Racism, xenophobia, nativism: These will be the foundation of the Republican Partyโs campaign for the presidency, the House, and the Senate.
Mitch McConnell
Roy Moore, US culture, and the state of our politics
It’s good that these stories are making the news, but there’s a danger that they’ll skew public perception about sexual assault.
Heroes and cowards in the climate-change war
I would so love to know what really goes on in the mind of Mitch McConnell. Anybody with any sense knows what’s coming if we don’t do something about climate change – quickly. And yet late last week, there was the Kentucky senator, helping lead the resistance. This is the man who may very well […]
NEWS BLOG: The Party of No and the price of obstructionism
If anyone needs an explanation for why public approval of Congress has plummeted to an all-time low, reporter and blogger Michael Grunwald gives an excellent account in his new book, “The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era.” Grunwald has been making the case for some time that President Obama […]






