5 Tough Questions for Tonight’s Democratic Debate 5 Tough Questions for Tonight’s Democratic Debate
Let’s talk about making the “gig economy” fair, creating a postal bank, congressional authorization for war, and helping, rather than harming, immigrants.
Oct 13, 2015 / John Nichols
Why Today’s GOP Crackup Is the Final Unraveling of Nixon’s ‘Southern Strategy’ Why Today’s GOP Crackup Is the Final Unraveling of Nixon’s ‘Southern Strategy’
Tea Party rebels are exposing the deep rifts between country-club elites and social-issue hard-liners.
Oct 12, 2015 / William Greider
Showdown: What Will We Learn From the First Clinton-Sanders Debate? Showdown: What Will We Learn From the First Clinton-Sanders Debate?
A liberal will square off against a socialist atop the most progressive Democratic field in most of our lifetimes.
Oct 12, 2015 / Joan Walsh
The Presidential Debate Question No One Is Asking: ‘Are You a Capitalist?’ The Presidential Debate Question No One Is Asking: ‘Are You a Capitalist?’
If Americans can handle a debate about socialism’s strengths and weaknesses, surely they can handle a brief back-and-forth regarding capitalism.
Oct 12, 2015 / John Nichols
The Legacy of Arne Duncan, ‘A Hero in the Education Business’ The Legacy of Arne Duncan, ‘A Hero in the Education Business’
The Secretary of Education will step down at the end of the year, after proving himself a champion for the corporate reform movement.
Oct 12, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
3 Facts About the Supposed Cost of Undocumented Immigration 3 Facts About the Supposed Cost of Undocumented Immigration
Or, a campaign-inspired lesson on why myth busting and fact checking isn’t going to be enough to fight anti-immigrant politics in 2016.
Oct 12, 2015 / Julianne Hing
October 11, 1986: Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev Meet in Reykjavik, Iceland, to Negotiate Disarmament October 11, 1986: Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev Meet in Reykjavik, Iceland, to Negotiate Disarmament
“It is not nor at the most fundamental level has it ever been postwar U.S. policy to relinquish the ambition of superiority in the arms race.”
Oct 11, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Boehner and McCarthy Reap What They Sowed Boehner and McCarthy Reap What They Sowed
Time and again, the GOP leaders caved to the far right—and encouraged its delusions of power.
Oct 9, 2015 / Joan Walsh
Four Mothers School Bill O’Reilly on Child Hunger Four Mothers School Bill O’Reilly on Child Hunger
The conservative pundit thinks the “myth that there are kids who don’t have anything to eat is a total lie.”
Oct 8, 2015 / Alyssa Peterson
Kevin McCarthy’s Exit Proves What We Already Know—the GOP Is Completely Dysfunctional Kevin McCarthy’s Exit Proves What We Already Know—the GOP Is Completely Dysfunctional
The Republican Party has become not only antigovernment but anti-governing.
Oct 8, 2015 / John Nichols