Political Figures

Cori Bush speaks to Rashida Tlaib while both hold candles in front of steps

Why It’s Important to Defend Representative Rashida Tlaib Against Censure, Whether or Not We Agree With Her Why It’s Important to Defend Representative Rashida Tlaib Against Censure, Whether or Not We Agree With Her

The First Amendment doesn’t permit us to punish political expression in America.

Nov 10, 2023 / Jamie Raskin

Rats Ahoy

Rats Ahoy Rats Ahoy

Gang way!

Nov 10, 2023 / OppArt / Anthony Russo

An Arab American voter at a poll site.

Biden’s Quagmire: Israel, Gaza, and Those Really Scary Polls Biden’s Quagmire: Israel, Gaza, and Those Really Scary Polls

The data shows that 66 percent of voters—and 80 percent of Democrats—want the president to call for a cease-fire. The longer he waits, the more voters will stay home next November...

Nov 8, 2023 / James Zogby for The Nation

Tragic Prelude…

Tragic Prelude… Tragic Prelude…

To the next election.

Nov 7, 2023 / OppArt / Jos Sances

Former US president Donald Trump speaks to members of the media after testifying in his civil fraud trial at the New York State Supreme Court in New York City on November 6, 2023.

There’s No Stopping Donald Trump’s Courtroom Soliloquy There’s No Stopping Donald Trump’s Courtroom Soliloquy

In his testimony at his New York civil trial yesterday, the former president’s ramblings tried the judge’s patience.

Nov 7, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Demonstrators are detained by US Capitol Police after they staged a sit-in inside the Cannon House Office Building to demand a cease-fire against Palestinians in Gaza October 18, 2023, on Independence Avenue in Washington, DC.

The Left Is Not “Anti-Jewish” The Left Is Not “Anti-Jewish”

What we are witnessing is an effort to get people to see slogans like “Free Palestine” as antisemitic and the protests as threats to Jewish existence.

Nov 6, 2023 / Dave Zirin

Kevin McCarthy House of Representatives

The Republican Party Has Devolved Into Utter Incoherence The Republican Party Has Devolved Into Utter Incoherence

As we face so many crises globally, the legislative branch of the world’s (theoretically) most powerful country has ceased to function.

Nov 6, 2023 / Rebecca Gordon

Senators Burton K. Wheeler of Montana and Robert Taft of Ohio study a globe.

This Isn’t Your Father’s GOP. It’s Your Grandfather’s GOP. This Isn’t Your Father’s GOP. It’s Your Grandfather’s GOP.

Today's Republicans aren’t isolationists; they are hawks targeting Latin America and Asia.

Nov 6, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Gabe Amo Rhode Island

Gabe Amo Is Set to Become Rhode Island’s First Black Congressman  Gabe Amo Is Set to Become Rhode Island’s First Black Congressman 

Amo beat 10 other candidates in a contentious Democratic primary for the state’s first congressional district seat. “I've been running to make a difference, not to make history.”

Nov 6, 2023 / StudentNation / Nicholas Miller

Gaza 4

Gaza 4 Gaza 4

One child every 10 minutes.

Nov 3, 2023 / Steve Brodner

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