Political Ideologies

Nissan Union Strike in Mississippi

The Best Way to Fight Back Against Trump The Best Way to Fight Back Against Trump

Instead of freaking out over every outrageous tweet, we should challenge extremist GOP policies—and forge our own alternatives.

Mar 8, 2017 / John Nichols

The Truth About the GOP Health-Care Plan

The Truth About the GOP Health-Care Plan The Truth About the GOP Health-Care Plan

Republicans have criticized it from the left, and they’re gutting it from the right.

Mar 8, 2017 / Mike Konczal

The ‘Fog of Suspicion’ and of Worsening Cold War

The ‘Fog of Suspicion’ and of Worsening Cold War The ‘Fog of Suspicion’ and of Worsening Cold War

As the neo-McCarthyite search for Americans with Russian “contacts” spreads, the new Cold War is increasingly fraught with possibilities of hot war.

Mar 8, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

The Young Turks Are Beating Major Media Operations—on YouTube

The Young Turks Are Beating Major Media Operations—on YouTube The Young Turks Are Beating Major Media Operations—on YouTube

They sat down with Laura Flanders to discuss the future of progressive media.

Mar 8, 2017 / Feature / Laura Flanders

Gavin Grimm

We Are Still Winning the Fight for Trans Rights We Are Still Winning the Fight for Trans Rights

The Supreme Court may have declined to hear Gavin Grimm’s case—but history is firmly on his side.

Mar 7, 2017 / Naomi Gordon-Loebl

Rex Tillerson hearing

Get Ready for Trump’s Climate-Denial Offensive Get Ready for Trump’s Climate-Denial Offensive

If Trump continues his assault on common sense about climate change, America is going to lose—and lose big.

Mar 7, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Promise of Prosperity

The Promise of Prosperity The Promise of Prosperity

One family’s turn from hope in Poland’s Law and Justice party to disillusionment.

Mar 7, 2017 / Adam Przybyl

Donald Trump Is Trying to Play Black Americans

Donald Trump Is Trying to Play Black Americans Donald Trump Is Trying to Play Black Americans

But we are not going to be played like this.

Mar 7, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Donald Trump, the Unbelievable Baby Man! Donald Trump, the Unbelievable Baby Man!

His new superpower: reading the teleprompter.

Mar 7, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

The Real Goal of Trump’s Travel Ban Is to Make America White Again

The Real Goal of Trump’s Travel Ban Is to Make America White Again The Real Goal of Trump’s Travel Ban Is to Make America White Again

White House adviser Steve Bannon insists that Muslims don’t have the right “DNA” for democracy.

Mar 6, 2017 / Joan Walsh

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