Lindsey Graham’s Desperation Is Getting Deadly Lindsey Graham’s Desperation Is Getting Deadly
Graham is risking his Senate seat and public health by refusing to take a Covid test before SCOTUS hearings. His GOP colleagues could stop him, but they won’t.
Oct 12, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Kamala Harris Made It Look Easy. It Wasn’t. Kamala Harris Made It Look Easy. It Wasn’t.
Harris needed to show us she could beat Vice President Mike Pence—and stay smiling. She did that and more.
Oct 8, 2020 / Joan Walsh
The Man Protected by ‘Mother’ Has Rarely Dealt With a Woman Like Kamala The Man Protected by ‘Mother’ Has Rarely Dealt With a Woman Like Kamala
It won’t be easy for him.
Oct 7, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Get Ready for Election Month 2020 Get Ready for Election Month 2020
We won’t know on November 3 who won the White House.
Oct 1, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Yes, That Debate Was a Shit Show Yes, That Debate Was a Shit Show
If the election goes anything like the first debate, Trump will cheat brazenly—but maybe not get away with it.
Sep 30, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Amy Coney Barrett’s Extremist Religious Beliefs Merit Examination Amy Coney Barrett’s Extremist Religious Beliefs Merit Examination
Her Catholicism is irrelevant. The worldview of the fringe right-wing sect she has grown up in definitely isn’t.
Sep 26, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Democrats Can’t Take Any Option Off the Table Democrats Can’t Take Any Option Off the Table
The tendency to pretend the old norms still prevail is part of what’s gotten the nation to this awful crisis.
Sep 22, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Do Florida Democrats Want to Win the State Senate This Year? Do Florida Democrats Want to Win the State Senate This Year?
Party leaders’ reluctance to support promising challengers, and a penchant for punishing those who complain about that lack of support, provokes the question.
Sep 17, 2020 / Joan Walsh
A Democratic Convention for Acknowledging Pain, and for Healing A Democratic Convention for Acknowledging Pain, and for Healing
What I remember most about the DNC: facing our widespread suffering and committing to righting the wrongs that got us here.
Sep 4, 2020 / Feature / Joan Walsh
A Lawless Attorney General Hits New Lows A Lawless Attorney General Hits New Lows
In a CNN interview, William Barr showed total willingness to bend, break, or deny the law on behalf of his boss.
Sep 3, 2020 / Joan Walsh