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That Terrible Debate: John Nichols, plus Katha Pollitt on Melania
Biden debated Trump on Tuesday night—John Nichols has our analysis, and suggests that it may be the Republicans who pull out of the remaining debates…
5 years, 7 months ago
Expand the Court! Elie Mystal on Court Packing, plus Sonia Shah on Climate Disasters
We need at last two more justices on the Supreme Court—and more would be better—as many as ten more. Elie Mystal explains—he’s the magazine’s justice…
5 years, 8 months ago
Trump Needs Wisconsin to Win, but Biden Is Ahead: John Nichols With Good News from a Swing State, plus David Nasaw on Refugees
Voting by mail in Wisconsin will not be thrown into chaos by the state supreme court—John Nichols reports on a state Trump needs to win, where Biden …
5 years, 8 months ago
Chris Hayes: The Catastrophe of Trump; plus Joan Walsh: Politics on TV in 1968
We are in “one of the most perilous and fraught moments for American democracy since the mid-nineteenth century,” says Chris Hayes; what’s hopeful is…
5 years, 8 months ago
Trump in Kenosha: John Nichols; Black Lives Matter in Europe: Gary Younge
Trump’s visit to Kenosha on Tuesday was part of a backlash strategy, with right wing militias and their allies encouraged to provoke violence with Bl…
5 years, 8 months ago
Rick Perlstein: The Republicans from Reagan to Trump: plus Pramila Jayapal: From Investment Banker to Community Organizer
Rick Perlstein talks about the rise of Reagan, from what seemed like a career-ending defeat in the 1976 GOP primary, to his narrow victory in the pop…
5 years, 9 months ago
When the LAPD came looking for a BLM activist: Melina Abdullah, plus Katie Porter on Voting by Mail and Jody Armour on Unequal Justice
A Black Lives Matter leader in LA confronts the LAPD—outside her house. Melina Abdullah is a co-founder of Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles; she’s also…
5 years, 9 months ago
Fighting for Vote By Mail: Pramila Jayapal; plus Tom Frank on Trump, Biden, and ‘Populism’
When Attorney General Bill Barr told the House Judiciary Committee recently that voting by mail on a large scale presented a “high risk” for “massive…
5 years, 9 months ago
Trump's Dangerous Push for a Vaccine by October: Gregg Gonsalves, plus David Cole on the Police
Trump is rushing to develop a vaccine, and declare victory over Covid-19 just before the November election – whether or not the current research, “Op…
5 years, 9 months ago
This Is Disaster Relief Under Corporate Power: David Dayen, plus Amy Wilentz on Mary Trump
Senate Republicans introduced their new trillion-dollar economic stimulus bill, which they call “The HEALS Act.” It’s woefully inadequate, says David…
5 years, 10 months ago