Politics

Is America Killing Itself?

Is America Killing Itself? Is America Killing Itself?

Donald Trump's upcoming presidency jeopardizes democracy, human rights, and the environment. Is the country on a path to self-destruction?

Dec 20, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

If Less Than 115,000 Votes Had Switched in Three Battleground States, Harris Would Have Beaten Trump

If Less Than 115,000 Votes Had Switched in Three Battleground States, Harris Would Have Beaten Trump If Less Than 115,000 Votes Had Switched in Three Battleground States, Harris Would Have Beaten Trump

The Electoral College's count Tuesday confirms that Trump fell dramatically short of a "massive mandate."

Dec 20, 2024 / John Nichols

John Fetterman and Elise Stefanik

Brain-Dead Bipartisanship Is Getting Us Nowhere Brain-Dead Bipartisanship Is Getting Us Nowhere

Democrats are making a show of their willingness to cooperate with the incoming Trump administration. That’s not their job.

Dec 20, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) (L) and Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), join fellow congressional Democrats to reintroduce the Freedom to Vote Act in the Lyndon B. Johnson Room at the US Capitol on July 18, 2023 in Washington, DC.

Institutional Resistance Is Futile Institutional Resistance Is Futile

It’s time for the Democratic Party to abandon its staid, rules-based resistance to Trumpism and wage a fierce, moral response.

Dec 19, 2024 / Elie Mystal for The Nation

Healing LGBTQIA+

Healing LGBTQIA+ Healing LGBTQIA+

200+ skin-tone bandages: a whole community to heal.

Dec 19, 2024 / OppArt / Airco Caravan

Former US president Donald Trump during a campaign event at Alro Steel in Potterville, Michigan, on August 29, 2024.

Not All Liberals Hate Trump Not All Liberals Hate Trump

From China and the Middle East to immigration, all too many liberals have already moved inexorably rightward. Count on them to quietly support some of Trump’s policies.

Dec 19, 2024 / John Feffer

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is repeatedly interrupted by pro-Palestinian demonstrators as he delivers testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on May 21, 2024.

The “Blob” Is Furious About Gaza. But That’s Not Enough. The “Blob” Is Furious About Gaza. But That’s Not Enough.

The foreign policy proletariat needs to stop filtering its dissent through official channels and start taking more radical action.

Dec 19, 2024 / Josef Burton

President-elect Donald Trump with Elon Musk at a launch of a test flight of the SpaceX rocket in Brownsville, Texas.

Red Tape Saves Lives Red Tape Saves Lives

“Government” might sound ineffective and wasteful in the abstract. But Americans will miss it when it’s gone.

Dec 19, 2024 / Bryce Covert

Democratic senate candidate US Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), addresses volunteers at a campaign office on November 4, 2024, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

Sherrod Brown Should Absolutely Run Again to Represent the Working Class in the Senate Sherrod Brown Should Absolutely Run Again to Represent the Working Class in the Senate

The outgoing senator recognizes—to a greater extent than any other Democrat—the need to renew the party’s commitment to a politics of economic populism.

Dec 19, 2024 / John Nichols

The Truth Will…

The Truth Will… The Truth Will…

Piss You Off. (Graffiti In NYC)

Dec 18, 2024 / OppArt / Anonymous

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