The Contrarian

Featuring grateful Contrarians, Meredith Blake, Carron J. Phillips, Pablo Torre, Shalise Manza Young, Marissa Rothkopf, Norm Eisen, & The Pod, w/ Amanda Litman, Sen. Mallory McMorrow & Jen Rubin

Listen now | Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow is running for U.S. Senate. Run For Something President Amanda Litman says you can, too.

As we head into the Thanksgiving holiday, we celebrate two major victories for the rule of law—ones that you Contrarians helped support!

Be warned: These are more-ish. You will want more.

I won't apologize: I love cheesy Christmas movies.

At Thanksgiving, even in a tough year, there's much to be grateful for. Here, some of our favorite contributors share the things for which they're thankful.

Teenage Wasteland is a funny, nostalgic documentary about teenage muckrakers and the teacher who inspired their civic courage back in the '90s

Emmanuel Gonzalez, a 15-year-old with an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE instead of reuniting them

"Donald Trump didn’t create this crisis, but he’s the result of it."

A cartoon by Nick Anderson

Just some of the turkeys Trump has pardoned this year.

Working while everybody else is eating should come with a monetary bonus in your locker.

Tuesday: Protests in Washington, D.C., Seattle, Charleston, S.C., and more.

"There is a fake problem that Donald Trump is using to win elections, and he's doing it at the risk of truly stripping the rights and the safety from trans people."

‘Mr. President’? Not for this brute.

Featuring Senator Andy Kim, Jen Rubin with Stacey Young of the Justice Connection, Brian O'Neill, Jess Piper, "Talking Feds," Amanda Litman, and A Special Report on Breaking News

"I am refusing to accept that the way we did things yesterday has to be the way we do them tomorrow."

He is using the power of the government for himself, not us.

A recording from Jennifer Rubin's live video

"We know that gerrymandering doesn't always work."