations against Trump are said to have crippled Trump’s ability to initiate cooperative relations with Moscow—but have they?
Mar 15, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
How Democrats Can Win Back the Working Class How Democrats Can Win Back the Working Class
Regaining the trust of working-class voters who supported Trump will take more than opposition—it will take a real commitment to addressing the challenges that working people face.
Mar 15, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Trump’s America Is Like a Dystopian Novel, With One Importance Difference Trump’s America Is Like a Dystopian Novel, With One Importance Difference
We’re not readers, but active participants—with the ability to rewrite the ending.
Mar 13, 2017 / John Feffer
Stop the Trump Administration From Defunding the Arts and Humanities Stop the Trump Administration From Defunding the Arts and Humanities
This is not about fiscal responsibility.
Mar 13, 2017 / NationAction
ICE Relents and Releases DREAMer Daniela Vargas ICE Relents and Releases DREAMer Daniela Vargas
Immigrant-rights advocates say that Vargas’s release is proof that resistance works.
Mar 10, 2017 / Julianne Hing
Trumpcare Is a Political Disaster—for Trump Trumpcare Is a Political Disaster—for Trump
Failure to pass a bill reveals the White House’s weakness. But passing the bill will ravage Trump’s base.
Mar 10, 2017 / Joan Walsh
Foreign-Policy Elites Have No Answer For Trump Foreign-Policy Elites Have No Answer For Trump
Trump won because the status quo was terrible. We can’t go back to it.
Mar 9, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage
The Rehabilitation of George W. Bush The Rehabilitation of George W. Bush
Newfound warm and fuzzy feelings towards the former president can’t mask how bankrupt mainstream conservatism really is.
Mar 9, 2017 / Column / Gary Younge
Trump Accuses Obama of Tapping His Phone Trump Accuses Obama of Tapping His Phone
In general, planting a wire Is something to which we’re averse. If done by a Muslim from Kenya, Of course, it is clearly much worse.
Mar 9, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin