Where the Blue Wave Hit a Red Wall Where the Blue Wave Hit a Red Wall
Progressives picked up some sweet victories, but Election Day also brought some sobering lessons.
Nov 7, 2018 / D.D. Guttenplan
The 2018 Election: A Blue Wave With a Harsh Red Undertow The 2018 Election: A Blue Wave With a Harsh Red Undertow
The midterms revealed a country still divided, but a string of noteworthy progressive victories provides a road map for a more perfect union.
Nov 7, 2018 / Robert L. Borosage
Today Americans Determine Our Political Future Today Americans Determine Our Political Future
Five contests that could signal where we’re headed on climate change, criminal-justice reform, financial reform, net neutrality, and militarism.
Nov 6, 2018 / John Nichols
No Corroborating Evidence… No Corroborating Evidence…
...to support the president's, um, ‘claims.’
Nov 6, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow
Originalism Is a White-Supremacist Scam Originalism Is a White-Supremacist Scam
Republicans made a con man president, but he just exposed their longest-running con.
Nov 5, 2018 / Madiba Dennie
Social Media Reveal the Story Arc Republicans Used to Defend Kavanaugh Social Media Reveal the Story Arc Republicans Used to Defend Kavanaugh
A consistent message framed by a core American value crowded out credible allegations.
Nov 5, 2018 / Alan Rosenblatt, PhD and Celinda Lake
Trump Is Provoking a Full-Blown Constitutional Crisis Trump Is Provoking a Full-Blown Constitutional Crisis
We must resist his vow to end birthright citizenship by massive, militant, coordinated action.
Nov 1, 2018 / Sasha Abramsky
Bend the Arc Against White Nationalism by Voting Steve King Out of Congress Bend the Arc Against White Nationalism by Voting Steve King Out of Congress
Iowa voters can signal, clearly and unequivocally, that far-right extremism has no place in our politics.
Oct 31, 2018 / John Nichols
Who’s Really ‘Undermining’ American Democracy? Who’s Really ‘Undermining’ American Democracy?
Allegations that Russia is still “attacking” US elections, now again in November, could delegitimize our democratic institutions.
Oct 31, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
This Week’s News… From the Right This Week’s News… From the Right
Dispatches from the party that definitely won’t be contesting any midterm-election results.
Oct 30, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow