Government

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

The Right To Bear Laser-Blasting Arms The Right To Bear Laser-Blasting Arms

Don’t tread on me, unless you’re in a mecha suit.

Mar 30, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow

Senator Bernie Sanders and Rapper Michael “Killer Mike” Render

What Bernie Sanders Taught Democrats About Labor Solidarity What Bernie Sanders Taught Democrats About Labor Solidarity

The senator is back on the front lines—rallying this time with Amazon workers in Alabama. And lots of top Democrats are joining him.

Mar 29, 2021 / John Nichols

Hostage Situation

Hostage Situation Hostage Situation

America and the Second Amendment.

Mar 29, 2021 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

The NRA Can’t Stop Gun Safety Legislation This Time

The NRA Can’t Stop Gun Safety Legislation This Time The NRA Can’t Stop Gun Safety Legislation This Time

Weakened and bankrupt, the NRA is no longer the insurmountable wall it once was.

Mar 29, 2021 / Shannon Watts

Richard Nephew

Biden’s New Foreign Policy Hire Considers Sanctions an Art Form Biden’s New Foreign Policy Hire Considers Sanctions an Art Form

While progressives urge the administration to curb punitive sanctions, its new deputy Iran envoy was an architect of Obama-era sanctions policy.

Mar 26, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Biden Meets, and Defeats, the Press

Biden Meets, and Defeats, the Press Biden Meets, and Defeats, the Press

The president should postpone future news conferences. Not because he can’t handle them—but because the White House press corps can’t.

Mar 25, 2021 / Joan Walsh

US-Mexico Border

Why Did Border Security Firms Bet on Biden in 2020? Why Did Border Security Firms Bet on Biden in 2020?

The 13 top border contractors for CBP and ICE donated three times as much money to the Biden campaign than they did to Trump.

Mar 25, 2021 / Todd Miller

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The Supreme Court May Be About to Blast Another Hole in Gun Control The Supreme Court May Be About to Blast Another Hole in Gun Control

As the country reels from two mass shootings in a single week, the Supreme Court is considering taking on a case that could vastly expand gun “rights.”

Mar 25, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Insurrection

Insurrection Insurrection

GOP wholesale and retail.

Mar 25, 2021 / OppArt / Rob Rogers and Pat Bagley

Retire, Justice Breyer? It’s Complicated.

Retire, Justice Breyer? It’s Complicated. Retire, Justice Breyer? It’s Complicated.

It’s tough to call for a SCOTUS resignation just so a president can nominate a replacement. But given the GOP’s ruthlessness over the past five years, it’s tough not to.

Mar 25, 2021 / Joan Walsh

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