Joe Biden, Undiscussed Joe Biden, Undiscussed
Now, nobody talks about Joe. Remember when those in the know Said Joe had the mojo to go To primaries where he might slow The Hillary Clinton Big Mo, Despite how well she gathers dough? Now, nobody asks if he’ll throw His hat in the ring—yes or no. He’s treated as if he’s Joe Blow. Now, nobody talks about Joe.
May 13, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Fight For $15 Just Won a Powerful Supporter: Governor Cuomo The Fight For $15 Just Won a Powerful Supporter: Governor Cuomo
In a victory for the Fast Food workers movement, New York’s governor has created a path for wage increases through executive action.
May 13, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Human Rights Groups to Obama: Investigate All Civilian Victims of Drone Strikes Human Rights Groups to Obama: Investigate All Civilian Victims of Drone Strikes
Groups from Amnesty to the ACLU to Reprieve are calling for the same standard of accountability that followed the killings of Warren Weinstein and Giovanni Lo Porto.
May 13, 2015 / Ali Gharib
Nimbler Than Nimbyism Nimbler Than Nimbyism
D.W. Gibson gets beyond the banter about gentrification.
May 12, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Abigail Savitch-Lew
Rand Paul Is Fighting for Your Privacy—Unless You’re a Woman Rand Paul Is Fighting for Your Privacy—Unless You’re a Woman
If he really believed in “the right to be left alone,” he’d fight for women to have as much control over their bodies as their phone records.
May 12, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Snapshot: Secretary of Selfies Snapshot: Secretary of Selfies
Secretary of State John Kerry takes a selfie while touring an elephant orphanage in Nairobi National Park. The trip was part of a three-country African tour that included stopovers in Kenya and Djibouti, and an unannounced visit to Somalia—the first time a US secretary of state has ever visited the country.
May 12, 2015 / Andrew Harnik
Could Fast Track Ultimately Destroy Dodd-Frank? (Yes.) Could Fast Track Ultimately Destroy Dodd-Frank? (Yes.)
The White House has been going hard against Elizabeth Warren for making this claim—but she’s right.
May 12, 2015 / George Zornick
The Emerging Populist Agenda The Emerging Populist Agenda
The clear presence of a populist reform agenda might be the biggest surprise of the 2016 election season thus far.
May 12, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
When TPP Meets the Populist Menace When TPP Meets the Populist Menace
The “reach across the aisle” was going according to plan... until the Populist Avenger showed up.
May 12, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
Why So Many Democrats Rejected Obama’s Lobbying on the Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Why So Many Democrats Rejected Obama’s Lobbying on the Trans-Pacific Trade Deal
The president’s suggestion that his critics do not understand trade issues is “absolutely inaccurate.”
May 11, 2015 / John Nichols