Congress Has a Plan to Achieve 100 Percent Clean and Renewable Energy by 2050 Congress Has a Plan to Achieve 100 Percent Clean and Renewable Energy by 2050
But instead of taking up the challenge of climate change, Republicans are threatening to shut down the government.
Dec 9, 2015 / Raul Grijalva, Rep. Keith Ellison, and Mark Ruffalo
Trump Wins Even If ‘Time’ Magazine Doesn’t Name Him Its ‘Person of the Year’ Trump Wins Even If ‘Time’ Magazine Doesn’t Name Him Its ‘Person of the Year’
The Person of the Year will be announced on Wednesday—and this year it really matters.
Dec 8, 2015 / Leslie Savan
It Is Time for Responsible Republicans to Say They Won’t Back a Trump-Led GOP It Is Time for Responsible Republicans to Say They Won’t Back a Trump-Led GOP
It is not enough to criticize Trump. His rivals and party leaders must make it clear that he does not, and will not, have their backing.
Dec 8, 2015 / John Nichols
Obama Is Right: This Unauthorized War Needs to Be Debated by Congress Obama Is Right: This Unauthorized War Needs to Be Debated by Congress
Congress has a constitutional duty to debate whether to authorize a new war with ISIS in the old trouble spots of Syria and Iraq.
Dec 7, 2015 / John Nichols
The New York ‘Daily News’ Takes On the NRA The New York ‘Daily News’ Takes On the NRA
Its “God Isn’t Fixing This” headline was part of a classic front-page challenge to powerful interests and political cowards.
Dec 6, 2015 / John Nichols
Paul Ryan Just Accidentally Made a Great Case for Raising the Minimum Wage Paul Ryan Just Accidentally Made a Great Case for Raising the Minimum Wage
In his first major speech as speaker of the House, Ryan inadvertently made one of the strongest arguments for lifting the wage floor.
Dec 4, 2015 / Rebecca Vallas and Melissa Boteach
The Importance of Saying ‘No’ to Donald Trump The Importance of Saying ‘No’ to Donald Trump
CNN refuses to bend to Trump. Now, if only his fellow Republicans would do so.
Dec 4, 2015 / John Nichols
The Real Reason We Can’t Have Gun Control The Real Reason We Can’t Have Gun Control
The paranoid right-wing fringe believes it needs guns to overthrow the government—and even so-called GOP moderates are pandering to them.
Dec 3, 2015 / Joan Walsh
Dropout Remorse Dropout Remorse
So what was so bad about Walker? Was Perry that god-awful slow? And though Bobby Jindal Could see his polls dwindle, Just why did he give up and go? Yes, once I disdained all these…
Dec 3, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Voting Rights and the Second Redemption Voting Rights and the Second Redemption
Ari Berman’s Give Us the Ballot argues that democratic rights can never be taken for granted.
Dec 3, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner