Voices
Yes, Blame Christian Fundamentalism for the Atlanta Murders
The shooter's church denounces misogyny, but its dogma says desire is a sickness.
Politics
Ohio Democrat Mulling Senate Run Defended Anti-Abortion Laws as State Health Director
Amy Acton is expected to appeal to suburban women voters — but her work in Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s administration may complicate that.
The Coronavirus Crisis
With Butch Lewis Act, Workers Won Major Victory for Right to Secure Retirement
Further Wall Street mismanagement of pension investments is an ongoing concern.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Drugmakers Promise Investors They'll Soon Hike Covid-19 Vaccine Prices
Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson pledged affordable vaccines — but only as long as there’s a “pandemic.”
The War on Immigrants
Biden’s Justice Department Is Defending a Trump Rule That Restricts Options for Immigration Relief
A federal judge in California last week suspended implementation of the rule, while a judge in D.C. has questioned the Biden administration's defense of it.
White Supremacists, Conspiracy Theorists Are Targeting Cell Towers, Police Warn
Extremist groups joined forces in the weeks after the election to target critical infrastructure and “incite fear,” an NYPD intelligence report said.
What Biden’s Talking Filibuster Could Look Like
Ending today's filibuster rules would not be radical for Biden — just a return to how things worked when he entered the Senate in 1973.
Liberal Think Tanks Outline Steps to Resuming Student Loan Payments in September
But Biden had expressed openness to extending the payment moratorium beyond that point.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Amazon Retaliated Against Chicago Workers Following Spring Covid-19 Protests, NLRB Finds
Workers are now waiting to see how, and if, Amazon will agree to settle the claims.
Cuomo’s “Women’s Equality Party” Might Just Be the Most Cynical Political Move of His Career
Cuomo deployed the “WEP” to back male machine candidates over women with a real shot at winning.