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Democrats Should Stop Worrying About Debating Climate Change Democrats Should Stop Worrying About Debating Climate Change

Creating millions of union jobs while building a clean energy economy is a winning argument the party should welcome rather than avoid.

Oct 15, 2020 / Karthik Ganapathy

Can Trump Delay the Election? Amy Coney Barrett’s a Big Maybe on That One

Can Trump Delay the Election? Amy Coney Barrett’s a Big Maybe on That One Can Trump Delay the Election? Amy Coney Barrett’s a Big Maybe on That One

For two day running, the court nominee has refused to say whether she will respect the clear intent of election laws and the Constitution.

Oct 14, 2020 / John Nichols

Journalists Must Demystify the Green New Deal

Journalists Must Demystify the Green New Deal Journalists Must Demystify the Green New Deal

Everyone’s talking about it—but in most journalism there’s no telling what the Green New Deal actually is.

Oct 14, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard

Amy Coney Barrett watches Mitch McConnell speak

Barrett’s Evasions Show Why Expanding the Court Is Necessary Barrett’s Evasions Show Why Expanding the Court Is Necessary

The Republican deal with the devil to tolerate Trumpian corruption in exchange for a supermajority deserves both scorn and redress.

Oct 14, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Amy Coney Barrett

The Devil in the Many Details of Amy Coney Barrett’s Testimony The Devil in the Many Details of Amy Coney Barrett’s Testimony

The nominee did her best to evade serious questions, but what she did say—about the ACA, Roe v. Wade, and the president’s power to delay elections—should terrify us all.

Oct 14, 2020 / Elie Mystal

Science Matters

Science Matters Science Matters

Ignoring health guidelines has consequences.

Oct 14, 2020 / OppArt / R. Sikoryak, Felipe Galindo, and Lalo Alcaraz

Paula Jean Swearengin

Paula Jean Swearengin Wants to Turn West Virginia Blue Paula Jean Swearengin Wants to Turn West Virginia Blue

In a state Democrats have all but abandoned, the daughter of a coal miner represents a growing progressive wave.

Oct 14, 2020 / Daniel Boguslaw

A Woman’s Life

A Woman’s Life A Woman’s Life

Some 60,000 nursing home residents have died of the virus. How did they live?

Oct 14, 2020 / JoAnn Wypijewski

Amy Coney Barrett Displays Her Twisted Views on Voting Rights

Amy Coney Barrett Displays Her Twisted Views on Voting Rights Amy Coney Barrett Displays Her Twisted Views on Voting Rights

Coney Barrett offered a “virtue-based” defense of why some felons should be allowed to own guns, but not to vote.

Oct 13, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Term Limit the Supreme Court

Term Limit the Supreme Court Term Limit the Supreme Court

In the midst of another confirmation circus, Representative Ro Khanna proposes to stop the madness by limiting justices to single 18-year terms.

Oct 13, 2020 / John Nichols

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