Showing results for: Barack Obama (page 159)
Anti-racist author Tim Wise: White America desperately wants to be numb, and Donald Trump “is a walking, talking opioid”
Chauncey DeVega
Author of "Dear White America" says Donald Trump is a painkiller for white people's anguish — but it won't work
The Pentagon plans to send nearly 4,000 additional troops to Afghanistan
Charlie May
The Taliban now control or contest more territory since before 2001, and the war in Afghanistan has no clear end
J Edgar Hoover’s oversteps: Why FBI directors are forbidden from getting cozy with presidents
Douglas M. Charles
Since the 1970s, bureau directors try to maintain a discrete distance from the president
10 years ago: Salon’s Hillary Clinton interview
Walter Shapiro
From the Salon archives: The time Hillary Clinton told us "I will not become president until January 2009"
Yes, Democrats need a civil war: Believe it or not, it’s the only real path back to power
Bill Curry
Papering over the party's internal conflicts only led to defeat. Without open debate, victory will never come
White House pushing Republicans in the House to relax new Russia sanctions
Taylor Link
The Senate overwhelmingly passed new sanctions against Russia, and now the Trump administration is pushing back
“I’m a blue guy in a red state”: John Mellencamp and the search for an American soul
David Masciotra
As night comes to America, I visit John Mellencamp in his Indiana studio, where the art of tragedy and triumph rule
Bill Maher and Breitbart editor Alex Marlow agree on free speech and Islam
Taylor Link
Maher and the Breitbart editor agree there would have been outrage if Obama was Caesar and got stabbed. But he was
From the Pentagon Papers to Trump: How the government gained the upper hand against leakers
Margot Susca
The Pentagon Papers exposed government official's tendency to lie about policy
Trump’s reversal of Obama’s Cuba policy only makes it harder for Americans to visit
Matthew Rozsa
While not closing diplomatic ties, Trump has added travel and business restrictions between America and Cuba
After Scalise shooting, Ted Nugent pledges to cease violent rhetoric
Matthew Rozsa
Following the congressional baseball shooting, the rocker will reform his ways, but why not after Giffords?
Watch Obama welcome Jay Z to the Songwriters Hall of Fame
Katie Serena
The former president congratulated the rapper in a video tribute
Michael Savage thinks there’s too much freedom of speech going on
Michael Glassman
Michael Savage is blaming Rachel Maddow for Steve Scalise's shooting and may want censorship of MSNBC and Facebook
Trump Administration quietly rolls back Civil Rights efforts across federal government
Jessica Huseman, Annie Waldman
Previously unannounced directives will limit the Department of Justice’s use of civil rights enforcement tools
Republicans, the Second Amendment and gun violence: Will the GOP ever return to sanity?
Bob Cesca
Second Amendment purists have pandered to our worst instincts for years. Will they ever face the consequences?
Republican reaction to Alexandria shootings: Massive hypocrisy and loose talk of “terrorism”
Chauncey DeVega
Even after the rise of Trump and an epidemic of right-wing violence, the GOP twists a tragedy to its own purposes
John McCain makes a striking admission: America was better off with President Obama
Alexandra Rosenmann
Prominent Republicans fear Trump is sabotaging our standing with the rest of the world
Trump, Sessions and the executive privilege paradox: Did the president leave his most loyal follower out to dry?
Matthew Sheffield
President Trump could have protected Sessions by invoking executive privilege but chose not to. Another blunder?
Cutting up Bears Ears: The ugly racial politics behind the national monument battle
Amanda Marcotte
The Bears Ears battle pits white Republicans against Native Americans and the legacy of our first black president
Bipartisan Senate deal would take Russia sanctions out of Donald Trump’s hands
Charlie May
Leaders of both parties can agree: Donald Trump shouldn't be in total control of Russia sanctions
Russia’s attempts to influence the presidential election were worse than you thought
Matthew Rozsa
Russia's attempted influence in the presidential election went so far as to impact 39 states' voting software
Donald Trump in Wonderland: Literally everything our president says and does reflects the opposite of reality
Bob Cesca
Monday's fawning Cabinet meeting was just the latest example of a doomed presidency driven by dangerous fictions
Newt Gingrich changes his mind about Russia special prosecutor Robert Mueller
Matthew Sheffield
Newt Gingrich joins a swell of conservatives who are suddenly speaking up against special counsel Robert Mueller
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