Politics

Climate Change Is a Political—Not Partisan—Story

Climate Change Is a Political—Not Partisan—Story Climate Change Is a Political—Not Partisan—Story

And newsrooms need to cover the 2020 elections as a climate story.

Jul 15, 2020 / Andrew McCormick

The Donner Party

Cannibalism Is No Cure for Covid-19 Cannibalism Is No Cure for Covid-19

Rush Limbaugh’s praise of the Donner Party is part of an old tradition of exalting unnecessary suffering rather than offering solutions.

Jul 15, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Even Nixon Didn’t Go As Far as Trump

Even Nixon Didn’t Go As Far as Trump Even Nixon Didn’t Go As Far as Trump

I served on the House Judiciary Committee during Watergate. What Nixon tried to do in secret pales in comparison to what Trump does in the open.

Jul 15, 2020 / Elizabeth Holtzman

We Testify abortion storytellers

The Covid Crisis Reveals the Need to Abolish Abortion Restrictions The Covid Crisis Reveals the Need to Abolish Abortion Restrictions

What kind of nation allows people to be prosecuted for health care?

Jul 15, 2020 / Renee Bracey Sherman

Homeless encampment

This Pandemic Is Already Hitting the Homeless Hard. It’s About to Get Worse. This Pandemic Is Already Hitting the Homeless Hard. It’s About to Get Worse.

With as many as 23 million American renters facing eviction, homelessness will likely grow worse.

Jul 15, 2020 / Rajan Menon

Ayanna Pressley to Betsy DeVos: ‘I Wouldn’t Trust You to Care for a House Plant Let Alone My Child’

Ayanna Pressley to Betsy DeVos: ‘I Wouldn’t Trust You to Care for a House Plant Let Alone My Child’ Ayanna Pressley to Betsy DeVos: ‘I Wouldn’t Trust You to Care for a House Plant Let Alone My Child’

You shouldn’t either.

Jul 14, 2020 / John Nichols

An aerial view of the Pentagon

The Beginning of the End for Ever-Rising Pentagon Budgets The Beginning of the End for Ever-Rising Pentagon Budgets

In the long run, the Defense Department is not likely to escape the growing imperative of change.

Jul 14, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Lee Canceled

Lee Canceled Lee Canceled

Bad-Lee remembered.

Jul 14, 2020 / OppArt / Ron Hauge

US Army plane

More Veterans in Congress Could Mean Fewer Wars More Veterans in Congress Could Mean Fewer Wars

Research shows those in government who haven’t experienced combat are more likely to initiate it.

Jul 14, 2020 / Nan Levinson

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

America Is Headed Off a Cliff America Is Headed Off a Cliff

Buckle up!

Jul 14, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

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