Voices
Trump May Face Prosecution — but Not for His War Crimes
For U.S. presidents, the torture and killing of civilians is forgivable but mafia-style accounting and hush money payments are not.
Politics
FBI Questioned a Michigan Senate Staffer After Zoom Call About Banning Tear Gas
The FBI visit raised alarming questions about why a confidential legislative discussion warranted police scrutiny.
Showtime Documentary Proves Trump Is the 21st Century Reagan
Trump is to Reagan like crack is to cocaine: cheaper, faster-acting, and less glamorous. But they’re essentially the same thing.
How Israel Attacks Drove Raphael Warnock Into the Arms of a Centrist Pro-Israel Group
Democratic Majority for Israel’s endorsement of Warnock — and Warnock’s embrace of it — was a step backward for progressives.
Voices
Biden’s “Cabinet of Firsts” Betrays a Cynical Approach to Diversity
Diversity helps governments contemplate complex challenges. When it’s treated as an expedient tactic, its purpose is unraveled.
The Coronavirus Crisis
World Faces Covid-19 "Vaccine Apartheid”
Even countries that hosted vaccine trials — like Argentina, South Africa, Brazil, and Turkey — will not receive adequate supplies.
Voices
Deb Haaland's Tough Road Ahead at the Interior Department
Haaland will have to overcome the Interior’s legacy of colonialism and fossil fuel plunder — as well as her boss’s moderate centrism.
Mitch McConnell Rushed to Save His Senators, but Left Trump Twisting in the Wind
McConnell is trying to protect Sens. Loeffler and Perdue, but he's gotten nearly everything he could out of Trump.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Hiding Covid-19: How the Trump Administration Suppresses Photography of the Pandemic
The U.S. government has reinforced media restrictions at hospitals, reducing the flow of disturbing images of the pandemic.
Biden's Win Trades One Political Fantasy for Another
The channel is merely being changed from Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice” back to “The West Wing.”