Texas Democrats Have the Right Sense of Urgency for the Fight Against Jim Crow 2.0 Texas Democrats Have the Right Sense of Urgency for the Fight Against Jim Crow 2.0
They left Texas to deny Republicans the quorum needed to pass voting restriction legislation and flocked to Washington to plead for action.
Jul 13, 2021 / John Nichols
The Community That May Be Hurt Most by Republican Voter Restrictions: Americans With Disabilities The Community That May Be Hurt Most by Republican Voter Restrictions: Americans With Disabilities
Bills making it harder for them to vote from home are an affront to their civil rights.
Jul 13, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Harlem Is Sending a Black Lesbian Democratic Socialist to the City Council Harlem Is Sending a Black Lesbian Democratic Socialist to the City Council
A radical poet and educator’s come-from-behind victory over a machine politician complicates the narrative that New York Black moderates rejected a left agenda.
Jul 8, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Nancy Pelosi Outplays Kevin McCarthy Once Again Nancy Pelosi Outplays Kevin McCarthy Once Again
The House minority leader threatens GOP members who agree to serve on the Select Committee to investigate January 6. But Liz Cheney defies him, and now Pelosi has a quorum.
Jul 1, 2021 / Joan Walsh
New York’s Election Mess Is Not the Fault of Ranked-Choice Voting New York’s Election Mess Is Not the Fault of Ranked-Choice Voting
The chaotic count of mayoral election votes has “nothing to do with ranked-choice voting and everything to do with mistakes the Board of Elections has made.”
Jul 1, 2021 / John Nichols
The Truth About the Bipartisan Infrastructure Agreement The Truth About the Bipartisan Infrastructure Agreement
Progressives don’t have to convert Republicans—we just have to get Democrats to stand up.
Jul 1, 2021 / Robert L. Borosage
The Sunrise Movement Calls for a Better Infrastructure Deal The Sunrise Movement Calls for a Better Infrastructure Deal
At a rally at the White House on Monday, hundreds of young activists demanded that President Biden take a bold stance on climate change.
Jun 30, 2021 / Aída Chávez
The Biden Administration and Congress Have a Chance to Tame Big Tech The Biden Administration and Congress Have a Chance to Tame Big Tech
Technology companies in particular have established anticompetitive policies that for too long have gone unchecked.
Jun 29, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
These Are the 3 Ways Biden’s Presidency Could Go These Are the 3 Ways Biden’s Presidency Could Go
Joe Biden has already given us a sense of what to expect from this administration—and what we should worry about.
Jun 29, 2021 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Mike Gravel Told Americans What Was Being Done in Their Name but Without Their Consent Mike Gravel Told Americans What Was Being Done in Their Name but Without Their Consent
Fifty years ago this week, the senator read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record. He never stopped battling war and secrecy. Gravel died on Saturday.
Jun 28, 2021 / Obituary / John Nichols