The United States Is a Progressive Nation With a Democracy Problem The United States Is a Progressive Nation With a Democracy Problem
Voter suppression contributes to the myth that America is made up of centrists.
Feb 6, 2019 / David M. Perry
Trump’s Record-Breaking Shutdown Was Possible Only Because America Doesn’t Protect Working People Trump’s Record-Breaking Shutdown Was Possible Only Because America Doesn’t Protect Working People
In other countries, locking out hundreds of thousands of public servants would lead to strikes. But not here.
Feb 6, 2019 / Joshua Holland
Stacey Abrams Shows Trump What a Politician Who Cares About This Country Sounds Like Stacey Abrams Shows Trump What a Politician Who Cares About This Country Sounds Like
After Democrats in suffragette white cheered themselves on, Georgia’s Abrams seized her moment.
Feb 6, 2019 / Joan Walsh
It Wasn’t a Green New Deal State of the Union Address, So What’s the Point? It Wasn’t a Green New Deal State of the Union Address, So What’s the Point?
Trump’s cynical speech spoke to the past, not the future.
Feb 5, 2019 / John Nichols
Trump’s Withdrawals From Afghanistan and Syria Are Hardly ‘A Gift to Putin’ Trump’s Withdrawals From Afghanistan and Syria Are Hardly ‘A Gift to Putin’
Why would Moscow want to fight terrorists without the US? It doesn’t.
Jan 30, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
State Universities Are Being Resegregated State Universities Are Being Resegregated
Nearly half of all elite public universities are enrolling a lower percentage of black students than they were in the mid-1990s.
Jan 30, 2019 / StudentNation / Mark Huelsman
There Are Still Migrant Children Separated From Their Families There Are Still Migrant Children Separated From Their Families
The coercion and cruelty at the border is not over.
Jan 30, 2019 / Michelle Chen
Trump Is Entering the Terrible Twos—the Tantrums Are Going to Get Worse Trump Is Entering the Terrible Twos—the Tantrums Are Going to Get Worse
His presidency reminds us that this country has relied for too long on a “gentleman’s agreement” to maintain a civil society. We must demand a thorough reconstruction of our p...
Jan 24, 2019 / John Nichols
Take Action: Stop Kavanaugh’s Replacement Take Action: Stop Kavanaugh’s Replacement
Plus, help Native American communities and food-insecure families affected by the government shutdown.
Jan 23, 2019 / NationAction
The Shutdown Is Not a Result of Partisan Bickering The Shutdown Is Not a Result of Partisan Bickering
Trump doesn’t want to fold because it would bruise his ego; Democrats can’t fold without undermining the separation of powers for the remainder of Trump’s presidency.
Jan 23, 2019 / Joshua Holland