Campaigns and Elections

On Voting Rights, Ted Cruz Tells the Truth for Once

On Voting Rights, Ted Cruz Tells the Truth for Once On Voting Rights, Ted Cruz Tells the Truth for Once

Expanded voter access benefits Democrats. So Cruz is telling GOP leaders they must stop it.

Mar 23, 2021 / Joan Walsh

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Letters From the March 5/12, 2021, Issue Letters From the March 5/12, 2021, Issue

Along the Texas border… Leveling up… In the vicinity of bigotry (web only)…

Mar 23, 2021 / Our Readers and Jeet Heer

Governor Gavin Newsom Visits School To Highlight State's Reopening Efforts

The Campaign Against Gavin Newsom Sets Its Targets on Social Justice The Campaign Against Gavin Newsom Sets Its Targets on Social Justice

An effort to recall the California governor is aimed at blocking progress toward reducing wealth inequality and mass incarceration.

Mar 19, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva,

The Return of Lula The Return of Lula

The restoration of political rights to Brazil’s leftist former president makes him a front-runner for the elections in 2022—and has already upended the country’s politics.

Mar 17, 2021 / Natália Scarabotto

Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies

Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies

How can the United States focus on new threats while sustaining endless wars and obsolete postures?

Mar 16, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Democrat Stacey Abrams, walks on Senate floor before of members of Georgia's Electoral College cast their votes at the state Capitol, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool)

Stacey Abrams Knew Another Round of Attacks on Voting Was Coming Stacey Abrams Knew Another Round of Attacks on Voting Was Coming

Georgia Republicans’ conclusions from 2020: Too many Democrats voted. So their focus is on keeping them from voting, by any means necessary.

Mar 16, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, in Washington.

The Republicans’ Road Not Taken The Republicans’ Road Not Taken

In 2013, Republican strategists were honest about why Mitt Romney lost. They had a chance to heed the lessons—and then Trump blew it all up.

Mar 15, 2021 / Jon Wiener

Biden’s 100 Days So Far

Biden’s 100 Days So Far Biden’s 100 Days So Far

Reviewing the year, month by month.

Mar 15, 2021 / OppArt / India Tresselt

Lincoln Project

A Fraud, Not a Lincoln A Fraud, Not a Lincoln

Liberals need a reckoning with the fortune they wasted on Never Trump charlatans.

Mar 10, 2021 / Jeet Heer

Now Is the Time to Restore the Power of Labor

Now Is the Time to Restore the Power of Labor Now Is the Time to Restore the Power of Labor

Strengthening unions would play a critical part in tackling our country’s staggering inequality.

Mar 9, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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