Deal or No Deal? The Season Finale of the United Kingdom Deal or No Deal? The Season Finale of the United Kingdom
No one knows for sure how the Brexit episode will end.
Nov 28, 2018 / Gary Younge
What to Say to White People What to Say to White People
If Democrats need lessons on maximizing votes across the demographic divide, 2018 provides some clear examples of what to do—and what not to.
Nov 27, 2018 / Steve Phillips
Russian Diplomacy Is Winning the New Cold War Russian Diplomacy Is Winning the New Cold War
Washington’s attempt to “isolate Putin’s Russia” has failed and had the opposite effect.
Nov 21, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
If Nancy Pelosi Is the Most Progressive Candidate, She Should Be the Next Speaker If Nancy Pelosi Is the Most Progressive Candidate, She Should Be the Next Speaker
Her opponents don’t have a candidate, and they don’t have a program.
Nov 20, 2018 / John Nichols
With Help From Trump, Nationalism Could Shatter Europe With Help From Trump, Nationalism Could Shatter Europe
Practically the only allies the president hasn’t alienated are extremists from Europe’s far right.
Nov 19, 2018 / Rajan Menon
Moving Beyond the Earned-Income Tax Credit Moving Beyond the Earned-Income Tax Credit
The EITC might be the most progressive part of the tax code, but it still fails to reach the country’s neediest.
Nov 15, 2018 / Colin McAuliffe and Sean McElwee
Progressive Economics Are Ascendant—Among Democrats, and at the Ballot Box Progressive Economics Are Ascendant—Among Democrats, and at the Ballot Box
It’s good politics and good policy, and should be a winning formula in 2020.
Nov 15, 2018 / Chris Hughes
Scott Walker’s Allies Are Plotting One Last Power Grab in Wisconsin Scott Walker’s Allies Are Plotting One Last Power Grab in Wisconsin
Republican legislators are talking about using a lame-duck session to rewrite the rules to disempower the Democrat who beat Walker.
Nov 14, 2018 / John Nichols
Progressives Point the Way to Recapturing the Rural Vote Progressives Point the Way to Recapturing the Rural Vote
Democrats would do well to remember a fundamental truth that this year’s elections only amplified: Real power is built from the bottom up.
Nov 13, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Education Is in the Crosshairs in Bolsonaro’s Brazil Education Is in the Crosshairs in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
The president-elect seeks to ban from the classroom political opinions, debates, and any issues that could be construed as leftist.
Nov 12, 2018 / StudentNation / Michael Fox