Politics

Angela Alsobrooks, Democratic US Senate candidate from Maryland, greets voters on the state's primary election day at Lewisdale Elementary School in Chillum, Md., on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.

Angela Alsobrooks Beat the Big Money. Now She Has to Beat the Big Republican. Angela Alsobrooks Beat the Big Money. Now She Has to Beat the Big Republican.

Maryland’s new Democratic US Senate nominee won a bitterly contested primary. Now, she has an even tougher fight on her hands.

May 15, 2024 / John Nichols

Lincoln Cares

Lincoln Cares Lincoln Cares

If monuments could talk.

May 15, 2024 / OppArt / Colleen Quinn

A May Day celebration in front of the US Embassy in Havana on May 1, 2024.

Whatever Happened to Reversing Trump’s Cuba Policies? Whatever Happened to Reversing Trump’s Cuba Policies?

After campaigning on reversing Trump’s regressive policies in the region, Cuban Americans are frustrated by the president’s subsequent passivity.

May 15, 2024 / David Montgomery

Former Baltimore state attorney Marilyn Mosby answers questions at a press conference about the arrests of police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray on May 1, 2015.

Joe Biden Should Pardon Marilyn Mosby Joe Biden Should Pardon Marilyn Mosby

While the power of the pardon is fundamentally undemocratic, the president should use it to do some good while he can.

May 14, 2024 / Elie Mystal

Abortion on the Ballot

Abortion on the Ballot Abortion on the Ballot

Some states are considering giving putting the question of reproductve rights to voters in the November elections.

May 14, 2024 / OppArt / Judy Polstra

The Media Keeps Asking the Wrong Questions About Biden and the “Uncommitted” Vote The Media Keeps Asking the Wrong Questions About Biden and the “Uncommitted” Vote

Expecting voters to support the person with the power to stop the killing of their families, but who refuses to use it, is asking the impossible. This is about now, not November.

May 14, 2024 / Phyllis Bennis

Martin Peretz and then–New Republic editor Hendrick Hertzberg, 1984.

Marty Peretz and the Travails of American Liberalism Marty Peretz and the Travails of American Liberalism

From his New Left days to his neoliberalism and embrace of interventionism, The Controversialist is a portrait of his own political trajectory and that of American liberalism too....

May 14, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Jeet Heer

Michael Cohen, former president Donald Trump's former attorney, arrives at his home after leaving Manhattan Criminal Court on May 13, 2024, in New York City.

Michael Cohen’s Testimony Reveals the Sad Life of a Trump Toady Michael Cohen’s Testimony Reveals the Sad Life of a Trump Toady

Trump’s former lawyer described in court how the former president demands total sycophancy from his underlings.

May 14, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

A protester waves a Palestinian flag from the roof of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University on April 30, 2024.

The Anti-War Movement Needs to Claim Its Victories The Anti-War Movement Needs to Claim Its Victories

There’s no need to accept the churlish narrative of Biden and the establishment. The administration’s shift on Israel is a gain that can—and must—be built on.

May 13, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Silence Is Destruction

Silence Is Destruction Silence Is Destruction

Speak up for peace.

May 13, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

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