Tiffany Cabán Claims a Nationally Significant Victory for Queens DA Tiffany Cabán Claims a Nationally Significant Victory for Queens DA
The criminal-justice reformer who has promised "people-powered justice" finished primary night with a lead of more than 1,000 votes.
Jun 25, 2019 / John Nichols
Bernie Sanders Is Exactly Right About Trump’s Saber Rattling on Iran Bernie Sanders Is Exactly Right About Trump’s Saber Rattling on Iran
In a remarkable exchange, the senator rejects the notion that a “limited strike” on Iran is anything less than “an act of warfare” that could lead to catastrophe.
Jun 24, 2019 / John Nichols
For Joe Biden, Friendship Is Magic For Joe Biden, Friendship Is Magic
His praise of white supremacists is not a blunder but a key to his clubby worldview.
Jun 24, 2019 / Jeet Heer
Joe Biden and Cory Booker Should Debate One Another Joe Biden and Cory Booker Should Debate One Another
Two mainstream Democrats disagree on consequential issues arising from Biden’s rumination about working with segregationists.
Jun 20, 2019 / John Nichols
Tiffany Cabán Just Might Pull This Off Tiffany Cabán Just Might Pull This Off
On June 25, Queens residents could elect one of the most progressive DAs in history.
Jun 19, 2019 / Ross Barkan
Washington’s Dr. Strangeloves Washington’s Dr. Strangeloves
Is plunging Russia into darkness really a good idea?
Jun 19, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
The Charter School Industry’s Dishonest Attack on Bernie Sanders The Charter School Industry’s Dishonest Attack on Bernie Sanders
Arguing that charter schools offer unique opportunities for poor African American children isn’t borne out by the facts.
Jun 19, 2019 / Adolph Reed Jr. and Cornel West
Mitch McConnell Calls Puerto Rican Statehood ‘Full-Bore Socialism’ Mitch McConnell Calls Puerto Rican Statehood ‘Full-Bore Socialism’
Yet his own Republican Party’s platform endorses “the right of the US citizens of Puerto Rico to be admitted to the Union as a fully sovereign state.”
Jun 18, 2019 / John Nichols
Finally, Presidential Candidates Are Talking About Poverty Finally, Presidential Candidates Are Talking About Poverty
An historic forum revealed consensus on the need for policies like raising the minimum wage and affordable childcare—and some big differences.
Jun 18, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann
The Democratic Differences on Foreign Policy That No One’s Talking About The Democratic Differences on Foreign Policy That No One’s Talking About
Champions of foreign-policy calamities shouldn’t get a pass at the debates.
Jun 18, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel