There’s a Reason You Feel Numb Right Now
After nearly five years of being on edge, this is what it might take to reset our brains.
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The Authoritarians at the Gate
When we go to the polls, by mail or by booth between now and November, we are casting a ballot to save our Democracy.
“The Squad” Is the Enemy Trump Thinks He Needs to Win
Trump got into the Oval Office by hating our last president. Now that he doesn’t have Obama or Hillary, he’s set his sights on four congresswomen of color—especially Rep. Ilhan Omar. Will it backfire?
Women’s Anger Was Supposed to Be a Reckoning. Why Isn’t it?
The media often minimizes women's rage as a fad, from the #MeToo movement to assault claims against the U.S. president, even by high-profile figures like columnist E. Jean Carroll. Are we on the cusp of revolt, or historical erasure?
In America, “Never Again” Is Now
The GOP may be up in arms over AOC’s calling migrant detention centers “concentration camps.” But what do you call it when kids are literally being held in WWII-era Japanese internment camps?
Medicare For All Is Great. Unless the GOP Gets Control
Affordable, quality health care has always been a challenge for people with disabilities. But will government-funded health care address these issues—or make them worse?
The GOP Doesn’t Have a Line in the Sand
The more despotically Trump behaves, the more forcefully Senate Republicans display their loyalty to him and betray the country. And the Dems aren’t fighting back vigorously enough.
Trump’s SOTU Was a Misogyny Manifesto
The meme-ready sight of eyerolling congresswomen in white and Nancy Pelosi’s clap-back was empowering. But this administration is a multi-pronged war against women and they may just triumph.
If Only ‘SVU’s’ Olivia Benson Could “Lock Them Up”
Bingeing on the ‘Law & Order’ franchise can be a comfort if you let yourself fantasize about how the lieutenant would put the cuffs on a rogue administration.
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.