These Cities Aren’t Waiting for Trump to Self-Destruct. They’re Fighting Back Now. These Cities Aren’t Waiting for Trump to Self-Destruct. They’re Fighting Back Now.
Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, from Los Angeles to El Paso.
May 31, 2017 / Jimmy Tobias
The Outcome of This Obscure Lawsuit Could Undermine Constitutional Government The Outcome of This Obscure Lawsuit Could Undermine Constitutional Government
The Georgia Supreme Court is about to decide whether citizens can sue the state. It’s chilling to imagine what could happen if the justices say they cannot.
May 31, 2017 / Cara Sabatini
The Supreme Court Could Make It Easier for States to Purge Voters The Supreme Court Could Make It Easier for States to Purge Voters
The Court has decided to hear a new case from Ohio, where Democrats were twice as likely as Republicans to be purged from the rolls in the state’s largest counties.
May 30, 2017 / Ari Berman
No, the ‘Resistance’ Isn’t Failing at the Voting Booth. Here’s Where It’s Winning. No, the ‘Resistance’ Isn’t Failing at the Voting Booth. Here’s Where It’s Winning.
The demand for fundamental change sparked by the Sanders insurgency is still building inside and outside the Democratic Party.
May 30, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Democrats Are Launching a Commission to Protect American Democracy From Trump Democrats Are Launching a Commission to Protect American Democracy From Trump
In response to Trump’s “election integrity” commission, the DNC is going on offense on voting rights.
May 25, 2017 / Ari Berman
‘This Is a Thunderbolt of Resistance’ ‘This Is a Thunderbolt of Resistance’
Progressives are flipping Republican statehouse seats to the Democrats—and sending a message to the rest of the country.
May 24, 2017 / John Nichols
California Takes Center Stage in the Resistance to Trump California Takes Center Stage in the Resistance to Trump
The state Democratic Party has been moving rapidly to the left—and because it has a supermajority, that portends big social reforms.
May 23, 2017 / Sasha Abramsky
Trump Escalates the War on Women Trump Escalates the War on Women
Reproductive rights are not merely a women’s health issue—they are an essential component of economic health and security as well.
May 23, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Georgia Can Elect the First African-American Woman Governor in History Georgia Can Elect the First African-American Woman Governor in History
Democrats, please don’t mess this one up!
May 17, 2017 / Steve Phillips
Can Rob Quist’s Full-Throated Populism Win Back Rural America? Can Rob Quist’s Full-Throated Populism Win Back Rural America?
The banjo-playing, cowboy hat-wearing folk singer is battling a tech billionaire—and doing it the Montana way.
May 17, 2017 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan