The Best Movie Ever Made About the Truth Behind the Iraq War Is “Official Secrets”
The new movie starring Keira Knightley as a British whistleblower is equally inspiring, demoralizing, hopeful, and enraging.
Politics
Senate Democrats' Campaign Arm Is Pressuring Consultants Not to Work With Leading Progressive Candidate in Colorado
Andrew Romanoff said the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee pressured a number of firms not to work with his Senate campaign.
From Philadelphia to Oregon, the Insurgency Is Making Waves in Municipal Elections
So far this year, Working Families Party-backed candidates were elected into more than 50 offices at the local and municipal levels in nine states.
Voices
When Ilhan Omar Is Accused of Anti-Semitism, It’s News. When a Republican Smears Muslims, There’s Silence.
Rep. Mo Brooks has received virtually no national media attention for saying Muslims increasingly control the Democratic Party.
A Top Financier of Trump and McConnell Is a Driving Force Behind Amazon Deforestation
Steve Schwarzman is the CEO of the Blackstone Group, which partially owns a Brazilian firm that is helping transform the Amazon from jungle to farmland.
Before Kamala Harris Soured on Bernie Sanders's Medicare for All Bill, She Grew Her Email List From It
Kamala Harris distanced herself from Bernie Sanders’s Medicare for All bill at an event with large-dollar donors two weeks after her campaign ran those ads.
David Koch’s Most Significant Legacy Is the Election of Donald Trump
Efforts made by Koch, largely ignored by the mainstream press, primed key states to elect a GOP president. Trump was simply the beneficiary.
National Democrats Endorse John Hickenlooper, a Proponent of Fracking, in Competitive Colorado Primary
Andrew Romanoff, a leading candidate in the Senate race, called the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee's decision to intervene “a recipe for disaster.”
How Democrats Plan to Win Wisconsin in 2020
The efforts to retake Wisconsin, which Trump won by 23,000 votes, include new investments in field organizing and a targeted focus on communities of color.
Emails Show Monsanto Orchestrated GOP Effort to Intimidate Cancer Researchers
Documents suggest the firm has antagonized regulators and applied pressure to shape research of the world’s leading herbicide.