Society

Joe Biden

Do Joe Biden’s Mistakes Matter? Do Joe Biden’s Mistakes Matter?

The Democratic front-runner insists conflating the stories of two brave soldiers is not a problem in the post-truth age of Trump. That’s a little scary.

Sep 3, 2019 / Joan Walsh

Sanders

Democracy Dies From Bad Fact-Checking Democracy Dies From Bad Fact-Checking

The Washington Post is feeding into Trump’s agenda by turning fact-checking into an ideological weapon.

Sep 3, 2019 / Jeet Heer

This New Book Highlights Arab Women Reporting From the Arab World

This New Book Highlights Arab Women Reporting From the Arab World This New Book Highlights Arab Women Reporting From the Arab World

Zahra Hankir’s anthology Our Women on the Ground elevates vital but often overlooked voices from Morocco to Gaza to Yemen.

Sep 3, 2019 / Sarah Aziza

Labor unions constitutional convention

Labor Rights Are Human Rights — It’s Time We Guaranteed Them in the Constitution Labor Rights Are Human Rights — It’s Time We Guaranteed Them in the Constitution

The US used to tell the world that strong unions were a bulwark against fascism. We should take our own advice and enshrine the right to organize.

Sep 2, 2019 / John Nichols

Facing the Facts

Facing the Facts Facing the Facts

Mass shootings: Live with it?

Sep 2, 2019 / OppArt / Kevin Kallaugher

Boris Johnson protest

Brexit Gives Its Former Colonies a Whiff of Schadenfreude Brexit Gives Its Former Colonies a Whiff of Schadenfreude

Britain is learning what many of its former colonies already know: Democracy requires constant vigilance.

Aug 30, 2019 / Nanjala Nyabola

Bret Stephens and Megyn Kelly

The Megyn Kelly Syndrome Strikes Bret Stephens The Megyn Kelly Syndrome Strikes Bret Stephens

The Times columnist is just the latest example of a right-winger who flounders outside his ideological bubble.

Aug 30, 2019 / Jeet Heer

Bernie Sanders & Kristin Gillibrand Medicare for All

Democrats Need Litmus Tests on Health Care Democrats Need Litmus Tests on Health Care

But that doesn’t necessarily mean Medicare for All.

Aug 30, 2019 / Joshua Holland

Trump’s Support of Boris Johnson Should Remind Congress of the Necessity of Impeachment

Trump’s Support of Boris Johnson Should Remind Congress of the Necessity of Impeachment Trump’s Support of Boris Johnson Should Remind Congress of the Necessity of Impeachment

Be wary of a president who celebrates abuses of power abroad and who, at home, imagines that the Constitution “allows me to do whatever I want.”

Aug 30, 2019 / John Nichols

Donald Trump

Trump’s Corruption Is Now More Brazen Than Ever Trump’s Corruption Is Now More Brazen Than Ever

From his G-7 Doral heist to Bill Barr’s Christmas Party to steering wall-building contracts to GOP cronies, it’s grift all the way down.

Aug 28, 2019 / Joan Walsh

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