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
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
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
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
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
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?
Yes—but it needs to be popular to become a mass movement.
Feb 24, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt
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
Mental Issues Mental Issues
“Is It Time to Call Trump Mentally Ill?” —Headline, The New York Times Attempts to divine how this president thinks Will soon turn us into a nation of shrinks. His lie after lie a…
Feb 23, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Are We Witnessing a Coup Operation Against the Trump White House? Are We Witnessing a Coup Operation Against the Trump White House?
Our intelligence apparatus is doing far more than stoking paranoia about the Russian bogeyman—it’s threatening democracy.
Feb 22, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence