California Shows How to Beat Trump, Now and in November California Shows How to Beat Trump, Now and in November
America’s future arrives first in California, and that bodes ill for the president and his Republican enablers.
Jan 23, 2018 / Feature / Peter Schrag
What Happens When Women Fight Back What Happens When Women Fight Back
A year after Donald Trump’s inauguration—and the Women’s March that eclipsed it—women are the best hope to save the country—as long as we stay out of our own way.
Jan 19, 2018 / Joan Walsh
Democrats Are Repudiating FDR’s Precedent of Détente With Russia Democrats Are Repudiating FDR’s Precedent of Détente With Russia
By criminalizing alleged “contacts with the Kremlin”—and by demonizing Russia itself—today’s Democrats are becoming the party of the new and more perilous Cold War.
Jan 17, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
Will Our Endless Wars Fuel the Next Populist Revolt? Will Our Endless Wars Fuel the Next Populist Revolt?
The lives lost and money wasted are real. The only question is who has the courage to state that the emperor has no clothes.
Jan 16, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Marcus Raskin, an Activist Heart and Soul Marcus Raskin, an Activist Heart and Soul
He was a man at ease in his own skin, though not in the world, which he constantly sought to change for the better.
Jan 15, 2018 / The Nation
In Elections, Every Small Group Can Make a Big Difference In Elections, Every Small Group Can Make a Big Difference
Need proof? Look at what 31st Swing Left did in Virginia.
Jan 12, 2018 / Feature / Joan Walsh
We Are Living Through the Moment When Women Unleash Decades of Pent-Up Anger We Are Living Through the Moment When Women Unleash Decades of Pent-Up Anger
Let’s hope there’s no going back.
Jan 11, 2018 / Feature / Katha Pollitt
The US ‘Betrayed’ Russia, but It Is Not ‘News That’s Fit to Print’ The US ‘Betrayed’ Russia, but It Is Not ‘News That’s Fit to Print’
New evidence that Washington broke its promise not to expand NATO “one inch eastward”—a fateful decision with ongoing ramifications—has not been reported by The New York Times or o...
Jan 10, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
The Lefty Critique of #TimesUp Is Tired and Self-Defeating The Lefty Critique of #TimesUp Is Tired and Self-Defeating
This was an action organized by and for women of color activists that reached millions. What’s wrong with that?
Jan 9, 2018 / Rinku Sen
Trump’s Policies Offer Plutocracy on Steroids, Not Economic Populism Trump’s Policies Offer Plutocracy on Steroids, Not Economic Populism
Democrats must expose the president’s broken promise to working people.
Jan 9, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel