Government

A Vigorous Foreign-Policy Debate Between Clinton and Sanders

A Vigorous Foreign-Policy Debate Between Clinton and Sanders A Vigorous Foreign-Policy Debate Between Clinton and Sanders

A long-overdue debate has opened.

Dec 22, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Survivors of Domestic Violence Deserve Clemency, Not Prison Cells

Survivors of Domestic Violence Deserve Clemency, Not Prison Cells Survivors of Domestic Violence Deserve Clemency, Not Prison Cells

Governor Andrew Cuomo just made an historic pledge to grant clemency to thousands of former nonviolent youthful offenders—what about women who committed violence in order to live?

Dec 21, 2015 / Victoria Law

Barack Obama

Obama Tells the Truth About Race, and the Right Explodes Obama Tells the Truth About Race, and the Right Explodes

And people wonder why he doesn’t talk more about race relations.

Dec 21, 2015 / Joan Walsh

Senator Lindsey Graham

With Lindsey Graham’s Exit, a Dismal Republican Race Is Diminished Further Still With Lindsey Graham’s Exit, a Dismal Republican Race Is Diminished Further Still

The candidate who called out Trump’s bigotry is now out of the running.

Dec 21, 2015 / John Nichols

Democrats Better Get to the Bottom of Datagate, and Soon

Democrats Better Get to the Bottom of Datagate, and Soon Democrats Better Get to the Bottom of Datagate, and Soon

In the meantime, both sides should ease off the bluster.

Dec 18, 2015 / Joan Walsh

Workers of Sui Bao Security Transport Company strike for higher salaries, blocking a road in Guangzhou, China, February 11, 2014.

China’s Latest Crackdown on Workers Is Unprecedented China’s Latest Crackdown on Workers Is Unprecedented

Seven worker-activists involved in the independent labor organizations known as “worker centers” have been arrested.

Dec 18, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Memorial for Sandra Bland

The Real Reason Sandra Bland Got Locked Up The Real Reason Sandra Bland Got Locked Up

As in Ferguson, Waller County and Prairie View are choking residents with court fees in order to fill their coffers in a state without income tax.

Dec 18, 2015 / Debbie Nathan

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Just Got Two of His Biggest Endorsements Yet Bernie Sanders Just Got Two of His Biggest Endorsements Yet

A major progressive activist group and a major union issue endorsements of the insurgent Democratic contender.

Dec 17, 2015 / John Nichols

Rahm Emanuel Must Resign

Rahm Emanuel Must Resign Rahm Emanuel Must Resign

From Laquan McDonald to Homan Square, Rahm has tacitly endorsed police violence.

Dec 17, 2015 / The Editors

Under Trump’s Comb-Over

Under Trump’s Comb-Over Under Trump’s Comb-Over

ignore this…

Dec 17, 2015 / Steve Brodner

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