Keith Ellison: How the Democrats Can Win Keith Ellison: How the Democrats Can Win
Plus: Amy Wilentz on Ivanka Trump and Eric Foner on Trump and history.
Feb 9, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Kellyanne Conway’s Phantom Massacre Kellyanne Conway’s Phantom Massacre
She said the massacre at Bowling Green Was just the sort of terror we’ve been fearing. And this she didn’t mention: At the scene Were Jersey Muslims by the thousands cheering.
Feb 9, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Religious Right Helped Put Trump in Office—Now He Owes Them Big The Religious Right Helped Put Trump in Office—Now He Owes Them Big
You can call it hypocrisy, or you can call it keeping your eyes on the prize.
Feb 9, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Letters From the February 27, 2017, Issue Letters From the February 27, 2017, Issue
The power of the peacemakers… Language matters… Christianity, facing left… Logic for puzzling times…
Feb 9, 2017 / Our Readers and Eric Alterman
The Rise and Resilience of Black Lives Matter The Rise and Resilience of Black Lives Matter
Wesley Lowery’s new book charts the origins of a movement
Feb 9, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Nathalie Baptiste
The Silencing of Coretta Scott King Is an Act of Systemic Racism The Silencing of Coretta Scott King Is an Act of Systemic Racism
Elizabeth Warren wasn’t attacking Jeff Sessions’s character; she was using King’s observations to expose his support for racist policies.
Feb 8, 2017 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
What the Fugitive Slave Act Teaches Us About How States Can Resist Oppressive Federal Power What the Fugitive Slave Act Teaches Us About How States Can Resist Oppressive Federal Power
The actions of attorneys general in California and other states have their antecedents in the fight against that draconian law.
Feb 8, 2017 / Eric Foner
The Final Shaming of Mitch McConnell The Final Shaming of Mitch McConnell
When he silenced Elizabeth Warren for criticizing Jeff Sessions, the majority leader disgraced himself and the “Party of Lincoln.”
Feb 8, 2017 / John Nichols
Steve Bannon Wants To Start World War III Steve Bannon Wants To Start World War III
His 2009 film, Generation Zero, shows a hellishly bleak vision of our past, present, and future, driven by a magical belief in historical determinism.
Feb 8, 2017 / Micah L. Sifry
I Fled Nazi Germany, and I See Myself in Syrian Refugees I Fled Nazi Germany, and I See Myself in Syrian Refugees
A Holocaust refugee speaks out against Trump’s Muslim ban.
Feb 6, 2017 / Suzanne Loebl