Here’s the Progressive Biden Should Pick to Run America’s Consumer Watchdog Here’s the Progressive Biden Should Pick to Run America’s Consumer Watchdog
President-elect Joe Biden should start rebuilding the CFPB—and thereby gain a powerful weapon in the fight against this economic downturn.
Dec 22, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Trump Is Guilty of Sedition and Must Be Brought to Justice Trump Is Guilty of Sedition and Must Be Brought to Justice
He’s violating his oath to protect the Constitution, and every day that he’s allowed to remain in power, the threat to our democracy grows.
Dec 22, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Good Riddance to Robert E. Lee Good Riddance to Robert E. Lee
…and to “very fine people on both sides” apologias for Confederate infamy.
Dec 22, 2020 / John Nichols
The Socialists vs. Andrew Cuomo The Socialists vs. Andrew Cuomo
Newly elected DSA members in the New York legislature will work with grassroots organizers to force the governor to tax the rich. Will their inside/outside strategy work?
Dec 22, 2020 / Liza Featherstone
Family Separations Family Separations
The parents of over 600 children, separated at the border by the US government, have not been located.
Dec 21, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Centrist Dems Are Wrong About November’s Losses Centrist Dems Are Wrong About November’s Losses
It wasn’t because voters were turned off by leftist sloganeering but because Dems failed to inspire their own base—and the data prove it.
Dec 21, 2020 / Steve Phillips
Trump’s Party Circus Trump’s Party Circus
The GOP undermines democracy.
Dec 19, 2020 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Georgia Senators Loeffler and Perdue Are Campaigning Against Democracy Georgia Senators Loeffler and Perdue Are Campaigning Against Democracy
First, they embraced Trump’s scheme to nullify almost 5 million Georgia votes. Now, they’re trying to suppress absentee voting in their own runoffs.
Dec 19, 2020 / John Nichols
Climate Change Climate Change
Public Art, Yerbabuena Cultural Center, San Francisco, Calif. Photo by Alessandra Mondolfi.
Dec 18, 2020 / OppArt / Alessandra Mondolfi