Over the last decade, the right did not play defense or push for only what was “winnable.” They created a radical vision, the ...

On December 6, President Donald J. Trump sat in the Oval Office at the Resolute desk, surrounded by Dominionist worship leaders who laid their hands on him and commenced to pray. While most in the ...

As the Democratic field for the 2020 presidential campaign begins to fill out, we begin to sense that the next election will be pivotal for two reasons. The first and more obvious one involves whether ...

It was the spring of 2018, and our small but relentless posse of pro-immigration reform House Republicans had had enough. Throughout the entire 115th Congress, we had asked Speaker Paul Ryan and other ...

The co-author of an important new book talks about her research, the current crisis, and whether we can turn it into an opportunity.

Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America By Keisha N. Blain • Beacon Press • 2021 • 322 pages • $27.95 Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer By Kate Clifford Larson • ...

Politicians operate in the realm of the possible. But movements redefine our sense of what is possible. America’s great transformations have arrived when these two operating frameworks collide. In ...

Across the globe, scientists are speaking with one voice: We either dramatically reconstruct our economic life on a non-carbon basis, and we do so now, they say, or very soon we will face an ...

The standard liberal approach to economic policy is to support government programs that counteract the inequities gen- erated by the market. Unfortunately, this narrow focus on government programs has ...

Despite the floundering first months of Donald Trump’s presidency, Democrats have not begun to win the argument. Yes, Democrats in Congress have displayed unity in opposing the repeal of Obamacare and ...

Republicans in Congress, and their backers, see health-care reform as one more way to get a tax cut for the wealthy. Since Obamacare is largely financed by a tax on unearned income and higher payroll ...

Less than 36 hours after the polls closed, Democrats had formed up into their traditional circular firing squad—and this time, after they won the presidency! But Joe Biden’s margin over Donald Trump ...