Joe Biden

US President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House about pro-Palestinian campus protests on May 2, 2024.

Biden’s Domestic Reforms Don’t Add Up to the Great Society Biden’s Domestic Reforms Don’t Add Up to the Great Society

But they do signal that government can make life tangibly better.

May 13, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

President Joe Biden in Emancipation Hall at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on May 7, 2024. Biden denounced antisemitism at college campus protests against Israel during an annual Holocaust commemoration.

What Biden’s Holocaust Speech Ignored What Biden’s Holocaust Speech Ignored

The president’s ahistorical account of Gaza failed to acknowledge the discomfiting truth that brutalized communities can visit the same traumas on others.

May 8, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange (L) and former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan (R)

If Joe Biden Really Wants to Celebrate Press Freedom, He Should Free Julian Assange If Joe Biden Really Wants to Celebrate Press Freedom, He Should Free Julian Assange

Joe Biden will celebrate World Press Freedom Day tomorrow. But it is a safe bet that he'll have nothing to say about Assange or Imran Khan, both behind bars for defying the US.

May 2, 2024 / Charles Glass

How New Title IX Rules Leave Sexual Assault Survivors in the Lurch

How New Title IX Rules Leave Sexual Assault Survivors in the Lurch How New Title IX Rules Leave Sexual Assault Survivors in the Lurch

The Biden administration’s updates to the regulations have laudable aims, but one blind spot leaves victims vulnerable to retaliatory lawsuits.

Apr 25, 2024 / Ray Epstein

Trump Campaign Launches

Donald Trump’s Christian Soldiers Donald Trump’s Christian Soldiers

The MAGA church and white evangelical Christian voters.

Apr 15, 2024 / Peter Dreier

Should Biden Drop Out?

Should Biden Drop Out? Should Biden Drop Out?

Two writers look at the evidence come to different conclusions about the president’s reelection prospects.

Apr 11, 2024 / The Debate / Joshua A. Cohen and Steve Phillips

Palestinians return to inspect the destruction following the withdrawal of Israeli troops in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on Wednesday, April 10, 2024.

What Is Palestine’s Future After the Carnage? What Is Palestine’s Future After the Carnage?

Solutions crafted by outsiders to avoid, suppress, and restrict Palestinian agency are bound to fail. Palestinians should decide their own destiny.

Apr 11, 2024 / Tony Karon and Daniel Levy

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More Than Half a Million Democratic Voters Have Told Biden: Save Gaza! More Than Half a Million Democratic Voters Have Told Biden: Save Gaza!

The campaign to use “uncommitted” primary votes to send a message to Biden has won two dozen delegates, and it keeps growing.

Apr 5, 2024 / John Nichols

Former president Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on April 2, 2024.

Trump Has Now Lost to Biden in Wisconsin... Twice Trump Has Now Lost to Biden in Wisconsin... Twice

While Biden faced organized opposition in the Democratic primary, Trump did not. Yet Biden got more votes and a higher percentage of the total.

Apr 4, 2024 / John Nichols

RFK Jr. at a podium holding a microphone.

RFK Jr. Called Nader a Spoiler in 2000. Now That’s His Role. RFK Jr. Called Nader a Spoiler in 2000. Now That’s His Role.

He also claims Biden is a worse threat to democracy than Trump. As always, it’s all about Bobby.

Apr 2, 2024 / Joan Walsh

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