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Joe Biden Doesn’t Sound Very Serious About the Climate Crisis Joe Biden Doesn’t Sound Very Serious About the Climate Crisis

CNN’s climate change town hall was a good moment for activists—and a rough one for the Democratic front-runner.

Sep 5, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter

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Almost Everything Bad That Trump Did This Summer Almost Everything Bad That Trump Did This Summer

Need a crash course in reality? Here’s what you missed.

Sep 5, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

William Barr leaving home

What We Still Do Not Know About Russiagate What We Still Do Not Know About Russiagate

Vital questions about perhaps the worst alleged presidential scandal in US history remain unanswered.

Sep 4, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Districts Map

North Carolina Has Won a Huge Victory in the Fight Against Rigged Elections North Carolina Has Won a Huge Victory in the Fight Against Rigged Elections

There is now hope that savvy legal and political strategies really can begin to upend gerrymandering across the country.

Sep 4, 2019 / John Nichols

In an Age of Policy Boldness, Think Tanks Have Become Timid

In an Age of Policy Boldness, Think Tanks Have Become Timid In an Age of Policy Boldness, Think Tanks Have Become Timid

The disconnect between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and the think tank world could pose a problem if one of them gets elected president.

Sep 10, 2019 / Feature / Jeet Heer

Steve Cohen emoluments

‘I Think We Need to Just Impeach the Guy’ ‘I Think We Need to Just Impeach the Guy’

Judiciary Committee member Steve Cohen is resolute: Trump’s violations of the emoluments clause demand impeachment. Now.

Sep 5, 2019 / John Nichols

Joe Biden

Do Joe Biden’s Mistakes Matter? Do Joe Biden’s Mistakes Matter?

The Democratic front-runner insists conflating the stories of two brave soldiers is not a problem in the post-truth age of Trump. That’s a little scary.

Sep 3, 2019 / Joan Walsh

Strike!

Strike! Strike!

Unbreakable human solidarity is what we need, and mass strikes are the strategy to get it.

Sep 2, 2019 / Editorial / Jane McAlevey

Boris Johnson protest

Brexit Gives Its Former Colonies a Whiff of Schadenfreude Brexit Gives Its Former Colonies a Whiff of Schadenfreude

Britain is learning what many of its former colonies already know: Democracy requires constant vigilance.

Aug 30, 2019 / Nanjala Nyabola

Bret Stephens and Megyn Kelly

The Megyn Kelly Syndrome Strikes Bret Stephens The Megyn Kelly Syndrome Strikes Bret Stephens

The Times columnist is just the latest example of a right-winger who flounders outside his ideological bubble.

Aug 30, 2019 / Jeet Heer

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