If Frederick Douglass, a former slave who saw the dream of emancipation drown in Jim Crow, didn’t give up on this country, then we have no excuse.
Ryan Cooper
Ryan Cooper is a senior editor at The American Prospect, and author of How Are You Going to Pay for That?: Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics. He was previously a national correspondent for The Week. His work has also appeared in The Nation, The New Republic, and Current Affairs.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Strongest El Niño in History Is Coming. Get Ready.
Donald Trump has no ideas, but America is ready for a U-turn on climate change.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Aftermath: Trump’s Hormuz Crisis Threatens to Break Into Regional War
The president can’t end the war he started, and it threatens to draw in everyone nearby.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How Donald Trump Created the Worst Diarrhea Outbreak This Century
The ‘MAHA Trots’ are what happens when Republicans implement their anti-government agenda.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Has Ukraine Turned the Tide?
Trump cut off support for Ukrainian defense. It didn’t work out for Russia.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Rogue Supreme Court Blesses Ethnic Cleansing
The national council of law wizards held that Donald Trump can deport nonwhite refugees on baldly racist grounds even if he doesn’t follow the law in doing so.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Better Affordability Through Climate Policy
It turns out fossil fuel prices are liable to increase suddenly and without warning. Who knew?
Posted inVideos
Video: Is Greenland the Most Socialist Country in the World?
It has an immense sector of state-owned companies, and it seems to work pretty well.
Posted inPolitics
Republicans Are Triple-Dipping Funding for Mass Deportation
ICE and CBP have gotten nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars under Trump in the last year. The GOP is still trying to add more.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Tracking the Flood of AI Political Spending
A new tool from Demand Progress will show you which pols are on the AI take.