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Police officer outside grocery store shooting site in Buffalo

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 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

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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 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 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 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 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

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“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

Midge Decter speaking a lectern

Farewell to Midge Decter, the Bigot on the Beach Farewell to Midge Decter, the Bigot on the Beach

The obituaries for the founding mother of neoconservatism fail to give a sense of how vile her opinions really were.

May 13, 2022 / Jeet Heer

The Hyde Amendment Is Not an Excuse to Do Nothing to Protect Abortion Rights

The Hyde Amendment Is Not an Excuse to Do Nothing to Protect Abortion Rights The Hyde Amendment Is Not an Excuse to Do Nothing to Protect Abortion Rights

The federal government still has power to protect abortion rights, and it’s time the Biden administration used it.

May 12, 2022 / Elie Mystal

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