Political Ideologies

NRA TV Is No Joke

NRA TV Is No Joke NRA TV Is No Joke

Laugh all you want, but the channel is dangerously effective in radicalizing a right-wing base.

Mar 5, 2018 / Scot Nakagawa

Krasner Philly

Progressive Change Is Rocking One of the Most Unlikely Places in Philadelphia—the DA’s Office Progressive Change Is Rocking One of the Most Unlikely Places in Philadelphia—the DA’s Office

Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, from Philly to Kansas City and beyond.

Feb 28, 2018 / Jimmy Tobias

Putin Index Finger

Russiagate as Historical Amnesia or Denialism Russiagate as Historical Amnesia or Denialism

Many aspects of Russiagate are said to be unprecedented—which is very far from the truth.

Feb 28, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

NRA head Wayne LaPierre speaks at CPAC 2018

The Mainstreaming of Anti-Semitism in the US The Mainstreaming of Anti-Semitism in the US

The attacks against George Soros are an attack on decency in American public life. 

Feb 28, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman

Robert Mueller

On Russia, We Need More Reason and Less Frenzy On Russia, We Need More Reason and Less Frenzy

It is a perilous for Democrats to be fanning the flames rather than looking for ways to limit the fire.

Feb 27, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Parkland, Florida Shooting

A Former SWAT Operator Says the Cop Who Stood Outside Is Another Victim of the Parkland Massacre A Former SWAT Operator Says the Cop Who Stood Outside Is Another Victim of the Parkland Massacre

“Good guys with guns” are not going to prevent—or even lessen the horror of—mass shootings.

Feb 27, 2018 / Joshua Holland

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

6 New Ways to Deflect From Gun Control! 6 New Ways to Deflect From Gun Control!

Conservatives grapple wildly with another mass shooting.

Feb 27, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

Trump-CPAC-2018-speech

The White-Hot Rage at This Year’s CPAC The White-Hot Rage at This Year’s CPAC

Anger, paranoia, and gun worship dominated the gathering of conservatives near DC.

Feb 23, 2018 / John Knefel

A Wave of Corporate Propaganda Is Boosting Trump’s Tax Cuts

A Wave of Corporate Propaganda Is Boosting Trump’s Tax Cuts A Wave of Corporate Propaganda Is Boosting Trump’s Tax Cuts

Businesses saw that most Americans didn’t like the tax law at first. So they’ve gone on the offensive.

Feb 23, 2018 / Joshua Holland

Chuck Schumer and Democrats

How Democrats Can Offer Real Solutions to America’s Problems How Democrats Can Offer Real Solutions to America’s Problems

The economy is rigged, and this plan is how we can fix it.

Feb 23, 2018 / Robert L. Borosage

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