Eyes Wide Shut Eyes Wide Shut
Dark obsessions. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of October 12.
Oct 16, 2020 / Steve Brodner
Trump Is Urging Republicans to Break the Law Trump Is Urging Republicans to Break the Law
He not only applauded the California GOP’s illegal use of mail-in ballot drop-boxes; he’s urging Republican officials elsewhere to do the same thing.
Oct 16, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
A Calm, Cool, and Presidential Joe Biden Won the ‘Debate’ That Wasn’t A Calm, Cool, and Presidential Joe Biden Won the ‘Debate’ That Wasn’t
In stark contrast to Trump’s desperate bravado, Biden explained, “It is the presidential responsibility to lead.”
Oct 16, 2020 / John Nichols
Texas and the Long Tail of Voter Suppression Texas and the Long Tail of Voter Suppression
As the growing number of Black and Latinx voters threaten the GOP’s stranglehold on power, attempts to limit safe voting options during the pandemic reveal a deeper sickness in Tex...
Oct 16, 2020 / Michael Barajas and The Texas Observer
Donald Trump Is America’s First Conspiracist President Donald Trump Is America’s First Conspiracist President
His paranoid fantasies are for the masses, but they are propped up by plenty of elites.
Oct 16, 2020 / Steve Fraser
Lindsey Graham Just ‘Committed a Crime in Plain Sight’ Lindsey Graham Just ‘Committed a Crime in Plain Sight’
An explicit pitch for campaign funds outside the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room has observers noting, “This is a crime.”
Oct 15, 2020 / John Nichols
A Red Zone Grows in Brooklyn A Red Zone Grows in Brooklyn
To confront the rising Covid-19 caseload, New York City has to rebuild trust, with aid and sympathy for the affected communities in all their Jewish (and non-Jewish) diversity.
Oct 15, 2020 / Ross Perlin
‘Roe v. Wade’ Is Nonnegotiable ‘Roe v. Wade’ Is Nonnegotiable
Don’t believe the hot takes that say we can do without it.
Oct 15, 2020 / Column / Katha Pollitt
There Is Only One Solution to the Amy Coney Barrett Debacle There Is Only One Solution to the Amy Coney Barrett Debacle
Yes, Democrats must expand the courts. Here’s why, and here’s how.
Oct 15, 2020 / Column / Elie Mystal