Government

Brandon Johnson

Brandon Johnson: "Chicago Is a Global City" Brandon Johnson: "Chicago Is a Global City"

A conversation with the Chicago mayor about his vision for progressive governance and the City Council's vote calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Aug 16, 2024 / Q&A / John Nichols

Donald Trump Is Already Planting the Seeds of the Next Insurrection

Donald Trump Is Already Planting the Seeds of the Next Insurrection Donald Trump Is Already Planting the Seeds of the Next Insurrection

Insecure and contemplating defeat, the former president returns to a familiar script.

Aug 16, 2024 / Jeet Heer

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris speak about lowering prescription drug costs at an event at Prince George’s Community College in Maryland.

A Biden-Harris Lovefest A Biden-Harris Lovefest

The were celebrating a landmark Medicare price reduction, but they were really putting their partnership back on display.

Aug 15, 2024 / Joan Walsh

Project 2025, Going Backward

Project 2025, Going Backward Project 2025, Going Backward

Former Trump adviser Stephen Miller is trying to distance himself and his organization from Project 2025. (Painting inspired by Philip Guston’s KKK Paintings.)

Aug 15, 2024 / OppArt / Colleen Quinn

Police officers clash with pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the University of California at Irvine on May 15, 2024.

Trump, the Military, and the Insurrection Act Trump, the Military, and the Insurrection Act

Will soldiers be occupying our cities?

Aug 14, 2024 / Michael T. Klare

Never Trump

Never Trump Never Trump

Public interventions (street, bus shelter, subway car), New York City, 2024.

Aug 13, 2024 / OppArt / Maia Lorian

Kamala Hat

Kamala Hat Kamala Hat

Stepping on up.

Aug 13, 2024 / OppArt / Gary Taxali

From left, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota and Democratic vice-presidential nominee, and his wife, Gwen Walz, during a campaign event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, August. 6, 2024.

It’s Not About Harris “Moving to the Center” It’s Not About Harris “Moving to the Center”

Mobilizing and energizing the base is the priority, not to be scorned.

Aug 13, 2024 / Robert L. Borosage

A sign calling for volunteers hangs at the Sheffield Volunteer Fire Department on Friday, May 31, 2024, in Sheffield, Pennsylvania.

The Missing Pieces of the Democrats’ Rural Offer Could Fill a Barnyard The Missing Pieces of the Democrats’ Rural Offer Could Fill a Barnyard

Rural America looms large in the 2024 election. So why is it such a small piece of the Progressive Caucus agenda?

Aug 13, 2024 / Anthony Flaccavento

Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump holds an artwork of the assassination attempt, which he signed for the artist, during a campaign rally at the Georgia State University Convocation Center on August 3, in Atlanta.

Why Donald Trump Can’t Let Go of Joe Biden Why Donald Trump Can’t Let Go of Joe Biden

The former president is caught in a nostalgia trap of his own making.

Aug 12, 2024 / Jeet Heer

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