Political Figures

Did the New Deal Need FDR?

Did the New Deal Need FDR? Did the New Deal Need FDR?

His political evolution points to a different locus of power than the one liberals tend to invoke when discussing the era’s history.

Nov 11, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

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The Trump Administration Is Undercutting Democracy in Bolivia The Trump Administration Is Undercutting Democracy in Bolivia

Will the US and the Organization of American States once again be able to overturn election results?

Nov 8, 2019 / Mark Weisbrot

Elizabeth Warren Won’t Back Down on Medicare for All

Elizabeth Warren Won’t Back Down on Medicare for All Elizabeth Warren Won’t Back Down on Medicare for All

Sorry, Establishment: She has a plan for that, too.

Nov 8, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

Joe Biden’s Friends and Backers Come Out on Top—at the Expense of the Middle Class

Joe Biden’s Friends and Backers Come Out on Top—at the Expense of the Middle Class Joe Biden’s Friends and Backers Come Out on Top—at the Expense of the Middle Class

That’s the “Delaware Way.”

Nov 7, 2019 / Feature / Joseph N. DiStefano

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Inconvenient Truths Inconvenient Truths

Alarming things we have learned under Trump, but not always about him.

Nov 6, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Trump’s Immigrant Horror Show

Trump’s Immigrant Horror Show Trump’s Immigrant Horror Show

Goya’s Saturn revisited.

Nov 6, 2019 / OppArt / Edel Rodriguez

Nationalism Is Global. The Left Is on the Defensive.

Nationalism Is Global. The Left Is on the Defensive. Nationalism Is Global. The Left Is on the Defensive.

But the climate crisis is the right’s Achilles’ heel.

Nov 6, 2019 / John Feffer

Kurt Suzuki and Donald Trump

The Nationals’ Discordant White House Celebration The Nationals’ Discordant White House Celebration

Trump taints everything, but the 2019 World Series—and the joy of that win—will be Washington’s long after he’s gone.

Nov 5, 2019 / Dave Zirin

Trump’s Greatest Dereliction of Duty—His Disgraceful Denial of Climate Change

Trump’s Greatest Dereliction of Duty—His Disgraceful Denial of Climate Change Trump’s Greatest Dereliction of Duty—His Disgraceful Denial of Climate Change

The worst part? That the president believes his position is a political winner.

Nov 5, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Sanders and Warren Have to Tame Nancy Pelosi

Sanders and Warren Have to Tame Nancy Pelosi Sanders and Warren Have to Tame Nancy Pelosi

The House speaker is building road blocks against Medicare for All and a Green New Deal.

Nov 4, 2019 / Jeet Heer

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