Political Figures

Ilhan Omar Rally On The Hill

This Is Not How You Show Solidarity This Is Not How You Show Solidarity

Ilhan Omar’s commitment to principle is one of her great strengths, but declining to recognize the Armenian genocide is an unforced error.

Oct 31, 2019 / David M. Perry

The Party of War Has No Problem Trashing Veterans

The Party of War Has No Problem Trashing Veterans The Party of War Has No Problem Trashing Veterans

Heroic military service counts for nothing when a party sees all critics as disloyal.

Oct 30, 2019 / Jeet Heer

John Conyers Carried the Civil Rights Movement Forward

John Conyers Carried the Civil Rights Movement Forward John Conyers Carried the Civil Rights Movement Forward

The long-serving representative, an ally of Rosa Parks and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died at 90.

Oct 28, 2019 / John Nichols

Tulsi Gabbard TPP

The Demonization of Dissent The Demonization of Dissent

McCarthyism has gone mainstream.

Oct 28, 2019 / James Carden

She Represents More of the Planet Than Any Other Legislator on Earth

She Represents More of the Planet Than Any Other Legislator on Earth She Represents More of the Planet Than Any Other Legislator on Earth

Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, 25, was just elected to the Canadian House of Commons.

Oct 26, 2019 / John Nichols

Trump Isn’t Totally Wrong About the Deep State

Trump Isn’t Totally Wrong About the Deep State Trump Isn’t Totally Wrong About the Deep State

The president’s war with the permanent administrative state presents a dilemma to those wary of both.

Oct 25, 2019 / Jeet Heer

Out, Damn Spot?

Out, Damn Spot? Out, Damn Spot?

Trump leaves our allies to be slaughtered. 

Oct 24, 2019 / OppArt / Edel Rodriguez

Trump Cabinet meeting

Trump Thinks the Emoluments Clause Is Phony Trump Thinks the Emoluments Clause Is Phony

But the president won’t be laughing when the emoluments clause becomes the basis for impeachment.

Oct 22, 2019 / John Nichols

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Rudy Giuliani and the Secret Constitution Rudy Giuliani and the Secret Constitution

For crooked, rich Republicans, everything from “impeachment” to “subpoenas” to “crimes” is in air-quotes

Oct 22, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

us flag vehicle syria

Democrats Shouldn’t Let Trump’s Problems Turn Them Into the Party of War Democrats Shouldn’t Let Trump’s Problems Turn Them Into the Party of War

The danger in criticizing the president’s policies is that it could revive an interventionist temper on the left.

Oct 22, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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