Government

Biden in red Corvette

Would You Buy a Used Progressive Agenda From This Man? Would You Buy a Used Progressive Agenda From This Man?

Progressive voters have to balance hope with skepticism as they are wooed by the former vice president.

May 15, 2020 / Jeet Heer

A person in wheelchair, being pushed by another person, waiting to cast their vote in the Wisconsin primary election

Lame-Duck Injustice: Wisconsin’s Latest Political Horror Story Lame-Duck Injustice: Wisconsin’s Latest Political Horror Story

A Supreme Court justice who was rejected by voters last month cast the deciding vote against maintaining protections against the spread of Covid-19.

May 15, 2020 / John Nichols

If They Walk Like Fascists and Talk Like Fascists…

If They Walk Like Fascists and Talk Like Fascists… If They Walk Like Fascists and Talk Like Fascists…

Attacking science, forcing people back to work, closing the border, suppressing the vote—the Trump/GOP strategy looks increasingly like white nationalist accelerationism.

May 15, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

LA Tenant Protest

Los Angeles’s ‘Eviction Ban’ Doesn’t Protect Tenants Los Angeles’s ‘Eviction Ban’ Doesn’t Protect Tenants

The city’s emergency measures will only delay a huge wave of evictions until later this year.

May 14, 2020 / Jacob Woocher

The Supreme Court Has Given Its Blessing to Public Corruption

The Supreme Court Has Given Its Blessing to Public Corruption The Supreme Court Has Given Its Blessing to Public Corruption

With its Bridgegate decision, the Supreme Court put another nail in the coffin of our corruption laws.

May 14, 2020 / Elie Mystal

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There Is Only One Way to Prevent Mass Deaths in Prisons: Let Them Out There Is Only One Way to Prevent Mass Deaths in Prisons: Let Them Out

A lawsuit about conditions at Danbury prison shows why it is impossible to keep the incarcerated safe.

May 14, 2020 / Daniel Fernandez

Kayleigh McEnany pointing at a person with their hand raised

Trump’s New Press Secretary Fits Right In Trump’s New Press Secretary Fits Right In

Everywhere you look, the president has appointed people who undermine their job’s essential reason for being.

May 14, 2020 / Column / Eric Alterman

Empty stairs of the Met

Reopening: A Chronicle of Needless Deaths Foretold Reopening: A Chronicle of Needless Deaths Foretold

Brace yourselves for a long, slow burn. We will not get our epidemic under control in the US.

May 14, 2020 / Gregg Gonsalves

A Progressive Democratic Party is Possible—and Biden Needs It to Win

A Progressive Democratic Party is Possible—and Biden Needs It to Win A Progressive Democratic Party is Possible—and Biden Needs It to Win

The Biden-Sanders task forces are charged with framing a bigger, bolder Democratic agenda—exactly what the party needs to win.

May 14, 2020 / John Nichols

SCOTUS May Have Just Decided to Exempt Trump From the Rule of Law

SCOTUS May Have Just Decided to Exempt Trump From the Rule of Law SCOTUS May Have Just Decided to Exempt Trump From the Rule of Law

During landmark oral arguments on Trump’s tax returns, conservative justices made clear they think the president is above the law.

May 13, 2020 / Elie Mystal

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