Political Ideologies

Republican white woman

The Republican Party’s White Women Problem The Republican Party’s White Women Problem

The Republican base that has coalesced around Trump has been increasingly characterized by “hostile sexism”—and women are turning away.

Aug 28, 2019 / Julie Kohler

Protest outside Chase

Big Business Is Suddenly Showing a Conscience. But Is That Enough? Big Business Is Suddenly Showing a Conscience. But Is That Enough?

Corporate America is worried. And that alone is a reason to be optimistic.

Aug 27, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Indivisible Is Working Hard to Live Up to Its Name

Indivisible Is Working Hard to Live Up to Its Name Indivisible Is Working Hard to Live Up to Its Name

Activists mobilized by this grassroots group had one thing in common: They wanted to fight Trump. Can they agree on what comes next?

Aug 27, 2019 / Feature / Joan Walsh

Portland Timbers soccer game protest

A Soccer Game Becomes an Anti-Fascist Demonstration in Portland A Soccer Game Becomes an Anti-Fascist Demonstration in Portland

The Portland Timbers soccer fans defied Major League Soccer, team ownership, and fascism in one glorious night. 

Aug 26, 2019 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

David Koch

Even David Koch’s Philanthropy Was Toxic Even David Koch’s Philanthropy Was Toxic

Like other plutocrats, from Andrew Carnegie to Jeff Bezos, the late billionaire used charity to legitimize inequality.

Aug 26, 2019 / Jeet Heer

David Koch Got What He Paid For

David Koch Got What He Paid For David Koch Got What He Paid For

The late Koch brother bought influence using PACs and other proxies. A prank call to Scott Walker revealed the truth about how the Kochs had their way with Republican politicians.

Aug 23, 2019 / John Nichols

Newt Gingrich

Conservatives’ Freakout Over the 1619 Project Reveals Their Fear of America’s Actual Past Conservatives’ Freakout Over the 1619 Project Reveals Their Fear of America’s Actual Past

It turns out conservatives love history—unless it’s true.

Aug 21, 2019 / Jeet Heer

Trump on the Big Screen at CPAC

Trump’s America Is Worse Than Orwell’s ‘1984’ Trump’s America Is Worse Than Orwell’s ‘1984’

As global warming intensifies, our world is becoming bleaker than one of the darkest dystopias ever imagined.

Aug 20, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt

Bernie Sanders Has a Smart Critique of Corporate Media Bias

Bernie Sanders Has a Smart Critique of Corporate Media Bias Bernie Sanders Has a Smart Critique of Corporate Media Bias

And thankfully, bad press matters less and less.

Aug 20, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

How to Solve a Suicide How to Solve a Suicide

Step one: I certainly didn’t do it.

Aug 20, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

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