Government

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Things Donald Trump Could Do to Look Even More Presidential Things Donald Trump Could Do to Look Even More Presidential

Another in a series of unavoidable cartoons about terrible people who are never actually going to be president.

Aug 5, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

Martin O'Malley

O’Malley Endorses a Constitutional Amendment Protecting the Right to Vote O’Malley Endorses a Constitutional Amendment Protecting the Right to Vote

The Democratic contender supports a constitutional remedy to voter suppression and assaults on the Voting Rights Act.

Aug 5, 2015 / John Nichols

Trump Campaign

The Coming Debate and a Trump in the House of Cards The Coming Debate and a Trump in the House of Cards

A debate that promises to defy the needs—and common sense—of most Americans.

Aug 4, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

How to Repeal the Tax Loophole That Allows Companies to Hide Their Profits in Offshore Accounts

How to Repeal the Tax Loophole That Allows Companies to Hide Their Profits in Offshore Accounts How to Repeal the Tax Loophole That Allows Companies to Hide Their Profits in Offshore Accounts

If we want to address the inequality crisis, we must prevent corporations from sitting on hoards of untaxed cash.

Aug 4, 2015 / David Cay Johnston

Anti-abortion activists

Senate Blocks Attack on Planned Parenthood, But the Political Assault Continues Senate Blocks Attack on Planned Parenthood, But the Political Assault Continues

Instead of a serious debate about the facts, for GOP candidates who sit in the Senate this is “all about politics.”

Aug 3, 2015 / John Nichols

August 3, 1948: Whittaker Chambers Accuses Alger Hiss of Being a Communist

August 3, 1948: Whittaker Chambers Accuses Alger Hiss of Being a Communist August 3, 1948: Whittaker Chambers Accuses Alger Hiss of Being a Communist

“The air was heavy with the ominous and ultimate charges of modern history: treason, espionage, and insanity.”

Aug 3, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Bernie Sanders Explains Why You Should Care About What’s Happening to Greece

Bernie Sanders Explains Why You Should Care About What’s Happening to Greece Bernie Sanders Explains Why You Should Care About What’s Happening to Greece

He really does sound like a socialist, doesn’t he?

Jul 31, 2015 / William Greider

The Apache vs. Rio Tinto

The Apache vs. Rio Tinto The Apache vs. Rio Tinto

The San Carlos tribe is fighting to block a massive mining project that would cut a two-mile wide crater through sacred land.

Jul 31, 2015 / Nick Kimbrell

Greenpeace activists

People Will Remember Shell Oil As a Symbol of Planet-Destroying Greed People Will Remember Shell Oil As a Symbol of Planet-Destroying Greed

On the day the heat index in an Iranian city broke world records, Shell Oil moved forward with its plan to drill in the Arctic.

Jul 31, 2015 / Bill McKibben

John McCain Iran deal

Inside the Effort to Kill the Iran Deal Inside the Effort to Kill the Iran Deal

The rhetoric coming from Iran hawks is increasingly out of touch with public opinion.

Jul 31, 2015 / James Carden

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