Personnel as Policy: What Biden’s Picks So Far Tell Us Personnel as Policy: What Biden’s Picks So Far Tell Us
For progressives, Biden’s nominees include the good, the bad—and the just plain ugly.
Dec 10, 2020 / Robert L. Borosage for The Nation
I Know Rahm Emanuel, and He Shouldn’t Be Anywhere Near the White House I Know Rahm Emanuel, and He Shouldn’t Be Anywhere Near the White House
Appointing Rahm as secretary of transportation would be a slap in the face not only to Chicago but to all union members who sent Biden to the White House.
Dec 10, 2020 / Stacy Davis Gates
Trump’s Last Gasp Is a Scheme to Disenfranchise 20,756,421 American Voters—and He’s Getting Help Trump’s Last Gasp Is a Scheme to Disenfranchise 20,756,421 American Voters—and He’s Getting Help
By embracing a Texas lawsuit to cancel the results from Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia, the president pushes the ultimate voter suppression.
Dec 9, 2020 / John Nichols
Progressives Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Fighting Biden’s Nominees Progressives Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Fighting Biden’s Nominees
The incoming administration is owed no deference when it picks corporate insiders.
Dec 9, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Raging Pandemic, Anemic Response Raging Pandemic, Anemic Response
Americans suffer while the GOP dithers.
The Georgia GOP’s Fight Against Voter Registration The Georgia GOP’s Fight Against Voter Registration
Georgia’s Republican leadership has a history of using investigations into election integrity to obstruct the opposition and suppress the vote.
Dec 9, 2020 / Timothy Pratt
The Past and Future of the Left in the Democratic Party The Past and Future of the Left in the Democratic Party
Centrist Democrats who blamed the left for election losses would do well to remember the people who have fought for and shaped the party’s history.
Dec 9, 2020 / Michael Brenes and Michael Koncewicz
What I Learned Moving Cross-Country Twice in 4 Months What I Learned Moving Cross-Country Twice in 4 Months
Global catastrophe has a way of putting life into perspective.
Dec 9, 2020 / Jamilah King
We Can’t Message Our Way Out of a Public Health Crisis We Can’t Message Our Way Out of a Public Health Crisis
As the coronavirus has spread, public officials have spent a lot of time urging people to wear a mask and socially distance, when they can’t stay home—and offered not much else.
Dec 9, 2020 / Abdullah Shihipar
Biden Needs To Find His Version of the Fireside Chat Biden Needs To Find His Version of the Fireside Chat
President-elect Joe Biden must meet our challenges through deeds. But words also matter.
Dec 8, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel