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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 in Washington. (Drew Angerer/Photo via AP)

The Republicans’ Road Not Taken The Republicans’ Road Not Taken

In 2013, Republican strategists were honest about why Mitt Romney lost. They had a chance to heed the lessons—and then Trump blew it all up.

Mar 15, 2021 / Jon Wiener

What’s Up in DC: The House Democratic Majority Is Getting Smaller

What’s Up in DC: The House Democratic Majority Is Getting Smaller What’s Up in DC: The House Democratic Majority Is Getting Smaller

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been quite successful in holding her caucus together to win close votes on major pieces of legislation in recent weeks. The highest-profil…

Mar 15, 2021 / John Nichols

Postcards From Restaurant-Land

Postcards From Restaurant-Land Postcards From Restaurant-Land

Labor and loneliness one year later.

Mar 15, 2021 / Jason Kotoch

Biden’s 100 Days So Far

Biden’s 100 Days So Far Biden’s 100 Days So Far

Reviewing the year, month by month.

Mar 15, 2021 / OppArt / India Tresselt

Unmasked Marauders

Unmasked Marauders Unmasked Marauders

Rhode kill.

Mar 12, 2021 / Steve Brodner

Byproducts of the Pandemic

Byproducts of the Pandemic Byproducts of the Pandemic

An ocean of garbage.

Mar 12, 2021 / OppArt / Janis Selby Jones

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

Will the Democrats Renew Their Membership in the War Party?

Will the Democrats Renew Their Membership in the War Party? Will the Democrats Renew Their Membership in the War Party?

Regardless of which party is in power, US foreign policy since 9/11 has meant a unified government under the masters of war.

Mar 11, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich

Lincoln Project

A Fraud, Not a Lincoln A Fraud, Not a Lincoln

Liberals need a reckoning with the fortune they wasted on Never Trump charlatans.

Mar 10, 2021 / Jeet Heer

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