Politics

New York Governor Kathy Hochul

Hochul Is Using Public Money to Defend Cuomo Hochul Is Using Public Money to Defend Cuomo

New York’s governor has retained a firm to challenge her own attorney general’s report on her disgraced predecessor’s predations.

Jul 31, 2024 / Column / Alexis Grenell

One of the bridges over the Gowanus Canal.

The Transformation of Gowanus The Transformation of Gowanus

Can a Superfund site be remade into an experiment for equitable housing and eco-friendly development?

Jul 31, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Karrie Jacobs

Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign fundraising event in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on July 27, 2024.

How Kamala Can Win, and Homeless Vets Sue the VA How Kamala Can Win, and Homeless Vets Sue the VA

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Steve Phillips analyzes changes in the electorate and Mark Rosenbaum talks about the class action suit in LA.

Jul 31, 2024 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns for Democrats and Los Angeles mayoral candidate Representative Karen Bass at a Get Out the Vote event on the campus of UCLA on the eve of Election Day on November 7, 2022, in Los Angeles, California.

Kamala Harris Is Bringing Blue-State Politics to the Campaign Trail Kamala Harris Is Bringing Blue-State Politics to the Campaign Trail

In California, Republicans have mostly lost their grip on the electorate. Harris’s presidential run has brought that attitude to the national stage.

Jul 30, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro celebrates after claiming victory in the presidential election on at Miraflores Palace July 28, 2024, in Caracas. But the opposition leaders—and many observers—dispute his claim.

The Maduro Government Is Probably Stealing the Election in Venezuela The Maduro Government Is Probably Stealing the Election in Venezuela

But maintaining economic warfare by the US—including sanctions—only hurts the Venezuelan people.

Jul 30, 2024 / James North

I’m a Cat Lady, and I Vote

I’m a Cat Lady, and I Vote I’m a Cat Lady, and I Vote

J.D. Vance’s misogynistic comments show what Republicans really think—and how out of step they are with the American public.

Jul 30, 2024 / Katha Pollitt

President Joe Biden speaks to attendees while commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library on July 29, 2024, in Austin, Texas.

How Biden’s Court Reform Proposals Could Work—if the Court Would Let Them How Biden’s Court Reform Proposals Could Work—if the Court Would Let Them

The president’s trio of reforms marks a worthy first step, but it doesn’t go nearly far enough to reverse the right-wing takeover of the Supreme Court.

Jul 30, 2024 / Elie Mystal

A Volcanic Nightmare for Democracy

A Volcanic Nightmare for Democracy A Volcanic Nightmare for Democracy

Trump’s attack on Liberty with the 2025 Project.

Jul 30, 2024 / OppArt / J.T. Williamson

Will Philip Gordon Be President Harris’s National Security Adviser?

Will Philip Gordon Be President Harris’s National Security Adviser? Will Philip Gordon Be President Harris’s National Security Adviser?

The prospects for foreign policy in a Harris administration.

Jul 30, 2024 / James Carden

The Right Wing in Postcommunist Europe

The Right Wing in Postcommunist Europe The Right Wing in Postcommunist Europe

On this episode of American Prestige, Maria Snegovaya discusses the rise of the populist right in postcommunist Europe.

Jul 30, 2024 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

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