Grassroots or Astroturf? Inside the Republicans’ Rebranding as the “Parents Party”
In a suburban Virginia district, right-wing operatives get involved in local school board politics, with help from billionaire donors.
Politics
Leaked: New Amazon Worker Chat App Would Ban Words Like “Union,” “Restrooms,” “Pay Raise,” and “Plantation”
Also: “Grievance,” “slave labor,” “This is dumb,” “living wage,” “diversity,” “vaccine,” and others.
Amazon Did Everything It Could to Bust the Staten Island Union. They Overcame It All.
Inside the Amazon Labor Union’s historic victory over the corporate behemoth.
Voices
We Still Need to Ban These 10 Russian Things
Sure, we've expelled Russian cats from international competitions and renamed Russian dressing. But there's so far to go.
At a Pivotal Moment, Democrats Failed to Modernize Elections
At the center of the failure was the Brennan Center, which bucked local election officials and told Congress to focus on matters other than election funding.
Missouri Democrats’ New Senate Candidate Was Crowned Queen of Whites-Only Ball
Trudy Busch Valentine, who joined the race Monday, was crowned queen of the St. Louis elite’s Veiled Prophet Ball in 1977.
Voices
Honor Culture Is Back. We Eradicated It for a Reason.
Abraham Lincoln, Will Smith, and dueling.
Voices
RIP Madeleine Albright and Her Awful, Awful Career
From setting the stage for the Iraq War to acting as a brand ambassador for a pyramid scheme, Clinton's secretary of state did it all.
Congress Is Already Blowing a Key Chance to Reform Nuclear Weapons Policy
The national security establishment and its corporate allies dominate Congress’s new nuclear weapons commission.
Biden Administration Drafting Order to Invoke Defense Production Act for Green Energy Storage Technology
A draft of the executive order obtained by The Intercept would use the Defense Production Act to ramp up mineral production for electric car batteries.