Time to End the West’s Xenophobic Double Standard on Refugees Time to End the West’s Xenophobic Double Standard on Refugees
Racism lowers the floor for how all people are treated. But it’s not too late to change.
May 18, 2022 / Khury Petersen-Smith and Azadeh Shahshahani
Gleaning Hope From Latin America’s Abortion Rights Revolution Gleaning Hope From Latin America’s Abortion Rights Revolution
After centuries of living under some of the most draconian abortion laws imaginable, millions of women in Latin America now have access to legal abortion. How did they do it?
May 18, 2022 / Omar G. Encarnación
The US Needs a Better Gun Policy. Democrats Can Make It Happen. The US Needs a Better Gun Policy. Democrats Can Make It Happen.
The gun control movement faces many challenges, but advocates’ passion is rising.
May 17, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Supreme Court Just Streamlined the Process for Bribing Senators The Supreme Court Just Streamlined the Process for Bribing Senators
Ted Cruz manufactured a case to upend anti-corruption provisions, and it worked.
May 17, 2022 / John Nichols
Biden’s Potential Next Climate Adviser Has Ties to Big Oil Biden’s Potential Next Climate Adviser Has Ties to Big Oil
Deputy adviser Ali Zaidi spent the Trump years at law firms that represented fossil fuel companies and private equity giants profiteering from the climate crisis.
May 17, 2022 / Aída Chávez
The War on the Progressive Wing of the Democratic Party The War on the Progressive Wing of the Democratic Party
Corporate interests are coming for the millions of progressive voters who joined with the center left to elect Joe Biden and a Democratic Congress.
May 16, 2022 / Jeff Weaver
Elise Stefanik’s Crocodile Tears Over the Buffalo Massacre Elise Stefanik’s Crocodile Tears Over the Buffalo Massacre
Two opportunists demonstrate the triumph of Trumpist racism and conspiracy theories.
May 16, 2022 / Jeet Heer
Democrats Must Become As Brave and Righteous as Abortion-Clinic Escorts Democrats Must Become As Brave and Righteous as Abortion-Clinic Escorts
To win back abortion rights, Democrats need to learn how to fight the moral battle being waged by anti-abortion theocrats—something clinic escorts do every day.
May 16, 2022 / Elie Mystal
Summer Lee Is Exactly What a Democrat Should Be Summer Lee Is Exactly What a Democrat Should Be
A super PAC is smearing Lee as a threat to the Democratic Party as she campaigns to become the first Black woman to represent Pennsylvania in Congress.
May 13, 2022 / John Nichols
“The New York Times” Has Badly Lost Its Bearings “The New York Times” Has Badly Lost Its Bearings
Its next editor, Joe Kahn, needs to get it back on course.
May 13, 2022 / Dan Froomkin