When Medicare Helped Kill Jim Crow When Medicare Helped Kill Jim Crow
By making health care broadly available, the government helps ensure our freedom.
Jan 19, 2021 / Mike Konczal
Alliance Between Vigilantes and Law Enforcement: A US Tradition Alliance Between Vigilantes and Law Enforcement: A US Tradition
On the continuity between the early-20th-century American Protective League and today’s violent “patriots.”
Jan 19, 2021 / R.H. Lossin
Is It Curtains for Donald Trump? Is It Curtains for Donald Trump?
He’s about to metamorphose from world’s most powerful human to financially and legally challenged pariah. His only ally? The mob.
Jan 15, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky
Have Covid, Will Travel Have Covid, Will Travel
People who continue to travel have a huge impact on the spread of the virus.
Jan 15, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
The Capitol, Fortified The Capitol, Fortified
One week on from Trump’s riot, heavy fencing surrounds the Capitol complex and a swath of Washington is locked down tight.
Jan 14, 2021 / Andrew McCormick
What Sex Workers Want Kamala Harris to Know What Sex Workers Want Kamala Harris to Know
The incoming vice president has the opportunity to redress the harm she’s caused.
Jan 14, 2021 / Hallie Lieberman
Trump’s Congressional Co-Conspirators Are Just As Guilty as the President Trump’s Congressional Co-Conspirators Are Just As Guilty as the President
Congressional Republicans continue to embrace Donald Trump’s lies and, for the most part, refuse to sanction him.
Jan 13, 2021 / John Nichols
I No Longer Trust Law Enforcement to Keep Biden and Harris Safe on Inauguration Day I No Longer Trust Law Enforcement to Keep Biden and Harris Safe on Inauguration Day
The siege of the Capitol revealed what most Black people already knew: Law enforcement is in league with Trumpism.
Jan 13, 2021 / Elie Mystal