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May 18, 2022
Alex Shephard
Did Democrats Make a Mistake by Hyping a Trumpy Insurrectionist in Pennsylvania?
The party believed Doug Mastriano would be the easiest candidate to beat in November, so they followed the same risky strategy that backfired tremendously in 2016.
May 18, 2022
Grace Segers
Kurt Schrader Could Be the Next Establishment Democrat Toppled by a Progressive Challenger
The Big Pharma–friendly congressman from Oregon’s 5th district is lagging Jamie McLeod-Skinner in Tuesday’s primary results. How big a bellwether is it for the left?
May 18, 2022
Abdul El-Sayed
Michigan Is Becoming the Ground Zero of Abortion Battles
Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel may be the most important bulwark protecting Michiganders should Roe fall.
May 18, 2022
Grace Segers
The Baby Formula Crisis Shows the Risks of Corporate Concentration
The government may be able to provide a quick fix to the deepening emergency. Solving the problem’s root cause will be substantially more difficult.
May 18, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Democrats Are Frozen With Fear of the Midterm Voter
With poll numbers growing more dire by the day, the party needs to shake off its torpor and remind people what it stands for.
May 18, 2022
Jordan Michael Smith
Why Is Putin So Oddly Chill About Sweden and Finland Joining NATO?
Maybe it’s a sign that he knows his botched war has diminished his power. But he did add one caveat to his assent.
May 17, 2022
Timothy Noah
Is the Typical CEO Really Worth $15 Million?
Of course not. But that’s what they make as they profit from the inflation that’s hurting the middle class.
May 17, 2022
Grace Segers
,
Daniel Strauss
Pennsylvania May Be Democrats’ Best Hope for a Senate Pickup in 2022
The GOP candidates vying for the Keystone State’s seat in the upper house are wildly out of the mainstream. That doesn’t mean Democrats can beat them.
May 17, 2022
Matt Ford
American Politics Just Got a Little More Corrupt Thanks to Ted Cruz and John Roberts
Campaign graft continues its long-running undefeated streak at the Supreme Court.
May 17, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Great Replacement Theory Is Just Republican Orthodoxy Now
The vile conspiracy that led to a mass shooting in Buffalo has been normalized by leaders on the right.
May 16, 2022
Natalie Shure
Stop Trying to Extract Larger Lessons From the Amber Heard–Johnny Depp Trial
The celebrity pair’s sad and sordid relationship isn’t a unified field theorem that explains contemporary politics.
May 16, 2022
Michael Tomasky
“We’ve Crossed the Rubicon”: Brynn Tannehill on Our Post-
Roe
Dystopia
The author of “American Fascism” on the relationship between our rigged political system and abortion, same-sex marriage, and contraceptive rights.
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May 16, 2022
Alex Thomas
Donald Trump’s Gaffe About
Roe
Has Become America’s Worrisome Future
The anti-abortion movement once recoiled at the former president’s assertion that women should be punished for having abortions. It’s since started to embrace his way of thinking.
May 16, 2022
Melissa Gira Grant
Public Defenders Are About to Be on the Front Lines for Protecting Abortion Rights
If
Roe
gets overturned, defense attorneys will face a wave of new prosecutions targeting pregnant people.
May 16, 2022
Timothy Noah
The Trump Hotel Is Gone, but Its Squalid Legacy Will Never Die
Donald Trump used his Washington hotel for corrupt purposes. He still managed to lose money—but now, thanks to a suck-up bank, he’s walking away with $100 million.
May 16, 2022
Michael Tomasky
The Buffalo Shooting Is the Latest White Rage Backlash, Brought to You by the GOP
The gunman was angry about “replacement theory.” Gee, where do we think he might have first heard about that?
May 14, 2022
Jason Linkins
Biden’s Embrace of Unions Is a Boon for Democracy
The White House’s support for labor organizing will become critical if Democrats get locked out of power at the federal level in November.
May 13, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Dumb Reason a Book-Banning Republican Senator Got a Major Publishing Award
The Association of American Publishers awarded Republican Senator Thom Tillis for his work on copyright.
May 13, 2022
Matt Ford
God Bless John Eastman for Taking Meticulous Notes on Trump’s Criminal Conspiracy
Believe it or not, we all owe the former president’s personal coup lawyer a huge debt of gratitude.
May 13, 2022
Maya Wiley
Hope Is Not Naïve; It’s the Only Path to Victory
Yes, we haven’t gotten all we want. But we have to let people know that the only way to get more is to vote.
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