Impeachment: Outside Trump Tower, demonstrators say what Congressional Republicans won't.

Law and Justice

Congressional Republicans Could End Trump’s Madness

by David Atkins April 29, 2026April 29, 2026

The Founders designed our democracy with a failsafe against would-be despots: impeachment.

Newsletter

Democrats’ “Branding Problem” Is a Literal One

by Anne Kim April 5, 2026April 5, 2026

Unequal Economics: Guests attend a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol with members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus on Equal Pay Day, March 26, 2026.

Newsletter

Women Are Getting Slammed in Trump’s Economy

by Anne Kim March 29, 2026March 27, 2026

Podcast

The Republicans Who Could Save Democracy

by Anne Kim March 11, 2026March 11, 2026

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Washington.

Politics

Trump Is Losing the White Working Class

by Bill Scher January 30, 2026January 30, 2026

Professor Paul Starr gives a lecture at the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service, Suffolk University Law School, on 1 October 2009.

Politics

What Is the “American Contradiction”?

by Jonathan Alter November 10, 2025November 10, 2025

Podcast

A One-Woman Stand Against Conspiracists

by Anne Kim and Gillen Tener Martin November 5, 2025March 24, 2026

MAGA has not won, American democracy lives. President Donald Trump with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at Quantico, on Sept. 30, 2025, where they gathered top U.S. military commanders in a display meant to project Trump's power.

Politics

Quit Being All Gloom and Doom. MAGA Has Not Won

by David Atkins October 2, 2025October 2, 2025

Economy

Trump’s H-1B Visa Plan Will Backfire

by Robert D. Atkinson October 2, 2025October 2, 2025

MAHA Whisperer: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as President Donald Trump listens in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Washington.

Politics

Republicans Should Be Apoplectic Over What Trump and Kennedy Are Doing to Tylenol

by Bill Scher September 23, 2025September 22, 2025

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Congressional Republicans Could End Trump’s Madness

The Republicans Who Could Save Democracy

Trump Is Losing the White Working Class

What Is the “American Contradiction”?

A One-Woman Stand Against Conspiracists

Quit Being All Gloom and Doom. MAGA Has Not Won

Trump’s H-1B Visa Plan Will Backfire

Republicans Should Be Apoplectic Over What Trump and Kennedy Are Doing to Tylenol

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