Noam Chomsky Talks Trump, Free Speech, and the Virtues of Resistance
One of America’s foremost public intellectuals tells us why, now more than ever, Americans have a responsibility to…
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Rigid Partisans, Flexible Ideologues
As the past year has shown, ideology can be remarkably flexible in the service of party. Republican leaders are casting aside things their party has believed for generations in order to remain unified around their new president.
The Media and Institutional Failure
The news media is one of those institutions we rely on to investigate politics for us. In a…
The Toughest Death of 2016: the Democratic Norms That (Used to) Guide Our Political System
We end the year in a dramatically weaker position than we entered it in. By Seth Masket (Photo:…
The Ongoing Mess at a Pro-Donald Trump Political Committee
America Comes First can’t seem to decide if it’s a PAC or a super PAC, but in either…
How Useful Are Campaign Post-Mortems?
We tend to focus on the bad moments when looking back at a losing campaign and ignore them…
Could Overturning 185 Years of Precedent Let Donald Trump Keep His Businesses?
Another view of the clause in the Constitution regarding payments from foreign countries would let Trump off the…
A Historian of White Nationalism: ‘These Are Self-Motivating Armed People Seeking to Stop Evil With…
A conversation with Chip Berlet, a scholar of America’s extreme right. By A.C. Thompson A photograph with a…
The Pro-Trump Group That Didn’t Obey ‘Any Campaign Finance Law Whatsoever’
The America Comes First PAC did not disclose its donors before Election Day. And its top funder is…
Could the Electoral College Really Stop Donald Trump? And Should It?
It would be a highly unusual move, but that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily a bad idea. By Seth…