Sarah Huckabee Sanders, You’re No Jack Kennedy Sarah Huckabee Sanders, You’re No Jack Kennedy
Trying to evoke a lost Cold War consensus, the GOP’s rising star conflated “normal” with “crazy.”
Feb 10, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Joe Biden Is Following the Lead of West Coast Progressives Joe Biden Is Following the Lead of West Coast Progressives
The president's State of the Union address showed a willingness to implement a program of economic justice that has secured Democratic wins in Western states.
Feb 10, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky
Congress Shouldn’t Clap for Tyre Nichols’s Parents—They Should Apologize Congress Shouldn’t Clap for Tyre Nichols’s Parents—They Should Apologize
Many of the people rising for Nichols’s parents during the State of the Union didn’t do enough to prevent his death—and quite a few did worse than that.
Feb 9, 2023 / Elie Mystal
War With China Is Preventable, Not Inevitable War With China Is Preventable, Not Inevitable
What is needed is a policy of constructive coexistence.
Feb 9, 2023 / Jake Werner and William D. Hartung
What Biden’s State of the Union Was Missing, According to Young People What Biden’s State of the Union Was Missing, According to Young People
From climate change, to policing, to labor rights, to the Covid-19 pandemic, here are the issues that young people hope Biden will focus on after his SOTU address.
Feb 9, 2023 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Facing a Divided Congress, Biden Takes a Populist Stance Facing a Divided Congress, Biden Takes a Populist Stance
In his first State of the Union address since last year’s midterms, the president upheld a program of economic justice and stood firm against GOP obstructionists.
Feb 8, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
President, 80, Bests House Speaker, 58 President, 80, Bests House Speaker, 58
An invigorated Joe Biden proved that Sleepy Kevin McCarthy is the GOP leader in name only. And maybe not for long.
Feb 8, 2023 / Joan Walsh
Biden Just Showed Us How He’ll Run for Reelection Biden Just Showed Us How He’ll Run for Reelection
The State of the Union made it clear: Biden is running in 2024, and he thinks his path to victory runs through blue-collar America.
Feb 8, 2023 / John Nichols
The Economic Response to the Pandemic Proved We Can Have Nice Things The Economic Response to the Pandemic Proved We Can Have Nice Things
Biden is ending the Covid public health emergency, and with it will go some of the positive outcomes of the terrible pandemic.
Feb 7, 2023 / David M. Perry
If You Want to Hear the Future of Democratic Politics, Listen to Delia Ramirez If You Want to Hear the Future of Democratic Politics, Listen to Delia Ramirez
The Illinois Representative will give a response to President Biden’s State of the Union address, offering a bold vision for a future that uplifts working-class voters.
Feb 7, 2023 / John Nichols