Good Riddance to Robert E. Lee Good Riddance to Robert E. Lee
…and to “very fine people on both sides” apologias for Confederate infamy.
Dec 22, 2020 / John Nichols
Trump’s Party Circus Trump’s Party Circus
The GOP undermines democracy.
Dec 19, 2020 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Georgia Senators Loeffler and Perdue Are Campaigning Against Democracy Georgia Senators Loeffler and Perdue Are Campaigning Against Democracy
First, they embraced Trump’s scheme to nullify almost 5 million Georgia votes. Now, they’re trying to suppress absentee voting in their own runoffs.
Dec 19, 2020 / John Nichols
Is a Civil War Brewing Within the GOP? Is a Civil War Brewing Within the GOP?
Some Republicans are denouncing a “surrender caucus” within their party that has the temerity to accept the results of a democratic election.
Dec 18, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
The Right Answer Is to Throw Money at the Problem The Right Answer Is to Throw Money at the Problem
Progressive are waging and winning the fight for direct payments because, in a pandemic moment, people need cash to survive.
Dec 17, 2020 / John Nichols
It’s Long Past Time to End Inequality It’s Long Past Time to End Inequality
Our government has dedicated significant resources to produce a Covid-19 vaccine in record time. The same could be done to combat poverty and inequality.
Dec 17, 2020 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
Biden’s Risky Peace Offering to Republicans Biden’s Risky Peace Offering to Republicans
The president-elect thinks he can work with an opposition that only partly acknowledges his victory. Progressives need to prepare a Plan B.
Dec 16, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Bye-Bye, Bill Barr: Trump’s Roy Cohn Impersonator Resigns Bye-Bye, Bill Barr: Trump’s Roy Cohn Impersonator Resigns
It turns out there were some things Barr wasn’t willing to do.
Dec 15, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Republicans Will Take Their Assault on Democracy to Congress—and It Will Be Awful Republicans Will Take Their Assault on Democracy to Congress—and It Will Be Awful
Despite Biden’s Electoral College win, Republicans are plotting to disrupt the formal process of accepting the Electoral College result on January 6.
Dec 15, 2020 / John Nichols
This Is What the Founding Fathers Wanted This Is What the Founding Fathers Wanted
Just another day of wrecking America for fun and profit.
Dec 15, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow