Democrats

Doctors speaking during congressional pandemic committee meeting

Amid Partisan Politicking, Revelations on a Covid Origins Article Amid Partisan Politicking, Revelations on a Covid Origins Article

Given the ongoing uncertainty over the origins of the pandemic, little was expected from Tuesday's hearing. But thanks to a new release of public records, we now know more about wh...

Jul 12, 2023 / Jimmy Tobias

A child of about 1 year old smiles and leans on a childcare worker, with other children in the background.

Finally, the Biden Administration Will Offer Some Relief for Childcare Costs Finally, the Biden Administration Will Offer Some Relief for Childcare Costs

The rule announced today is a far more limited action than what Biden had been seeking at the start of his administration, but it will make a significant difference for the people ...

Jul 11, 2023 / Bryce Covert

Former representative Mondaire Jones

Mondaire Jones Is Back—Precisely When Democrats Need Him Mondaire Jones Is Back—Precisely When Democrats Need Him

One of the most progressive members of the 117th Congress is ready to return and fight for an expanded Supreme Court.

Jul 7, 2023 / John Nichols

Biden hands Netanyahu a pen. US and Israeli flags seen in background

In Jenin, as Elsewhere, Netanyahu Knows He Can Count on Washington’s Complicity In Jenin, as Elsewhere, Netanyahu Knows He Can Count on Washington’s Complicity

As America's nonresponse to the attack on Jenin demonstrates, support for Israeli apartheid is fully bipartisan.

Jul 7, 2023 / James Bamford

Elliott Abrams looking pensive

Henry Kissinger, Elliott Abrams, and the Rot of American Foreign Policy Henry Kissinger, Elliott Abrams, and the Rot of American Foreign Policy

Our bipartisan elite is always willing to forgive war crimes by its made men.

Jul 7, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Cornel West

Cornel West Should Run as a Democrat Cornel West Should Run as a Democrat

If he wants to go beyond preaching to the converted, he needs to take his socialist politics into the Democratic primaries.

Jul 6, 2023 / D.D. Guttenplan and Bhaskar Sunkara

Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) speaks

Why and How to Pack the Court Why and How to Pack the Court

On the first episode of the Contempt of Court podcast, Chris Kang and Representative Jamaal Bowman explore what court expansion actually is, and how attitudes around it are finally...

Jul 4, 2023 / Podcast / Elie Mystal

Scene from History of the World Part I

Our Supreme Court Reactionaries Still Fear the French Revolution Our Supreme Court Reactionaries Still Fear the French Revolution

In John Roberts’s America, it’s good to be the king.

Jul 3, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Gus Newport and Danny Glover speak at a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders

Gus Newport Showed Bernie Sanders How to Be a Socialist Mayor in the Age of Reagan Gus Newport Showed Bernie Sanders How to Be a Socialist Mayor in the Age of Reagan

Former Berkeley mayor Eugene “Gus” Newport was an indefatigable activist who proudly identified as “an avowed socialist” in the age of Ronald Reagan—a fact that The New York Times…

Jul 3, 2023 / John Nichols

Fourth of July

America’s Youth Have a Problem America’s Youth Have a Problem

According to over a dozen student journalists, these are some of the most important issues facing the US, including climate change, health care, child labor, and LGBTQ+ rights.

Jul 3, 2023 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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