‘Roe’ Will Likely Be Overturned. So Why Is the GOP Doubling Down?
Why abort abortion—the Republicans' most galvanizing issue—when you can instead play whack-a-mole with reproduction rights?
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The GOP’s Sexualized Assault of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
The smart, outspoken, social-media-savvy Democratic freshman congresswoman from Queens is confounding to Republican men, whose only response to strong, intelligent women is sexploitative vitriol.
The GOP’s Response to Khashoggi’s Murder Shows There Is No Bottom
There is no position too unspeakable, too egregious, too grotesque for this president and his party to take.
We’re in a Fight For the Soul of Our Nation
Yes we lost the Kavanaugh battle, but we didn't lose the war.
This Is Why Women Don’t Report
As we saw at the Kavanaugh hearings, female survivors of assault and harassment are the ones on trial, not the perps. And men still wonder why so many women don't report.
Kavanaugh Is the Manifestation of the Party of Bad Ideas
The SCOTUS pick, like Trump himself, did not happen in a void. Their rise has been long planned by the GOP.
The Democrats Were Right to Sit Through the Kavanaugh Hearings
Brett Kavanaugh’s illegitimate hearing and appointment on the Supreme Court may seem all but inevitable. But that doesn’t mean the Democrats have failed the majority who don't want to see him on the bench.
How Old Is Too Old to Be President?
Democrats won’t win running two of the oldest candidates—Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden—for 2020. To beat the GOP, new faces and fresh ideas are the only way to move forward.
Why Is Gay Conversion Therapy Still Legal?
A survivor of the pseudoscientific treatment in the '70s says it has only become more insidious today, with devastating consequences. And it shows no sign of going away with VP Mike Pence and SCOTUS pick Brett Kavanaugh as proponents.
It’s Not Collusion With Trump. It’s Treason.
Today we watched an American president trash the nation and people he's supposed to defend, and ally himself with the hostile foreign power that attacked us.