The Coronavirus Crisis
Covid-19 Relief Bill Doubles Health Care Budget — for Congress
The exclusive clinic used by members of Congress got an extra $5 million in the latest spending bill.
Politics
The Coronavirus Crisis
Hospital CEOs Have Gotten Rich Cutting Staff and Supplies. Now They’re Not Ready for the Next Wave.
Years of understaffing nurses and health care workers have consequences, experts say.
Trump to CIA: Say Goodbye to Your War on Terror
A Pentagon review of its relationship with the CIA will allow Biden to quickly reassess the forever wars from 9/11.
The Trump Administration Has Planted a Land Mine in Federal Agencies
A long-running corporate and GOP goal was accomplished in the last few weeks of the Trump administration.
A New Bill Aims to End Police Raids Like the One That Killed Breonna Taylor
Legislation introduced in New York this week is the latest, most ambitious effort to keep police from breaking into people’s homes.
Led by Black Women, Organizers in Georgia Work to Replicate Election Success in Senate Runoff
After turning out Georgia voters in record numbers in the general election, organizers work to mobilize the youth vote in the pivotal Senate runoff election.
AOC: Nancy Pelosi Needs to Go, but There’s Nobody to Replace Her Yet
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks to Jeremy Scahill on the Intercepted podcast.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Covid-19 Relief Draft Bill Provides $100 Billion “Double-Dip” Tax Deduction for the Wealthy
No stimulus checks, but big tax giveaways for well-connected business owners.
Voices
Warnock Is Taking White People to Church. That Could Be a Problem for Loeffler.
Ahead of Georgia’s Senate runoff, Sen. Kelly Loeffler has been focused on dog whistle attacks that paint Rev. Raphael Warnock as a radical Black preacher.
After George Floyd, Carbon Capture Tech Tiptoes Into Racial Justice
How national police protests and the Green New Deal pressured carbon capture leaders on equity.