No Attack on Voting Rights Is Too Racist for This Supreme Court No Attack on Voting Rights Is Too Racist for This Supreme Court
The court’s decision to let Alabama’s new redistricting map remain in place opens the door to a season of racist gerrymandering.
Feb 8, 2022 / Elie Mystal
Is Mike Pence Really the Future of the Republican Party? Is Mike Pence Really the Future of the Republican Party?
Finally, Pence publicly rebuked Trump for claiming the vice president could have overturned the election. He should have spoken up about Trump’s plans to hold on to power much soon...
Feb 7, 2022 / Joan Walsh
Don’t Sleep on the January 6 Committee Don’t Sleep on the January 6 Committee
I’d like it to be more public and to have more hearings. But it’s finding devastating evidence that Trump and friends broke the law.
Feb 3, 2022 / Joan Walsh
Will New York’s Redistricting Be Enough to Save the Democrats? Will New York’s Redistricting Be Enough to Save the Democrats?
The state’s proposed maps could add at least three blue seats.
Feb 2, 2022 / Ross Barkan
Biden’s Pledges to Palestinians—a Year of Disappointment Biden’s Pledges to Palestinians—a Year of Disappointment
The new administration promised a policy based on valuing Palestinian and Israeli lives equally. That promise has not been kept.
Jan 24, 2022 / James Zogby
On Hunger Strike for Voting Rights On Hunger Strike for Voting Rights
Unite Here Local 11 has repeatedly reached out to Kyrsten Sinema to express deep dismay at the prospect that the several voter protection bills circulating in D.C. won’t pass in th...
Jan 21, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky
The Protest Movement and the Protest Government The Protest Movement and the Protest Government
No one acquainted with right-wing media can doubt that anger over the 2020 riots—in Portland, Seattle, Kenosha, Philadelphia, and elsewhere—fed the wildness of the January 6 riot.
Jan 14, 2022 / David Bromwich
Madison Cawthorn’s Incitement of Insurrection Should Knock Him Off the Ballot Madison Cawthorn’s Incitement of Insurrection Should Knock Him Off the Ballot
The Republican representative’s words and deeds disqualify him from office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
Jan 13, 2022 / John Nichols
Ron Johnson Breaks His Term-Limit Pledge in Order to Keep Serving the Billionaire Class Ron Johnson Breaks His Term-Limit Pledge in Order to Keep Serving the Billionaire Class
The senator from Wisconsin announced his reelection run in The Wall Street Journal. Why? That’s the newspaper of his real constituents.
Jan 12, 2022 / John Nichols