Meet the Activist Championing the Rights of Workers From the Inside Meet the Activist Championing the Rights of Workers From the Inside
Of all the members of Biden’s administration, NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo has arguably sparked the biggest changes for American workers.
Feb 13, 2023 / Feature / Bryce Covert
It’s Time for Democrats to Actually Defend LGBTQ People It’s Time for Democrats to Actually Defend LGBTQ People
While the GOP’s crusade against the queer community intensifies, LGBTQ rights were scarcely mentioned during Biden’s State of the Union address.
Feb 13, 2023 / StudentNation / Zurie Pope
Sean Patrick Maloney Has No Business Being in the Department of Labor Sean Patrick Maloney Has No Business Being in the Department of Labor
He has never stuck his neck out for anyone, and he’s not about to do it for workers.
Feb 13, 2023 / Alexis Grenell
The GOP’s Habitual Lying Is Hazardous to Its Political Health The GOP’s Habitual Lying Is Hazardous to Its Political Health
President Biden deserves credit for humiliating Republicans on Social Security and Medicare. But they made it easy with their metastasizing disregard for the truth.
Feb 10, 2023 / Joan Walsh
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, You’re No Jack Kennedy Sarah Huckabee Sanders, You’re No Jack Kennedy
Trying to evoke a lost Cold War consensus, the GOP’s rising star conflated “normal” with “crazy.”
Feb 10, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Joe Biden Is Following the Lead of West Coast Progressives Joe Biden Is Following the Lead of West Coast Progressives
The president's State of the Union address showed a willingness to implement a program of economic justice that has secured Democratic wins in Western states.
Feb 10, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky
Chief Justice Roberts Portrays His Court as Heroic Chief Justice Roberts Portrays His Court as Heroic
(Rather than a cohort of extremists that ignores judicial precedent and makes up facts to suit its agenda.)
Feb 10, 2023 / Column / Elie Mystal
Congress Shouldn’t Clap for Tyre Nichols’s Parents—They Should Apologize Congress Shouldn’t Clap for Tyre Nichols’s Parents—They Should Apologize
Many of the people rising for Nichols’s parents during the State of the Union didn’t do enough to prevent his death—and quite a few did worse than that.
Feb 9, 2023 / Elie Mystal
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll Took Place 60 Years Ago Today The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll Took Place 60 Years Ago Today
From Emmett Till to Hattie Carroll to Amadou Diallo to Freddie Gray to Breonna Taylor to Tyre Nichols—the senseless deaths caused by the racism embedded in the DNA of our country h...
Feb 9, 2023 / Marc Steiner