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Covid Relief
March 15, 2021
Bruce Bartlett
Republicans Greet Covid Stimulus With Another Round of Inflation Fearmongering
Their cry-wolf act is well practiced but lacks credibility.
March 15, 2021
Timothy Noah
The Covid Relief Bill Also Raises Taxes on the Rich
A little-talked-about provision in the recently passed measure shines a new light on the often bungled efforts of the past to rein in runaway inequality.
March 12, 2021
Walter Shapiro
Joe Biden’s Confident, Unconventional Politics
The president has chosen time and again to ignore the obvious political moves. It’s paying off.
March 11, 2021
Osita Nwanevu
Saving the Nation Cannot End With Biden’s Covid Relief Bill
Even as the president signs the American Rescue Plan Act into law, skittish Beltway moderates are already worried that he might want to do more.
March 11, 2021
Alex Pareene
Have Democrats Learned Their Lesson?
Party leaders like Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer say they won’t repeat the missteps of Barack Obama’s first term. They haven’t proved it quite yet.
March 10, 2021
Osita Nwanevu
Joe Manchin Decides Whether Biden’s Agenda Lives or Dies
Is the West Virginia lawmaker peddling false hope by suggesting he’s open to filibuster reform?
March 5, 2021
Ann Larson
My Pandemic Year Behind the Checkout Counter
On working amid paranoid customers, hungry shoplifters, sick co-workers, and people who just need a bathroom
March 4, 2021
Alex Pareene
Just Rewrite the Senate Rules Already
Stunts like forcing legislation to be read aloud would be trivially easy to get rid of, if anyone wanted to.
February 15, 2021
Osita Nwanevu
Arizona’s Democratic Senators Are Already Angering the Left
The activists who sent Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema to Washington aren’t happy with their early moves in office.
February 13, 2021
Alex Pareene
Call Kyrsten Sinema’s Bluff
The would-be maverick Democrat is trying to sink the minimum wage hike. Her threats are emptier than they seem.
February 12, 2021
Kiran Misra
Death to the Inspirational News Story
A teen gives up her college savings to pay her mother’s back rent. A student uses his lunch money to help pay down his classmate’s debt. Let’s stop pretending these stories are heartwarming.
February 5, 2021
Alex Shephard
Larry Summers Is Finally, Belatedly, Irrelevant
The longtime economic consigliere tried to blow up Biden’s stimulus. He ended up making it clear that no one is listening to him anymore.
December 18, 2020
Timothy Noah
Republicans for Recession
How can you tell that the GOP has accepted Biden is the duly elected president? They’re trying to destroy the economy.
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