The Political Wreckage of Kyrsten Sinema
Kyrsten Sinema’s only friends, it seems, are Republican donors and executives from petrochemical firms. Her persistent opposition to the Democratic agenda, particularly her efforts to sink its twin...
View ArticleJanuary 6 Recap: Finally Scratching the Surface on How Far Trump Was Willing...
Here’s what happened this weekThe Washington Post published a bombshell story about a December 2020 memo laying out how Donald Trump could try to use the National Security Agency and the Department of...
View ArticleRepublicans Are Attacking a Biden Nominee Over His Stance on the Gig Economy
David Weil’s nomination to be administrator of the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division has drawn opposition from the business lobby because the last time he had this job, during the Obama...
View ArticleVoter Fraud Propagandists Are Recycling Jim Crow Rhetoric
It’s safe to say that in living memory, public trust in American elections has never been lower. A year into Joe Biden’s presidency, the statistics have become familiar: roughly two-thirds of...
View ArticleDemocrats in Congress Are Poised to Hand Biden a Big Economic Win
The House gave President Joe Biden another reason to celebrate on Friday with the passage of a bill aimed at boosting competitiveness with China and soothing supply chain woes, capping a string of...
View ArticleFacebook’s Sad, Hilarious Pivot (Again) to Video
Is there crying in the Metaverse? On Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg warned his staff during an all hands meeting that he might tear up, citing a “scratched eye.” But Zuckerberg had reason to be...
View ArticleThe Emerging Plot to Defend Trump’s Next Coup
One of the great ironies of the January 6 commission tasked with investigating the Capitol riot and the forces behind it is that while it’s a necessary endeavor—for both an accurate historical record...
View ArticleTodd Gitlin’s Work Against the Dark
Todd Gitlin was an extraordinary man.A sociologist, cultural critic, journalist, a poet and novelist, an activist and intellectual, Todd lived a truly world historical life, and he was respected,...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Shortlister Who Has Liberals Worried
I wrote earlier this week about the credentials and experiences that presidents usually seek out in Supreme Court nominees. Some of the names reportedly on Biden’s shortlist match the generic profile...
View ArticleThe Republican Party Can’t Be Saved
It’s now official: The Republican Party is no longer a political party in any known American sense. Honestly, it hasn’t been for a quite some time, but with last week’s resolution condemning Liz Cheney...
View ArticleWhat Do Masks Do to Kids?
What are masks doing to our children? In recent months, as frustration with the ongoing pandemic increases, this question has felt particularly relevant.Everyone from hematologists and veterinarians to...
View ArticleHow the Economy Got Restructured to Screw Workers
A lot of people think the gig economy is what ails the labor market, but that isn’t quite right. Granted, there’s ample potential for corporations to abuse workers by misclassifying them as independent...
View ArticleBiden’s Dangerous Diplomatic High-Wire Act With Putin
Europe is once again on the edge of war. The unthinkable is all too thinkable: a major conflict on European soil with the unpredictability, the combustibility, and the ultimate futility of an extended...
View ArticleHow to Make an Omelet With Jason Epstein
By the time I got to know Jason Epstein, he had already reinvented publishing at least twice—the high-quality midlist paperback and the high-end Library of America—and had helped launch one of the most...
View ArticleHow Democrats Turned the Tables in the Gerrymandering Wars
Something very funny started happening over the last few months: Conservatives started complaining about gerrymandering. Maybe they suddenly had an epiphany about its corrosive, anti-democratic effects...
View ArticleGreg Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star” Could Threaten Everyone’s Right to Vote
In the United States, we’ve all become so inured to our federal system of government, with its individual state constitutions and lack of a uniformed national armed law enforcement authority, that it’s...
View ArticleYou Don’t Own That Parking Space Just Because You Shoveled Away the Snow
Last weekend’s nor’easter dumped a full two feet of snow onto Boston, triggering a familiar debate that tore apart the city in a way other topics rarely do. In the days following the blizzard,...
View ArticleCongress Would Rather Spend Money on China Anxiety Than Climate Change
As it limped through negotiations in Congress and the White House, the Build Back Better Act was known less for its contents, including clean energy tax credits, incentives for electric vehicles, and...
View ArticleMike Pence Is No Hero, and He Never Stood a Chance in 2024 Anyway
Has Mike Pence finally realized he’ll never be president? Last week, while speaking to a Federalist Society conference in Florida, Pence insisted that, contrary to his former boss Donald Trump’s recent...
View ArticleGeorgia Is the Midterm Ground Zero for America’s Political Future
In this year of intensely important midterm elections, probably no state in the nation will be more closely watched than Georgia. The Democrats’ most charismatic gubernatorial candidate will be seeking...
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