Biden’s New Foreign Policy Hire Considers Sanctions an Art Form Biden’s New Foreign Policy Hire Considers Sanctions an Art Form
While progressives urge the administration to curb punitive sanctions, its new deputy Iran envoy was an architect of Obama-era sanctions policy.
Mar 26, 2021 / Aída Chávez
In Yemen, 6 Years of Suffering and Death in an Ill-Fated War In Yemen, 6 Years of Suffering and Death in an Ill-Fated War
Biden must do more to force Saudi Arabia to end its cruel blockade.
Mar 26, 2021 / William D. Hartung
Biden Meets, and Defeats, the Press Biden Meets, and Defeats, the Press
The president should postpone future news conferences. Not because he can’t handle them—but because the White House press corps can’t.
Mar 25, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Why Did Border Security Firms Bet on Biden in 2020? Why Did Border Security Firms Bet on Biden in 2020?
The 13 top border contractors for CBP and ICE donated three times as much money to the Biden campaign than they did to Trump.
Mar 25, 2021 / Todd Miller
The Supreme Court May Be About to Blast Another Hole in Gun Control The Supreme Court May Be About to Blast Another Hole in Gun Control
As the country reels from two mass shootings in a single week, the Supreme Court is considering taking on a case that could vastly expand gun “rights.”
Mar 25, 2021 / Elie Mystal
Insurrection Insurrection
GOP wholesale and retail.
Mar 25, 2021 / OppArt / Rob Rogers and Pat Bagley
Retire, Justice Breyer? It’s Complicated. Retire, Justice Breyer? It’s Complicated.
It’s tough to call for a SCOTUS resignation just so a president can nominate a replacement. But given the GOP’s ruthlessness over the past five years, it’s tough not to.
Mar 25, 2021 / Joan Walsh
America’s Most Dim-Witted Critic of Voting Rights Is Trump’s Pick for Georgia Secretary of State America’s Most Dim-Witted Critic of Voting Rights Is Trump’s Pick for Georgia Secretary of State
No one in Congress makes worse arguments for undermining democracy than Jody Hice. So, of course, Trump wants him running elections.
Mar 25, 2021 / John Nichols
The Covid Vaccines: Big Pharma Profits While the Global South Waits The Covid Vaccines: Big Pharma Profits While the Global South Waits
Gregg Gonsalves on the pandemic, plus John Nichols on Ron Johnson.
Mar 25, 2021 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Fire Louis DeJoy! Fire Louis DeJoy!
Removing the postmaster general is necessary to save the Postal Service, and Biden has the authority to begin the process.
Mar 24, 2021 / John Nichols