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Why We Intend to Pass a New Yemen War Powers Resolution

Why We Intend to Pass a New Yemen War Powers Resolution Why We Intend to Pass a New Yemen War Powers Resolution

Ending unconstitutional US involvement in the war.

Feb 7, 2022 / Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Rep. Peter DeFazio

Big Enough

Big Enough Big Enough

Dangerous and offensive.

Feb 7, 2022 / OppArt / Ed Wexler

A Manifesto for Dignity in a Digital Age

A Manifesto for Dignity in a Digital Age A Manifesto for Dignity in a Digital Age

On Ro Khanna’s bold vision.

Feb 7, 2022 / Martha C. Nussbaum

Baseball Players Can’t Live on “a Cup of Coffee”

Baseball Players Can’t Live on “a Cup of Coffee” Baseball Players Can’t Live on “a Cup of Coffee”

The media’s “billionaires vs. millionaires” view of the current baseball lockout is a major league lie. The vast majority of players who reach the big leagues don’t play long enoug...

Feb 7, 2022 / Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier

FDR with cabinet

As Child Tax Payments Expire, Struggling Families Are Desperate As Child Tax Payments Expire, Struggling Families Are Desperate

Congress could get inspiration from the tortured creation of Social Security.

Feb 7, 2022 / James Roosevelt Jr., Henry Scott Wallace, June Hopkins, Tomlin Perkins Coggeshall, and Harold M. Ickes

Press Secretary Psaki Holds Daily Briefing

Democrats Are Facing an Uphill Battle Democrats Are Facing an Uphill Battle

With the midterm elections on the horizon, the party is alienating its base and losing public confidence.

Feb 7, 2022 / Aída Chávez

The Town That QAnon Nearly Swallowed

The Town That QAnon Nearly Swallowed The Town That QAnon Nearly Swallowed

Right-wing demagogues tried to take over a small town in the Pacific Northwest. Here’s how concerned citizens stopped them.

Feb 7, 2022 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

Has the Pandemic Pushed Universities to the Brink?

Has the Pandemic Pushed Universities to the Brink? Has the Pandemic Pushed Universities to the Brink?

Covid has turned the gap between universities and colleges serving mainly privileged students and those serving needy ones into a chasm and it is unclear if the latter will be able...

Feb 7, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Delbanco

Ukraine soldiers near tank

Russia, Ukraine, and “The New York Times” Russia, Ukraine, and “The New York Times”

The paper of record’s coverage of the crisis has been a series of shameless provocative conjectures posing as facts.

Feb 5, 2022 / Column / David Bromwich

Proud Boys at the state capitol in Oregon

The Politics of the Capitol Insurrection Are Spreading Across the Country The Politics of the Capitol Insurrection Are Spreading Across the Country

The far-right groups that stormed the Capitol are now focusing on local, and even electoral, politics.

Feb 5, 2022 / Column / Kali Holloway

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