Government

COVAX

America Pursues Vaccine Internationalism—but What Kind? America Pursues Vaccine Internationalism—but What Kind?

A foreign policy of global division makes Americans less safe.

Jun 7, 2021 / Stephen Wertheim

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Is Fed Up With Republican Obstruction—and Democratic Caution Bernie Sanders Is Fed Up With Republican Obstruction—and Democratic Caution

“If Republicans don’t want to cooperate,” he says, “then, yes, we have to move forward without them.”

Jun 4, 2021 / John Nichols

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema

Sinema’s Position on the Filibuster Echoes Goldwater’s Case Against Civil Rights Sinema’s Position on the Filibuster Echoes Goldwater’s Case Against Civil Rights

Her claim that the Senate must change “behavior,” not “rules,” calls to mind her Arizona predecessor’s argument that fighting racism required changing “hearts,” not laws.

Jun 4, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Echo Chambers

Echo Chambers Echo Chambers

Fossil Fools. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of May 31.

Jun 4, 2021 / Steve Brodner

Gaza

My Bill Would Stop US Aid From Funding Palestinian Suffering My Bill Would Stop US Aid From Funding Palestinian Suffering

HR 2590 would restrict US military aid to Israel from being used to demolish homes, annex Palestinian land, or imprison Palestinian children in military detention facilities.

Jun 4, 2021 / Betty McCollum

Domestic workers hold rally for health and safety protections.

A Tale of 2 States A Tale of 2 States

Vastly different approaches to governance in California and Texas show two diverging paths—one forward, and one to ruin.

Jun 4, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

Nancy Pelosi

Democrats Should Just Create More Federal Holidays Democrats Should Just Create More Federal Holidays

Arguing that Americans work too much is a winning political message.

Jun 4, 2021 / Ed Burmila

The Current GOP

The Current GOP The Current GOP

The Grand Old (Anti-Democracy) Party.

Jun 3, 2021 / OppArt / JD Crowe, Peter Kuper, and Ann Telnaes

Texas vote sign

It’s Not Just Voter Suppression: Texas Republicans Want to Overturn Elections It’s Not Just Voter Suppression: Texas Republicans Want to Overturn Elections

Moving beyond voter suppression, Republicans are now writing laws to make it easier to cancel results that go against them.

Jun 3, 2021 / John Nichols

Black Consciousness

Black Consciousness Black Consciousness

Wisdom and rage.

Jun 2, 2021 / OppArt / Isis Davis-Marks

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