In Brett Kavanaugh’s hysterical 45-minute opening statement, he showed the exact kind of temperament that should be disqualifying for a federal judge, let alone a Supreme Court justice. Even when setting aside…
Recently, former President Jimmy Carter used his platform to ask his party to embrace centrism as a means of courting “moderates.” There’s no better way to lose an election. Jimmy Carter, to…
(EDITOR’S NOTE, 9/9/18, 6:55 PM ET: This editorial was amended to specify the share of safety net spending for the middle 60 percent of Americans, rather than percentage of Americans using safety…
Amid the flurry of coverage over a controversial op-ed in the New York Times entitled “I Am Part of the Resistance Within the Trump Administration,” it’s important to set the record straight…
Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) died Saturday evening of brain cancer at the age of 81. He was best known for resisting the Republican Party’s naked partisanship and working alongside Democrats for .…
If the last 365 days has proven anything, it’s that anti-fascist action (Antifa) is far more effective at countering neo-Nazis than decades of neoliberal respectability politics. The original “Unite the Right” white…
National Public Radio (NPR) has more than 37 million weekly listeners — a record for the network. That’s why it’s more important than ever for producers to be deliberate about who gets…
With much of the American West on fire, it would seem that media outlets would report on climate change being the chief cause of the heatwave and uncharacteristically dry conditions, but the…
Gross National Product (GDP) hitting 4.1 percent in the second quarter of 2018 means the U.S. has had the fastest round of economic growth since 2014. However, the source of that growth…
Extreme inequality is wrecking our communities, pulling us apart, and undermining everything we care about. At the core of our problem are four decades of stagnant paychecks, excluding half the U.S. population…