Hillary Clinton’s Inaugural Address
Here’s what we’d like to hear her say before Donald Trump takes office — a call for a shadow government that will watchdog everything he and Congress do. By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
Media: Democracy’s Essential Reform
It’s a great holiday season for big media, already licking their chops as visions of sugarplums dance in their heads. Not so much for you and me. By Michael Copps
Repeal Obamacare? GOP Should Be Careful What They Wish For
Now that they’ll control the White House and Congress, Republicans still haven’t got a clue what to do about health care. By Wendell Potter
The Tasks That Still Tower Above Us
In his first State of the Union address, President Kennedy said that when the problems “are towering and unprecedented — the response must be towering and unprecedented as well.” His words ring true today. By William Josephson
What Democrats Need: Something Old and Something New
To rebuild its winning coalition, a Rust Belt writer argues, the opposition party has to advance younger leaders and go back to its working-class roots. By Sean Posey
Automation, Climate Change and Donald Trump: What Kind of Future Are We In For?
Author Peter Frase combines science fiction and Marxist theory to imagine possible outcomes, for better and for worse. By John Light
How Trump’s Grift Gave Government to the .01 Percent
The ruthless few are about to assume command. By Richard Eskow
Three Men in a Room: The DC Edition
Donald Trump, Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell have the power to charge full speed ahead toward enacting their agenda. Will they pause for ethics concerns? By Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
The War on the Poor Is Already Underway
Donald Trump and congressional Republicans will roll back many of the policies that gave poor people some relief during the Great Recession. By Bob Herbert
Like Kryptonite to Campaign Finance Reform
Trump could not have announced a more in-your-face betrayal of his promise to clean up Washington than his pick of Donald McGahn. By Marty Kaplan
Steve Mnuchin: Evictor, Forecloser and Our New Treasury Secretary
Trump’s appointee is the very model of a predatory lender. By Peter Dreier