Biden Touts His Student Debt Relief, but the Crisis Demands Much More Biden Touts His Student Debt Relief, but the Crisis Demands Much More
The president is canceling student loan debt in batches of thousands, but the need is in the millions. It’s costing him the voters he needs most.
May 28, 2024 / Eleni Schirmer
Can Biden Become a Pugilist for Populism? Can Biden Become a Pugilist for Populism?
Why it’s time to take Adam Tooze’s advice and “re-politicize the economy.”
May 21, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Biden Fared Well at Morehouse. So You Didn’t Hear About It. Biden Fared Well at Morehouse. So You Didn’t Hear About It.
Biden’s speech wasn’t groundbreaking. But he did not take these talented 20-somethings for granted.
May 20, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Don’t Believe the Pundits: Gaza Is a Political Disaster for Biden Don’t Believe the Pundits: Gaza Is a Political Disaster for Biden
Some observers say the war isn’t that big a deal in the 2024 campaign. Here’s why they’re so wrong.
May 17, 2024 / Joshua A. Cohen
Southeast Asia Is in an Uproar Over Gaza Southeast Asia Is in an Uproar Over Gaza
From political mommy bloggers to McDonald’s boycotts, frustration with Israel and the US’s approach to Gaza has reverberated across the region. Now, there are implications for Chi...
May 16, 2024 / Timothy McLaughlin
Biden’s Domestic Reforms Don’t Add Up to the Great Society Biden’s Domestic Reforms Don’t Add Up to the Great Society
But they do signal that government can make life tangibly better.
May 13, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Biden’s Holocaust Speech Ignored What Biden’s Holocaust Speech Ignored
The president’s ahistorical account of Gaza failed to acknowledge the discomfiting truth that brutalized communities can visit the same traumas on others.
May 8, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
If Joe Biden Really Wants to Celebrate Press Freedom, He Should Free Julian Assange If Joe Biden Really Wants to Celebrate Press Freedom, He Should Free Julian Assange
Joe Biden will celebrate World Press Freedom Day tomorrow. But it is a safe bet that he'll have nothing to say about Assange or Imran Khan, both behind bars for defying the US.
May 2, 2024 / Charles Glass
How New Title IX Rules Leave Sexual Assault Survivors in the Lurch How New Title IX Rules Leave Sexual Assault Survivors in the Lurch
The Biden administration’s updates to the regulations have laudable aims, but one blind spot leaves victims vulnerable to retaliatory lawsuits.
Apr 25, 2024 / Ray Epstein
Donald Trump’s Christian Soldiers Donald Trump’s Christian Soldiers
The MAGA church and white evangelical Christian voters.
Apr 15, 2024 / Peter Dreier