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Martin Luther King Jr.

A $2,000 Check Is a Good Start, but Struggling Americans Need $2,000 Every Month A $2,000 Check Is a Good Start, but Struggling Americans Need $2,000 Every Month

Dr. King taught us that direct cash payments are a smart response to poverty and mass unemployment. In this crisis, we need to heed that call.

Jan 18, 2021 / John Nichols

Too Many Shoes

Too Many Shoes Too Many Shoes

And none of them fit life.

Jan 13, 2021 / OppArt / Sue Coe

Biden

Progressives Know How to Turn the Page on the Trump Years. Biden Should Listen. Progressives Know How to Turn the Page on the Trump Years. Biden Should Listen.

It is vital that the incoming president launch his administration with immediate, bold reforms to address the cascading crises facing the country.

Jan 12, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

How Biden Can Save the USPS

How Biden Can Save the USPS How Biden Can Save the USPS

He should take a cue from Trump and use the presidency as a bully pulpit for the Postal Service.

Jan 7, 2021 / Jake Bittle

How Biden Can Help End the Country’s Debt Crisis

How Biden Can Help End the Country’s Debt Crisis How Biden Can Help End the Country’s Debt Crisis

Right now, Americans are drowning in debt.

Jan 5, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

postal worker

Expand the Postal Service in 2021 Expand the Postal Service in 2021

Postal workers got us through 2020 by delivering lifesaving medicine and democracy-saving ballots. It’s vital that Biden build up the USPS.

Jan 1, 2021 / John Nichols

Mitch McConnell

The Stimulus Battle Highlights McConnell’s Pernicious Politics The Stimulus Battle Highlights McConnell’s Pernicious Politics

The Senate majority leader remains the master of obstruction as he blocks the popular $2,000 check.

Dec 30, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Increasing Pentagon Spending When People Are Going Hungry Is Madness

Increasing Pentagon Spending When People Are Going Hungry Is Madness Increasing Pentagon Spending When People Are Going Hungry Is Madness

Even as Bernie Sanders holds up a Pentagon spending bill to force a Senate vote on $2,000 payments, most House Democrats approve another DOD blank check.

Dec 30, 2020 / John Nichols

Ebenezer McConnell

Ebenezer McConnell Ebenezer McConnell

On the chance that the heartless majority leader is not confronted by spirits on Christmas Eve, the voters of Georgia should be prepared to intervene on January 5.

Dec 23, 2020 / John Nichols

Here’s the Progressive Biden Should Pick to Run America’s Consumer Watchdog

Here’s the Progressive Biden Should Pick to Run America’s Consumer Watchdog Here’s the Progressive Biden Should Pick to Run America’s Consumer Watchdog

President-elect Joe Biden should start rebuilding the CFPB—and thereby gain a powerful weapon in the fight against this economic downturn.

Dec 22, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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