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President Joe Biden speaks outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia on September 1, 2022

How the Democrats Got Their Groove Back How the Democrats Got Their Groove Back

Abortion, MAGA, and healthy partisanship are changing the midterm dynamics.

Sep 9, 2022 / Jeet Heer

White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha speaks at a press briefing.

Ending Free Covid Tests, US Policy Is Now “You Do You” Ending Free Covid Tests, US Policy Is Now “You Do You”

The Biden administration’s “soft closing” to the pandemic means a hard landing for the un- and underinsured.

Sep 9, 2022 / Martha Lincoln and Anne N. Sosin

Medical Students for Choice protest

Without Abortion Rights, Medical Students Face a Dangerous Choice Without Abortion Rights, Medical Students Face a Dangerous Choice

Now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, many prospective doctors worry about their ability to safely provide reproductive care.

Sep 9, 2022 / StudentNation / Sofia Andrade

A Judge Finally Booted an Insurrectionist Out of Office

A Judge Finally Booted an Insurrectionist Out of Office A Judge Finally Booted an Insurrectionist Out of Office

The New Mexico ruling represents the first time since 1869 that a court has disqualified an official under the 14th Amendment. It needn’t be the last.

Sep 9, 2022 / John Nichols

Screens showing surveillance video

DHS Surveillance Increasingly Targets US Citizens DHS Surveillance Increasingly Targets US Citizens

The Department of Homeland Security and its component agencies are highly capable of keeping tabs on all of us—and they often do.

Sep 8, 2022 / Gaby Del Valle

Trump golf

The GOP Is Pretending It’s Not the Party of Trump The GOP Is Pretending It’s Not the Party of Trump

Republicans want to have it both ways, distancing themselves from the former president's scandals while carrying out his political agenda.

Sep 7, 2022 / Chris Lehmann

Yuh-Line Niou’s concession video on Twitter

Yuh-Line Niou Concedes to Dan Goldman in NY’s 10th Congressional District Yuh-Line Niou Concedes to Dan Goldman in NY’s 10th Congressional District

She and her allies strongly considered a run against him on the Working Families Party line in November, but concluded that the priority must be “defending our democracy now.”

Sep 7, 2022 / Joan Walsh

Biden, Trump, and “Semi-Fascism”

Biden, Trump, and “Semi-Fascism” Biden, Trump, and “Semi-Fascism”

On this week’s episode of The Time of Monsters, a discussion with The New Republic’s Matt Ford about Joe Biden’s criticism of the former president and MAGA Republicans.

Sep 7, 2022 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

UMass Tuition Protest

Colleges Are in Debt, but Students Pay for It Colleges Are in Debt, but Students Pay for It

Cuts to public funding have passed universities’ financial burden on to students through rising tuition and fees. Should President Biden cancel campus debt too?

Sep 7, 2022 / StudentNation / Sarah Holtz

Meet the Rhode Island Progressives Taking on the Democratic Establishment

Meet the Rhode Island Progressives Taking on the Democratic Establishment Meet the Rhode Island Progressives Taking on the Democratic Establishment

The Rhode Island Political Cooperative is rebuilding community trust in the nation’s smallest state.

Sep 7, 2022 / Feature / John Nichols

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