Government

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Now Is the Time to Dismantle Our Deportation Machine Now Is the Time to Dismantle Our Deportation Machine

Covid-19 makes it clear that our fates are intertwined.

Apr 10, 2020 / no-paywall / Alina Das

Trump speaking and gesturing.

Trump, Our Grifter in Chief, Is a Global Menace Trump, Our Grifter in Chief, Is a Global Menace

In one week, he threatened to cut off US funding to the WHO, touted an unproven Covid-19 cure, and fired the watchdog overseeing the congressional bailout.

Apr 10, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky

Jared Kushner

The Science Is Clear on How to Beat This Pandemic The Science Is Clear on How to Beat This Pandemic

But first Trump, Kushner, and the GOP have to stop playing politics with people’s lives.

Apr 9, 2020 / no-paywall / Gregg Gonsalves

A nurse in San Juan

Colonialism Made Puerto Rico Vulnerable to Coronavirus Catastrophe Colonialism Made Puerto Rico Vulnerable to Coronavirus Catastrophe

If Washington keeps ignoring the US territory, it could spell disaster.

Apr 9, 2020 / no-paywall / Chris Gelardi

Wisconsin’s Pandemic Election Is a Red Alert for Democracy in America

Wisconsin’s Pandemic Election Is a Red Alert for Democracy in America Wisconsin’s Pandemic Election Is a Red Alert for Democracy in America

This cannot become the new normal.

Apr 9, 2020 / John Nichols

Bernie Sanders Changed Our Politics

Bernie Sanders Changed Our Politics Bernie Sanders Changed Our Politics

The senator set out to organize and educate and transform our understanding of what is possible in politics. He succeeded.

Apr 8, 2020 / John Nichols

The shadow of Bernie Sanders, with his hand raised, next to an American flag

Let Us Now Praise Bernie Sanders Let Us Now Praise Bernie Sanders

The progressive leader surely will be counted as one of this century’s most important political figures.

Apr 8, 2020 / Robert L. Borosage

A trailer attached to a tent sits on the street near a hospital

Coronavirus Is a Dress Rehearsal for Climate Change Coronavirus Is a Dress Rehearsal for Climate Change

We can flatten the curve on climate change, too—but only by altering the balance of power in Washington.

Apr 8, 2020 / no-paywall / Ana María Archila, George Goehl, and Maurice Mitchell

An airport worker wears a face mask with a sticker of the Chinese flag

China Is Going to Be a Republican Wedge Issue China Is Going to Be a Republican Wedge Issue

While Trump is already using China as a scapegoat for his failures on Covid-19, progressives have their own reasons to push for a new foreign policy.

Apr 8, 2020 / no-paywall / Jeet Heer

An African American woman plays with her two children, one is a baby and the other is 10 years old.

I Never Felt Like a ‘Single’ Parent. Then the Coronavirus Hit. I Never Felt Like a ‘Single’ Parent. Then the Coronavirus Hit.

Unpartnered parents like me rely on support from other adults in our children’s lives. We need public health guidance that works for us.

Apr 8, 2020 / no-paywall / Dani McClain

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