White Supremacist Candidate Who Disrupted Katie Porter Event Has a History of Violence
Nick Taurus — the homophobic and antisemitic racist who tried to hijack the California representative’s town hall — is not popular, but he is dangerous.
Politics
The Coronavirus Crisis
Banks Are Reversing Course on PPP Loans to Small Business Owners
Four small business owners said they have been notified by their lenders that they shouldn’t have received the amount they were approved for.
Health Officials Warn Historic Addiction Treatment Funding Burdened by Federal Bureaucracy
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s controversial questionnaire aims to assess addiction program performance. But many say it also re-traumatizes an already vulnerable population.
Meet the Consulting Firm That’s Staffing the Biden Administration
WestExec represented major corporations throughout the Trump years. Now it’s in the White House.
Pentagon Undercounts and Ignores Military Sexual Assault in Africa
New documents on sexual assault in the U.S. military reveal failures in leadership and accountability at bases in Africa.
A Nation Conceived in Liberty Confronts Its Queasiness With the "MILF Mobile"
A new law banning “vulgar” vanity plates sets the stage for a free speech showdown in the Pine Tree State.
Voices
At 245, America Is Old Enough to Be Honest About Its Founding
The Declaration of Independence's clause about "merciless Indian Savages" and its deleted passage on slavery say a lot about us.
Wall Street’s Candidate Loses Manhattan District Attorney Primary
After donating $8.2 million to her own campaign, Tali Farhadian Weinstein fell short.
Firms That Backed Gov. Charlie Baker’s Pro-Charter Initiative Scored Millions in Contracts With Massachusetts Pension Fund
Three private equity investment managers who supported the Yes on 2 campaign in 2016 have since seen their companies receive a windfall of new investments.
Nuclear Weapon Skeptics Face Turbulent Path to Rein In the Pentagon
As the Pentagon undertakes the most ambitious development of nuclear weapons in decades, skeptics in the House of Representatives haven’t yet found a unified strategy to achieve cutbacks.