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February 13, 2017
Brian Beutler
Trump’s Team of Weaklings
He promised that his administration would be tough. Instead, it is weak, rudderless, incompetent, and plagued by backbiting.
February 9, 2017
Magazine
Micah L. Sifry
Obama’s Lost Army
He built a grassroots machine of two million supporters eager to fight for change. Then he let it die. This is the untold story of Obama’s biggest mistake—and how it paved the way for Trump.
February 9, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Republicans Are Off to a Pitiful Start
They control the government, but their Faustian bargain with Trump has been a miserable failure thus far.
February 6, 2017
Brian Beutler
Never Believe the Republicans’ B.S. Ever Again
Their silence on Trump reveals that their Obama-era sanctimony was fake.
February 3, 2017
Demi Lee
Apparently the Trump administration is still getting its news from email chain letters.
February 1, 2017
Graham Vyse
Are Charter Schools Good or Bad for Black Students?
As Black History Month kicks off with a focus on “The Crisis in Black Education,” the debate has gotten a lot more complicated.
February 1, 2017
Scott Lemieux
The Democratic Response to Gorsuch Is Easy: Just Say No
The Republicans stole Barack Obama's Supreme Court seat. Democrats should return the favor.
January 31, 2017
Brian Beutler
Did Sally Yates choose to get fired to make Donald Trump own his racism?
January 31, 2017
Alex Shephard
Team Clinton is blaming Obama for losing the election. This is insane.
January 31, 2017
Brian Beutler
Trump Ignored All of Obama’s Advice—and Now He’s in a World of Trouble
There's no need for Obama to hold his tongue anymore.
January 30, 2017
Alex Shephard
It only took ten days for President Obama to speak out against President Trump.
January 23, 2017
Scott Lemieux
Is Donald Trump the Next Jimmy Carter?
Political scientists have argued that Trump represents the last gasp of a failing coalition. But we might be in a new political era altogether.
January 21, 2017
Ryan Kearney
The Women’s March is yuge, and it must be driving President Donald Trump crazy.
January 20, 2017
Brian Beutler
Donald Trump’s Dark, Narrow Inauguration
In the midst of an economy near full employment, the president made a dystopian pitch to his followers.
January 20, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
A lot more people attended President Obama’s inauguration in 2009.
January 20, 2017
Eric Armstrong
Watch the Obamas welcome the Trumps to the White House.
Watch Obamas welcome the Trumps
January 20, 2017
Brian Beutler
Welcome to the Trump Dark Age
Either his presidency is an aberration or the dawn of a intolerant, regressive era. Obama's legacy depends on the outcome.
January 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
At the very end of his presidency, Barack Obama is working to fix one of the biggest blights on his record.
January 18, 2017
Graham Vyse
Barack Obama won’t promise to remain silent about President Trump.
January 17, 2017
Sarah Jones
Chelsea Manning is going free. It’s about time.
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