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May 4, 2022
Timothy Noah
Women Wouldn’t Lose Their Right to Choose If We Elected Presidents by Popular Vote
Four of the five justices who are prepared to overturn Roe were installed by popular vote–losing presidents. Blame the Electoral College.
May 4, 2022
Meredith Shiner
Democrats Can Go Scorched Earth on Abortion Rights, or Go Home
Don’t ask me again for my vote if you’re just going to sleepwalk through the end of reproductive freedom—and democracy.
May 3, 2022
Alex Shephard
Republicans Cast Themselves as the True Victims of the Supreme Court’s
Roe
Leak
It’s a desperate attempt to make it seem like it’s liberals, not the right, who are to blame for the court’s loss of legitimacy.
May 3, 2022
Philip Cohen
Overturning
Roe
Is an Attack on the Modern Family
Abortion rights are the foundation not just for women’s rights but for the entire modern understanding of marriage, nuclear family, and life in a wealthy democracy.
May 3, 2022
Melissa Gira Grant
The Real Fight for Abortion Rights Is Not in the Courts or Congress
Communities across the country have already been preparing for the end of Roe.
May 3, 2022
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Won’t Stop With Abortion Rights
Tuesday’s leaked draft decision is a fearsome template for overturning a slew of rulings that have shaped American life for decades.
May 3, 2022
Timothy Noah
No, Republicans Aren’t Better at Managing the Economy Than Democrats
By virtually every objective measure, Democrats do better. It’s not even close. So why doesn’t America know it?
May 3, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Democrats’ Midterm Message Is Getting Desperate
Putting Donald Trump on the ballot won’t save them.
May 2, 2022
Daniel Strauss
How Kevin McCarthy Punted on a Chance to Stop Marjorie Taylor Greene
A new book reveals that GOP aides wanted the party to back MTG’s primary opponent—but McCarthy, afraid of Donald Trump’s reaction, killed the idea.
May 2, 2022
Maya Wiley
How Trump Dangerously Turned an Old Law on Its Head—and What Congress Must Do About It
The Insurrection Act was written and amended to protect law and order. Trumpworld tried to use it to subvert law and order—and will do so again.
May 2, 2022
Stephen Noonoo
The Mental Health Crisis That’s Causing Teachers to Quit
“Every minute I wasn’t with the kids, personally, I was beyond treading water with my mental health. I was just drowning.”
May 2, 2022
Michael Tomasky
Seriously, Democrats? You’re Replacing Iowa with … New Hampshire?
Dumping the Iowa caucuses presents an opportunity for a fresh rethink of the whole process. Which apparently is something the Democratic National Committee doesn’t have the guts to do.
May 2, 2022
Sandeep Vaheesan
How 37 Puerto Rican Jockeys Created an Opening for Gig Worker Unionizing
For years, the force of antitrust laws has been used to deny independent contractors their labor rights. Thanks to a Boston appeals court’s ruling, that could all change.
April 29, 2022
Timothy Noah
Don’t Count Your Recession Before It’s Hatched
The grim first-quarter GDP number has people invoking the R-word. We’ll see. In the meantime, take that trip to Costa Rica you can’t afford.
April 29, 2022
Alex Shephard
Homeland Security’s New Disinformation Board Is a Bad Idea, Just Not for the Reason Tucker Carlson Says It Is
The Biden administration should dismantle the DHS, not give it new stuff to do.
April 29, 2022
Timothy Noah
Don’t Let the Tobacco Industry Use George Floyd to Kill a Ban on Menthol Cigarettes
Most members of the Congressional Black Caucus agree that the ban is a great move. So why is Al Sharpton taking the side of R.J. Reynolds?
April 29, 2022
Alex Shephard
Sure, Call Trump a Loser. Don’t Expect Republican Voters to Care.
Taking down Trump isn’t a simple matter of messaging.
April 29, 2022
Jason Linkins
Washington Suits Up for the White House Correspondents’ Superspreader Event
The annual gala celebrating the sleazy relationship between Beltway power brokers and reporters is back—and the discourse surrounding it is dumber than ever.
April 29, 2022
Andrew J. Bacevich
The Ukraine War Is Ballooning America’s Military Industrial Complex
The U.S. has sent thousands more troops to Europe, and spent billions on weapons for Ukraine. Meanwhile, the Pentagon’s budget continues to grow. Americans are paying the price for it.
April 29, 2022
Grace Segers
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Daniel Strauss
Finally, We Know There Will Be Hearings. Will America Care?
The House select committee will hold eight hearings in June. They’re its one shot at making Americans care about the attempted coup d’état we all saw.
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