Political Figures

Donald Trump Speech Media Fawning

There Was Nothing Moderate About Trump’s Speech to Congress There Was Nothing Moderate About Trump’s Speech to Congress

The president’s obsession with Muslims and immigrants gives cover to a simmering white nationalist movement at home.

Mar 1, 2017 / Peter Certo

Trump Arrives SOTU

Don’t Be Fooled by Trump’s Latest Reality Show Don’t Be Fooled by Trump’s Latest Reality Show

Trump showed he can play a president on TV Tuesday, but that’s it. 

Mar 1, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

Donald Trump

The Only Thing More Dangerous Than Trump’s Appeal to Common Sense Is His Dismissal of It The Only Thing More Dangerous Than Trump’s Appeal to Common Sense Is His Dismissal of It

The president’s taste for fact-free fantasy is based not in traditional American populism but in authoritarianism.

Mar 1, 2017 / Sophia Rosenfeld

Trump on the campaign trail

Is Our President Bonkers? Is Our President Bonkers?

Maybe, but this screwball won because he saw something about the American condition that neither Democrats nor Republicans have the nerve to acknowledge.

Mar 1, 2017 / William Greider

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Here’s How to Get the Most Out of TrumpCare Here’s How to Get the Most Out of TrumpCare

If it doesn’t work for you, try to die without too much noise.

Feb 28, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

Texas voter ID

Trump’s Justice Department Is No Longer Opposing Texas’s Discriminatory Voter-ID Law Trump’s Justice Department Is No Longer Opposing Texas’s Discriminatory Voter-ID Law

Jeff Sessions reverses the Obama administration’s position in a crucial voting-rights case.

Feb 27, 2017 / Ari Berman

perez ellison

If Tom Perez Wants to Rebuild the Democratic Party, He Needs to Go All In If Tom Perez Wants to Rebuild the Democratic Party, He Needs to Go All In

Progressives are outraged at the Trump administration’s attacks on civil liberties and economic rights—and the new DNC chair needs to funnel that energy.

Feb 27, 2017 / Paul Booth

Trump in Iowa

Alternative Explanations for Trump’s Outrageous Statements Alternative Explanations for Trump’s Outrageous Statements

The standard line is that he’s simply a pathological liar and braggart. But maybe he has the gift of macro vision.

Feb 24, 2017 / Calvin Trillin

Can Feminism Be Too Inclusive?

Can Feminism Be Too Inclusive? Can Feminism Be Too Inclusive?

Yes—but it needs to be popular to become a mass movement.

Feb 24, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Ed Garvey Progressive Populist

Ed Garvey Was the Progressive Populist Who Inspired Bernie Sanders and Paul Wellstone Ed Garvey Was the Progressive Populist Who Inspired Bernie Sanders and Paul Wellstone

Sanders hails the civil-rights activist, union leader, progressive candidate, and crusader as a hero who forged a new politics.

Feb 23, 2017 / John Nichols

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