Elise Stefanik’s Crocodile Tears Over the Buffalo Massacre Elise Stefanik’s Crocodile Tears Over the Buffalo Massacre
Two opportunists demonstrate the triumph of Trumpist racism and conspiracy theories.
May 16, 2022 / Jeet Heer
Democrats Must Become As Brave and Righteous as Abortion-Clinic Escorts Democrats Must Become As Brave and Righteous as Abortion-Clinic Escorts
To win back abortion rights, Democrats need to learn how to fight the moral battle being waged by anti-abortion theocrats—something clinic escorts do every day.
May 16, 2022 / Elie Mystal
Summer Lee Is Exactly What a Democrat Should Be Summer Lee Is Exactly What a Democrat Should Be
A super PAC is smearing Lee as a threat to the Democratic Party as she campaigns to become the first Black woman to represent Pennsylvania in Congress.
May 13, 2022 / John Nichols
“The New York Times” Has Badly Lost Its Bearings “The New York Times” Has Badly Lost Its Bearings
Its next editor, Joe Kahn, needs to get it back on course.
May 13, 2022 / Dan Froomkin
Farewell to Midge Decter, the Bigot on the Beach Farewell to Midge Decter, the Bigot on the Beach
The obituaries for the founding mother of neoconservatism fail to give a sense of how vile her opinions really were.
May 13, 2022 / Jeet Heer
The Hyde Amendment Is Not an Excuse to Do Nothing to Protect Abortion Rights The Hyde Amendment Is Not an Excuse to Do Nothing to Protect Abortion Rights
The federal government still has power to protect abortion rights, and it’s time the Biden administration used it.
May 12, 2022 / Elie Mystal
At the Ballot Box and Beyond in Cincinnati At the Ballot Box and Beyond in Cincinnati
While interest in electoral politics may be low among young people, many on the left are still fighting for change through other means.
May 12, 2022 / StudentNation / Zurie Pope
The GOP’s Pedophilia Smears Are An Incitement to Violence The GOP’s Pedophilia Smears Are An Incitement to Violence
The fusion of QAnon and Pizzagate conspiracy theories with a homophobic moral panic makes the current Republican grooming smears a threat to the physical safety of LGBTQ people.
Steve Schmidt Is Right: The Degeneration of the GOP Began Long Before Trump Steve Schmidt Is Right: The Degeneration of the GOP Began Long Before Trump
Operatives with ties to “Putin’s oligarch” ran John McCain’s campaign.
May 11, 2022 / John Nichols
Congress Leaves Those Most Endangered by Covid in the Lurch Congress Leaves Those Most Endangered by Covid in the Lurch
The pandemic’s profoundly unequal toll has been made much worse by congressional inaction.
May 11, 2022 / Benjy Renton, Oni Blackstock, and Julia Raifman