Congress

Biden’s Next Goal Should Be Full Employment

Biden’s Next Goal Should Be Full Employment Biden’s Next Goal Should Be Full Employment

Tight labor markets give workers power.

Mar 19, 2021 / Editorial / Mike Konczal

Covid Positive

The Essential Pandemic Relief Bill Is Medicare for All The Essential Pandemic Relief Bill Is Medicare for All

Covid-19 further revealed that a for-profit health care system doesn’t work. A coalition of House Democrats has reintroduced the bill that secures health care as a human right.

Mar 18, 2021 / John Nichols

It’s Time to Investigate the FBI—for Its Deep-Fake Kavanaugh Investigation

It’s Time to Investigate the FBI—for Its Deep-Fake Kavanaugh Investigation It’s Time to Investigate the FBI—for Its Deep-Fake Kavanaugh Investigation

While most Democrats seem resigned to Kavanaugh's presence on the Supreme Court, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is pushing to keep the case against him alive.

Mar 17, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies

Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies

How can the United States focus on new threats while sustaining endless wars and obsolete postures?

Mar 16, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sign the American Rescue Plan Act.

Democrats Make a Down Payment on a Radically More Just Economy Democrats Make a Down Payment on a Radically More Just Economy

The American Rescue Plan goes beyond Covid relief to address the deep inequities the pandemic revealed. Will those changes be a Band-Aid, or heal a broken system?

Mar 11, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Stacey Plaskett’s ‘How Dare You?’ Indictment Demolished a Dog-Whistling Republican

Stacey Plaskett’s ‘How Dare You?’ Indictment Demolished a Dog-Whistling Republican Stacey Plaskett’s ‘How Dare You?’ Indictment Demolished a Dog-Whistling Republican

After Glenn Grothman claimed advocates for Black lives don’t like “the old-fashioned family,” Plaskett gave him no quarter.

Mar 11, 2021 / John Nichols

Now Is the Time to Restore the Power of Labor

Now Is the Time to Restore the Power of Labor Now Is the Time to Restore the Power of Labor

Strengthening unions would play a critical part in tackling our country’s staggering inequality.

Mar 9, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Democrats Refusing to Fight for $15 Are the Best Allies Republicans Have

Democrats Refusing to Fight for $15 Are the Best Allies Republicans Have Democrats Refusing to Fight for $15 Are the Best Allies Republicans Have

When eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus blocked a wage hike, they endangered Democratic prospects in 2022.

Mar 9, 2021 / John Nichols

Two Cheers for Joe Manchin

Two Cheers for Joe Manchin Two Cheers for Joe Manchin

Democrats should let the West Virginian have his small victories while they pass big bills.

Mar 8, 2021 / Jeet Heer

The Squad

We Must Protect the Squad! We Must Protect the Squad!

As soon as they arrived, the Black and brown leftists of Congress became targets of right-wing terror groups.

Mar 5, 2021 / Column / Kali Holloway

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