Covid Catastrophe: Trump Fiddles While America Burns Covid Catastrophe: Trump Fiddles While America Burns
After two months of ignoring health experts, the fool in the White House lashes out at governors and the most vulnerable.
Mar 24, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
Make Elizabeth Warren the Coronavirus Czar Make Elizabeth Warren the Coronavirus Czar
Trump isn’t up to the job of managing a crisis. We need a work-around.
Mar 20, 2020 / no-paywall / Jeet Heer
What Does Trump Do, in the Midst of a Pandemic? Beat Up On Immigrants. Again. What Does Trump Do, in the Midst of a Pandemic? Beat Up On Immigrants. Again.
This administration has never missed an opportunity to blame immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees for our woes.
Mar 20, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
Trump Isn’t In Charge—So Who the Hell Is? Trump Isn’t In Charge—So Who the Hell Is?
In the absence of a serious federal response, it’s up to the 50 state governors, and numerous localities, to figure this out on their own.
Mar 17, 2020 / no-paywall / Elie Mystal
Free Tests, Free Vaccines: Remove the Wealth Barriers to Fighting COVID-19 Free Tests, Free Vaccines: Remove the Wealth Barriers to Fighting COVID-19
We can’t address a pandemic without eliminating economic hurdles to public health.
Mar 13, 2020 / no-paywall / John Nichols
Sanders v. Biden (v. Trump) on China Sanders v. Biden (v. Trump) on China
The coronavirus provides a stark reminder that the US does not have a coherent and forward-thinking China policy.
Mar 9, 2020 / no-paywall / Rob Howse and Zephyr Teachout
Biden’s Not the One Biden’s Not the One
If the Democratic establishment thinks that Joe Biden is a better candidate to run against Donald Trump, they’re in for a rude awakening.
Mar 9, 2020 / Robert L. Borosage
Trump’s Education Policy Is an Opportunity for Democrats Trump’s Education Policy Is an Opportunity for Democrats
Republicans are running away from Betsy DeVos’s “education freedom” agenda as fast as they can. So why haven’t Democrats noticed?
Mar 5, 2020 / Jennifer C. Berkshire
Bloomberg’s Campaign Threatens to Turn Our Elections Into an Auction Bloomberg’s Campaign Threatens to Turn Our Elections Into an Auction
In our broken campaign finance system, the barrier to running for office keeps getting higher.
Mar 3, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Constitution Requires a New Civic Reckoning The Constitution Requires a New Civic Reckoning
There is much work to be done, but former and current civil servants condemning the Trump administration’s corruption restore faith that the work is possible.
Mar 3, 2020 / Russ Feingold