Sunday Night’s Debate Failed the Coronavirus Test Sunday Night’s Debate Failed the Coronavirus Test
Biden and Sanders should have stolen a page from Andrew Yang and promised to give money to hard-hit Americans.
Mar 16, 2020 / John Nichols
Luke Hayes Says Now Is ‘the Moment to Shake Up New York Politics’ Luke Hayes Says Now Is ‘the Moment to Shake Up New York Politics’
The behind-the-scenes player in New York’s progressive wave says the state should be “a lesson to national Democrats.”
Mar 16, 2020 / DJ Cashmere
Republican Xenophobia Is Going to Make the Pandemic Much Worse Republican Xenophobia Is Going to Make the Pandemic Much Worse
Trump is ramping up hatred of foreigners during a crisis that requires international cooperation.
Mar 13, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Free Tests, Free Vaccines: Remove the Wealth Barriers to Fighting COVID-19 Free Tests, Free Vaccines: Remove the Wealth Barriers to Fighting COVID-19
We can’t address a pandemic without eliminating economic hurdles to public health.
Mar 13, 2020 / John Nichols
The Judiciary Still Hasn’t Reckoned With Its #MeToo Problem The Judiciary Still Hasn’t Reckoned With Its #MeToo Problem
Thanks to their immense power, federal judges have a license to harass—and no one is trying to stop them.
Mar 13, 2020 / Column / Elie Mystal
Sanders Won Michigan in 2016. Biden Won Every County in 2020. Why? Sanders Won Michigan in 2016. Biden Won Every County in 2020. Why?
OMG—do you really have to ask?
Mar 12, 2020 / Joan Walsh
An Internal Pandemic Document Shows the Coronavirus Gives Trump Extraordinary Powers An Internal Pandemic Document Shows the Coronavirus Gives Trump Extraordinary Powers
A leaked Customs and Border Protection directive allows the agency to actively surveil and detain individuals suspected of carrying the illness—indefinitely.
Mar 12, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein
Our President’s Virus Containment Strategy Our President’s Virus Containment Strategy
How to respond to a pandemic?
Mar 12, 2020 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
From Resistance to Governing From Resistance to Governing
Important differences between today’s political realities and the early Obama years are cause for hope.
Mar 12, 2020 / Deepak Bhargava
Is It Too Late for Bernie Sanders to Win Over Black Voters? Is It Too Late for Bernie Sanders to Win Over Black Voters?
Black voters and suburban women are the base of the post-Trump Democratic Party that Sanders wants to lead. If he doesn’t have a strategy for winning them, he’ll lose again.
Mar 11, 2020 / Joan Walsh