Executive Branch

Donald Trump in Florida

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

Vladimir Putin

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

Canton March

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 speech

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

Hundreds of writers, artists and activists protest president-elect Trump.

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

Immigrant rights rallies

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 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

Donald Trump

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

George W. Bush

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 RNC Speech

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

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