Trump Is Trying to Overturn the Election, but I’m Not Panicking—Yet Trump Is Trying to Overturn the Election, but I’m Not Panicking—Yet
All the reasons I think the Trump-GOP gambit to deny Biden’s victory will not change the fact that he will become president on January 20.
Nov 10, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Cameroonian Asylum Seekers Say They Face Violent Persecution Upon Deportation Cameroonian Asylum Seekers Say They Face Violent Persecution Upon Deportation
Immigrant rights advocates allege that ICE detainees are being coerced, sometimes violently, into signing their own removal papers and returned to a country that is arresting and b...
Nov 9, 2020 / John Washington
John Kasich Contributed Nothing to Biden’s Election, So Why Should Democrats Listen to His Claptrap? John Kasich Contributed Nothing to Biden’s Election, So Why Should Democrats Listen to His Claptrap?
Kasich claims the left harmed Democrats. Wrong. Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and movements boosted turnout and helped swing key states.
Nov 9, 2020 / John Nichols
Jared Kushner: Nepotism at Work Jared Kushner: Nepotism at Work
Son-in-lawless.
Nov 7, 2020 / OppArt / Jos Sances
Trump Doesn’t Have a Path to Victory Through the Courts Trump Doesn’t Have a Path to Victory Through the Courts
While the election remains uncomfortably close, Trump’s attempts to use far-fetched legal arguments to stop vote counting in states like Pennsylvania are unlikely to succeed.
Nov 5, 2020 / Elie Mystal
California Chooses Criminal Justice Reform California Chooses Criminal Justice Reform
Results are not final, and some are not progressive, but Golden State voters continue to turn away from the tough-on-crime course set in the 1990s.
Nov 4, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Homeland Security Thinks Everything Looks Like Terrorism Homeland Security Thinks Everything Looks Like Terrorism
Hammer, meet nail.
Nov 4, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein
Stephen Miller’s Second-Term Immigration Agenda Is Worse Than He Wants People to Know Stephen Miller’s Second-Term Immigration Agenda Is Worse Than He Wants People to Know
The senior administration official who dabbles in white nationalism is just getting started. “Stephen’s in charge,” Trump once said.
Nov 3, 2020 / Jean Guerrero
No Matter Who Wins, It’s Time to Get Rid of the Electoral College No Matter Who Wins, It’s Time to Get Rid of the Electoral College
We should be moving toward a national popular vote to choose our presidents.
Nov 3, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
After Philadelphia Police Shot and Killed Walter Wallace After Philadelphia Police Shot and Killed Walter Wallace
The city erupted in the usual pattern of peaceful protest followed by looting. Then something strange happened.
Nov 3, 2020 / Gene Seymour