“Let Beto Speak”: Texans Desperately Need an Alternative to NRA Republicans “Let Beto Speak”: Texans Desperately Need an Alternative to NRA Republicans
Beto O’Rourke interrupted the state’s gun apologists on Wednesday, showing he knows exactly how to run for governor of a state plagued by mass shootings.
May 27, 2022 / John Nichols
Time to Put the “Good Guy With a Gun” Delusion Out of Its Misery Time to Put the “Good Guy With a Gun” Delusion Out of Its Misery
In the wake of the Uvalde massacre, political evasion and lying only get more desperate.
May 27, 2022 / Jeet Heer
California Offers a Rare Alternative to the Pro-Gun Free-for-All California Offers a Rare Alternative to the Pro-Gun Free-for-All
While Texas and other states double down on the gun love, the Golden State has at least attempted to enact regulations that will keep kids safe.
May 27, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky
Another Terrible Choice for Biden’s “Disinformation Board” Another Terrible Choice for Biden’s “Disinformation Board”
Michael Chertoff’s experience detaining Muslim Americans, justifying CIA torture, and helping to draft the Patriot Act make him an all-too-appropriate choice to advise this Orwelli...
May 27, 2022 / Lev Golinkin
Here in Poland, “Going Green” Means Burning Even More Coal Here in Poland, “Going Green” Means Burning Even More Coal
With parents and children struggling to breathe, climate activism is a matter of life and death.
May 27, 2022 / Kamila Kadzidłowska
The Anti-Abortion Movement Weaponizes Women Against Women The Anti-Abortion Movement Weaponizes Women Against Women
Anti-abortion women perpetuate the idea that women’s lives are about deference and self-sacrifice. But women must help one another see ourselves as human first.
May 27, 2022 / Column / Nicole Nehrig
Colin Kaepernick Gets His Chance—and It’s Tough to Care Colin Kaepernick Gets His Chance—and It’s Tough to Care
If Kaepernick is in fact signed by the Las Vegas Raiders, the NFL media machine will work in overdrive to rewrite history.
May 27, 2022 / Dave Zirin
The DCCC and the DSCC Are Not On Our Side The DCCC and the DSCC Are Not On Our Side
We won’t come close to the changes this country desperately needs unless progressives transform the Democratic Party from within.
May 27, 2022 / Robert L. Borosage
Blame Republicans for Uvalde? Yes, but Also Blame the Supreme Court. Blame Republicans for Uvalde? Yes, but Also Blame the Supreme Court.
After radically expanding the definition of the Second Amendment, the Supreme Court is poised to give gunslingers yet another a big, wet kiss.
May 26, 2022 / Elie Mystal