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Joe Biden answers questions about Israel after speaking about the Special Counsel report in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 8, 2024

Biden Can No Longer Avoid Questions About His Fitness for a Second Term Biden Can No Longer Avoid Questions About His Fitness for a Second Term

A long-simmering debate has boiled to the surface with the special counsel’s report. How the president responds will determine whether he is reelected.

Feb 9, 2024 / John Nichols

Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley Campaigns In California

Nikki Haley’s Big Flop Nikki Haley’s Big Flop

Trump’s only remaining Republican opponent lost in the Nevada primary to the ballot option for “None of these candidates.”

Feb 9, 2024 / Sasha Abramsky

Praying for Sanity

Praying for Sanity Praying for Sanity

Evangelicals ignoring Trump's immorality.

Feb 9, 2024 / OppArt / Clay Bennett

Artist sketch depicting attorney Jonathan Mitchell arguing before the Supreme Court on behalf of former president Donald Trump on Thursday, February 8, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

The Supreme Court Is Not Going to Save Us From Donald Trump The Supreme Court Is Not Going to Save Us From Donald Trump

The justices have made clear that they do not think the 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump from running for office. That means there’s only one way to stop him—at the ballot box.

Feb 9, 2024 / Elie Mystal

Hundreds of dual victims rallied to end life without the possibility of parole. Two Bills in the Pensylvania legislature, Senate Bill 942 and House Bill 135, which end Life without Parole which amount to death by incarceration, protesters rallied inside the state capitol with victims on both sides of the issue giving passionate speeches in favor of the bills in Harrisburg, PA on October 23, 2019.

It’s Known as “Death by Incarceration.” These People Want to End It. It’s Known as “Death by Incarceration.” These People Want to End It.

More people are serving life sentences without parole in Pennsylvania than almost anywhere else in America. An increasingly vocal movement is trying to change that.

Feb 9, 2024 / Victoria Law

Trump supporters rally to welcome him at Manchester airport in Manchester, N.H., on May 10, ahead of his CNN town hall.

Will the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 Turn Trumpism Into a Governing Agenda? Will the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 Turn Trumpism Into a Governing Agenda?

Be scared, be very scared.

Feb 8, 2024 / Robert L. Borosage

President Trump Departs White House For Campaign Stops In Minnesota

The US: No Longer the Ultimate Superpower The US: No Longer the Ultimate Superpower

That time has long passed.

Feb 8, 2024 / Tom Engelhardt

Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, May 18, 2023.

Bernie Sanders: “The International Billionaire Class Is Making Out Like Bandits” Bernie Sanders: “The International Billionaire Class Is Making Out Like Bandits”

The Vermont senator denounces the wealth concentration fueling global wars at the expense of everyday people.

Feb 8, 2024 / Sen. Bernie Sanders

Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) speaks about Republicans’ abandoning the bipartisan border deal during the Senate Democrats’ press conference in the US Capitol on Tuesday, February 6, 2024.

The Democrats’ Hard-Right Turn on Immigration Is a Disaster In Every Way The Democrats’ Hard-Right Turn on Immigration Is a Disaster In Every Way

It’s amoral. It’s desperate. It’s politically reckless. It’s wrong no matter how you look at it.

Feb 8, 2024 / Adam Johnson

A New Tack

A New Tack A New Tack

Blind woman walking.

Feb 8, 2024 / OppArt / Ann Telnaes

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