Don’t Reform the Courts. Disempower Them. Don’t Reform the Courts. Disempower Them.
The Supreme Court’s extreme anti-worker decision calls for a radical response.
Jun 2, 2023 / Jeet Heer
How Should Workers Respond to the Supreme Court’s Ruling in “Glacier Northwest”? How Should Workers Respond to the Supreme Court’s Ruling in “Glacier Northwest”?
The court’s ruling could have been much worse—and soon will be. Workers and unions need to be prepared.
Jun 1, 2023 / Jane McAlevey
Ron DeSantis Is Flaunting His Résumé—Does Anyone Care? Ron DeSantis Is Flaunting His Résumé—Does Anyone Care?
The Florida governor, who recently announced his bid for the presidency, is eager to prove his credentials. But GOP primary voters aren't interested.
May 30, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
The Courts’ Legitimacy Crisis Is an Opportunity Democrats Should Seize The Courts’ Legitimacy Crisis Is an Opportunity Democrats Should Seize
Calling out corrupt judges and reactionary courts is good policy—and good politics.
Biden Must Remake His Candidacy Biden Must Remake His Candidacy
His approval polling is too weak to afford not to mount a full-scale campaign in New Hampshire and other battleground states.
May 26, 2023 / D.D. Guttenplan and John Nichols
Ron DeSantis’s Copycat Strategy Is Failing Ron DeSantis’s Copycat Strategy Is Failing
The Florida governor’s bungled campaign launch makes clear there is only room for one Trump.
May 26, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Failure to Launch: The DeSantis Debacle Failure to Launch: The DeSantis Debacle
The jokes write themselves after Ron DeSantis’s campaign opener, on Twitter with cartoon villain Elon Musk, flames out as badly as some SpaceX rockets.
May 25, 2023 / Joan Walsh
DeSantis Seeks to Be America‘s Permanent Culture-War Commissar DeSantis Seeks to Be America‘s Permanent Culture-War Commissar
How the newly announced candidate for the GOP presidential nomination hopes to ride white backlash politics all the way to the White House.
May 25, 2023 / Anthony Conwright
Focusing on the Differences Between DeSantis and Trump Is Plainly Absurd Focusing on the Differences Between DeSantis and Trump Is Plainly Absurd
In the areas where Americans would be most severely affected, there’s hardly a fly’s hair of separation between them.
May 25, 2023 / Clarence Lusane
Can the British Labour Party Win Power Without a Left Wing? Can the British Labour Party Win Power Without a Left Wing?
Despite being far ahead of the ruling Conservatives in the polls, Labour’s leadership seems determined to purge its way to electability.
May 24, 2023 / Rachel Shabi