Biden Needs To Find His Version of the Fireside Chat Biden Needs To Find His Version of the Fireside Chat
President-elect Joe Biden must meet our challenges through deeds. But words also matter.
Dec 8, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Do Not Hire This Man Do Not Hire This Man
Rahm Emanuel’s record of promoting neoliberal policies, attacking progressives and covering up police violence thoroughly disqualifies him.
Dec 3, 2020 / John Nichols
Trump’s Trying to Take the Internet Down With Him Trump’s Trying to Take the Internet Down With Him
A sore-loser president is promoting a last-minute assault on the underpinnings of discourse on the web.
Nov 30, 2020 / John Nichols
Janet Yellen at Treasury Is One of Biden’s Best Appointments Janet Yellen at Treasury Is One of Biden’s Best Appointments
As a former head of the Federal Reserve and economic adviser to the White House, she is uniquely qualified to take on the current challenges, but she must ensure that the new norma...
Nov 27, 2020 / Marshall Auerback
Trump’s Team Is Sabotaging the Transition Trump’s Team Is Sabotaging the Transition
Even after grudgingly accepting the reality of his defeat, the White House is working hard to hobble the incoming Biden administration.
Nov 25, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Time for Democrats to Drain the Real Swamp Time for Democrats to Drain the Real Swamp
Trump’s kleptocracy cannot continue.
Nov 24, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Long Can Biden Avoid Confronting Trump? How Long Can Biden Avoid Confronting Trump?
The president-elect has decided that the current president is best ignored. But what if Trump remains a force in political life?
Nov 23, 2020 / Jeet Heer
The Perils of Not Prosecuting Trump The Perils of Not Prosecuting Trump
Joe Biden is wary of a legal reckoning against his predecessor, but to let Trump go would be to sanction future corruption.
Nov 20, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Don’t Expect Jones Day to Stop Enabling Donald Trump Don’t Expect Jones Day to Stop Enabling Donald Trump
The law firm has been the president’s biggest legal booster—and beneficiary—from the start. It’s not going to stop now.
Nov 18, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Should Biden Hire Rahm Emanuel? Chicago Says, ‘Never! Never! Never!’ Should Biden Hire Rahm Emanuel? Chicago Says, ‘Never! Never! Never!’
The scandal-plagued neoliberal mayor’s track record is disqualifying, say the officials who know him best.
Nov 18, 2020 / John Nichols