What Amy Coney Barrett Means for the Future of Voting Rights What Amy Coney Barrett Means for the Future of Voting Rights
Unless we act, I fear a return to Jim Crow regime under which my grandparents and tens of millions of Black people suffered is inevitable.
Oct 26, 2020 / Mondaire Jones
Trump’s Message of Covid-19 Happy Talk Amounts to Surrender Trump’s Message of Covid-19 Happy Talk Amounts to Surrender
Practicing the power of positive thinking and flirting with herd immunity, Trump is endangering his own reelection bid at the cost of countless lives.
Oct 26, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Vote for What You Believe In Vote for What You Believe In
Words of optimism.
Oct 26, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Lack of Paid Leave Makes Our Economy So Fragile: A Q&A With Heather Boushey Lack of Paid Leave Makes Our Economy So Fragile: A Q&A With Heather Boushey
The economist predicted that America would be hit harder than our peers by the Covid pandemic because we don’t have national paid leave.
Oct 26, 2020 / Bryce Covert
Can Georgia’s Jon Ossoff Finish the Job This November? Can Georgia’s Jon Ossoff Finish the Job This November?
Donations to the Democrat’s campaign are surging, while his opponent, Senator David Perdue, is sinking under the weight of his (and Trump’s) bigotry.
Oct 26, 2020 / Joan Walsh
The Moment Joe Biden Found His Voice—and Won the Final Debate The Moment Joe Biden Found His Voice—and Won the Final Debate
The Democratic nominee had a lot of good answers, but talking about immigrants, and the 545 children Trump ripped from their families, was his finest.
Oct 23, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Dianne Feinstein Demonstrates Why Democratic Challenges to Democratic Incumbents Are Necessary Dianne Feinstein Demonstrates Why Democratic Challenges to Democratic Incumbents Are Necessary
The California senator’s praise for the disastrous Amy Coney Barrett confirmation process played into Republican hands.
Oct 23, 2020 / John Nichols
What Would Hell Be Like for Donald Trump? What Would Hell Be Like for Donald Trump?
With the US presidential election around the corner, it’s appealing to imagine consigning Trump to literal Hell.
Oct 23, 2020 / Ariel Dorfman
QAnon Is Becoming a Republican Dog Whistle QAnon Is Becoming a Republican Dog Whistle
Even some candidates who don’t openly support the conspiracy theory are using Q-related talking points to attack their Democratic challengers.
Oct 22, 2020 / Zoë Carpenter
We Need Joe Biden to Deliver the Knockout Trump Deserves Tonight We Need Joe Biden to Deliver the Knockout Trump Deserves Tonight
This is the Democratic candidate’s chance to indict the president and the Republican senators who have allowed a pandemic to devastate America.
Oct 22, 2020 / John Nichols