As Democrats Rise In Virginia, So Does Intra-Party Distrust As Democrats Rise In Virginia, So Does Intra-Party Distrust
The tensions resonate nationally: How much is the party committed to diversity and inclusion, versus protecting incumbents and the establishment?
Apr 20, 2021 / Joan Walsh
The FDA Did the Right Thing in Pausing the J&J Vaccine The FDA Did the Right Thing in Pausing the J&J Vaccine
The Twitter epidemiologists convinced that regulators bungled the decision make for entertaining reading—but they’re wrong.
Apr 13, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Are Virginia Democrats Running Progressive Challengers Out of the 2021 Primary? Are Virginia Democrats Running Progressive Challengers Out of the 2021 Primary?
Three Black candidates primarying centrist incumbents just got blocked from the ballot for paperwork problems that candidates usually get to fix. What’s going on?
Apr 8, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Yes, Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Justin Fairfax Just Compared Himself to Emmett Till Yes, Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Justin Fairfax Just Compared Himself to Emmett Till
He blamed front-runner Terry McAuliffe for treating him like Till and George Floyd when he faced women’s claims of sexual assault in 2019.
Apr 7, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Everything You Need to Know About Georgia’s New Anti-Voting Law Everything You Need to Know About Georgia’s New Anti-Voting Law
It’s tailor-made to stop the expansion of the electorate that doomed Republicans in 2020 and 2021. Here’s how to fight back.
Apr 1, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Biden Meets, and Defeats, the Press Biden Meets, and Defeats, the Press
The president should postpone future news conferences. Not because he can’t handle them—but because the White House press corps can’t.
Mar 25, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Retire, Justice Breyer? It’s Complicated. Retire, Justice Breyer? It’s Complicated.
It’s tough to call for a SCOTUS resignation just so a president can nominate a replacement. But given the GOP’s ruthlessness over the past five years, it’s tough not to.
Mar 25, 2021 / Joan Walsh
What Janet Yellen Can Do at Treasury What Janet Yellen Can Do at Treasury
After the ravages of the pandemic, the American economy needs more than stabilizing—it needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. Will Yellen be up to the task?
Mar 24, 2021 / Feature / Joan Walsh
On Voting Rights, Ted Cruz Tells the Truth for Once On Voting Rights, Ted Cruz Tells the Truth for Once
Expanded voter access benefits Democrats. So Cruz is telling GOP leaders they must stop it.
Mar 23, 2021 / Joan Walsh
Stacey Abrams Knew Another Round of Attacks on Voting Was Coming Stacey Abrams Knew Another Round of Attacks on Voting Was Coming
Georgia Republicans’ conclusions from 2020: Too many Democrats voted. So their focus is on keeping them from voting, by any means necessary.
Mar 16, 2021 / Joan Walsh