The Smear Campaign Against Robert Malley — and Biden's Iran Policy
With half-truths and insinuations absent any substance, D.C.’s hawks are making their opening salvos against diplomacy with Iran.
Politics
Merrick Garland Wants Former Facebook Lawyer to Top Antitrust Division
Susan Davies has spent much of the last decade working on behalf of major mergers and fending off antitrust enforcement.
Rebekah Mercer Raised Specter of “Armed Conflict” in 2019 Book
The billionaire heir has been financing a host of right-wing individuals and groups involved in the storming of the Capitol.
The Coronavirus Crisis
How Biden's FCC Could Bring Fast Relief to Students Struggling With Remote Learning
Biden’s pick for FCC chair, Jessica Rosenworcel, has long pushed to make it easier for schools to spend federal funds on home Wi-Fi and tech devices.
A Tech Investor Is Raising Funds to Investigate San Francisco Prosecutor’s Decarceral Approach
District Attorney Chesa Boudin is facing increasing scrutiny from Silicon Valley investors.
You Are Not a Loan
Activists and academics discuss the crisis of higher education and the growing movement to cancel student debt and make college free for all.
Voices
Forget Biden’s Bust of Cesar Chavez: Hunts Point Strike Is the Bold Labor Action the Country Needs
Essential workers, ravaged by the pandemic as their bosses raked in millions, organized from the bottom up and won concessions.
A Massachusetts Democrat Pushed His Party on Its Alex Morse Handling. Getting Called a “Faggot” Wasn’t Even the Worst Response.
A meeting of the Cambridge Democratic City Committee is a microcosm of the Massachusetts Democratic Party.
Voices
The Meaning of the Mittens: Five Possibilities
The symbolic power of Bernie’s old pair of mittens was the work of the “us” in “not me, us.”
Biden Should End Espionage Act Prosecutions of Whistleblowers and Journalists
It’s time to stop the war on journalism.