The Grassroots Movement to Dump Trump The Grassroots Movement to Dump Trump
Anti-Trumpism is now a cause capable of bringing thousands of people out to protest.
Jun 28, 2016 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Bernie Has It Backward: He’ll Have More Leverage if He Endorses Clinton Bernie Has It Backward: He’ll Have More Leverage if He Endorses Clinton
And he needs to do it soon.
Jun 27, 2016 / Joan Walsh
For Immigrants, the Obama Era Has Been Long and Maddening For Immigrants, the Obama Era Has Been Long and Maddening
And in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling, there is no good answer to the question, What now?
Jun 27, 2016 / Julianne Hing
The Democratic Party’s Draft Platform Doesn’t Oppose the TPP—That’s Bad Policy and Bad Politics The Democratic Party’s Draft Platform Doesn’t Oppose the TPP—That’s Bad Policy and Bad Politics
Working-class Americans have had enough of trade policies that accelerate the race to the bottom.
Jun 27, 2016 / Larry Cohen
The Deportation Machine Obama Built for President Trump The Deportation Machine Obama Built for President Trump
Before the end of his first term in office, the Obama administration expanded a small program by about 3,600 percent.
Jun 27, 2016 / Marisa Franco and Carlos Garcia
Maine’s Governor Is Threatening to End Food Stamps Maine’s Governor Is Threatening to End Food Stamps
The move would kick 190,000 people out of the program, and it’s probably illegal.
Jun 24, 2016 / Alyssa Peterson and Jeremy Slevin
Elizabeth Warren Should Stay in the Senate Elizabeth Warren Should Stay in the Senate
Her agenda is fundamentally different from the one Hillary Clinton will pursue.
Jun 24, 2016 / Dean Baker
Alan Grayson Says the House Sit-In for Gun Safety Is About More Than Terror Lists Alan Grayson Says the House Sit-In for Gun Safety Is About More Than Terror Lists
Reached on the floor of the House, Grayson disputed civil libertarians’ concerns about preventing people on the no-fly list from buying guns.
Jun 23, 2016 / Joshua Holland
The Shaming of Paul Ryan Is Now Complete The Shaming of Paul Ryan Is Now Complete
From silencing debate on guns to backing “textbook-racist” Trump, the GOP “leader” always puts partisanship above principle.
Jun 23, 2016 / John Nichols
Democrats to Exxon: Stop Trying to Change the Conversation Democrats to Exxon: Stop Trying to Change the Conversation
A forum on Wednesday laid out the case for treating oil like the “new tobacco.”
Jun 23, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter