Government

Uintah Basin

This Is How the Trump Administration Gives Big Oil the Keys to Public Lands This Is How the Trump Administration Gives Big Oil the Keys to Public Lands

The Bureau of Land Management is rapidly opening previously off-limits areas to oil and gas drilling.

Dec 8, 2017 / Adam Federman

Rex Tillerson

There Are More Important Questions to Ask Than Whether Rex Tillerson Is In or Out at State There Are More Important Questions to Ask Than Whether Rex Tillerson Is In or Out at State

A renovated foreign policy rests on a great variety of factors beyond a house-cleaning at State.

Dec 7, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

Now That Al Franken Is Gone, Democrats Need to Hold Hearings on Trump

Now That Al Franken Is Gone, Democrats Need to Hold Hearings on Trump Now That Al Franken Is Gone, Democrats Need to Hold Hearings on Trump

They have the moral high ground; now they need to use it to create real accountability for both parties.

Dec 7, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Roy Moore

Donald Trump Has Made Roy Moore the Face of the Republican Party Donald Trump Has Made Roy Moore the Face of the Republican Party

Will other Republicans do nothing?

Dec 7, 2017 / John Nichols

Michael-Flynn-Court-rtr-img

The Trump Team Definitely Colluded With a Foreign Power—Just Not the One You Think The Trump Team Definitely Colluded With a Foreign Power—Just Not the One You Think

Why are the media paying scant attention to Michael Flynn’s admissions about Israel?

Dec 5, 2017 / Aaron Maté

Garcia and Ramirez-Rosa

2 Progressives Are Fighting to Represent Chicago in Congress 2 Progressives Are Fighting to Represent Chicago in Congress

But is the race between Chuy Garcia and Carlos Ramirez-Rosa a sign of progressive strength—or weakness?

Dec 5, 2017 / D.D. Guttenplan

Trump in the White House

Donald Trump Is Just the Front Man for a Massive Heist Donald Trump Is Just the Front Man for a Massive Heist

Republican elites are pushing through their agenda while the president acts a fool.

Dec 5, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

Rev. William Barber Moral Mondays

A New Poor People’s Campaign Wants to Change How Society Defines Morality A New Poor People’s Campaign Wants to Change How Society Defines Morality

In the wealthiest country in the world, poverty is still taking a devastating toll on millions of people of all races.

Dec 5, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Gitmo

What We Can Learn From Art Painted Inside Guantánamo What We Can Learn From Art Painted Inside Guantánamo

A New York exhibition gives a rare glimpse into America’s most controversial prison.

Dec 4, 2017 / Erin L. Thompson

Mitch McConnell

Republicans Are Looting the Treasury While They Still Can Republicans Are Looting the Treasury While They Still Can

They know a backlash is coming, and they’re making the most of their power while they have it.

Dec 2, 2017 / Joshua Holland

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